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Orange City leaders seek help in capital projects

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In a time of growth for Orange City, the town’s leaders have a plan for building brand-new municipal buildings, fixing up and preserving the...
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Glenwood church ‘sows’ a garden

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“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” — 2 Corinthians 9:6 Glenwood...
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Hotel Putnam sold

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Hotel Putnam owner Mohamed Rashad confirmed this afternoon that he closed today on a sale of the historic hotel to Axia Partners. Rashad, who had...
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SBA changes policy on COVID disaster loans

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Businesses that may be facing challenges from the COVID delta variant can now take advantage of policy changes to the COVID Economic Injury Disaster...

Stetson Business School Foundation endows scholarship

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The Stetson Business School Foundation Inc. has announced its continuing support of students in the Stetson University School of Business Administration by successfully endowing...

Animal Services recognized for partnership with UF

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The expertise and proficiency of local animal-cruelty investigations have been greatly enhanced as a result of an innovative partnership between Volusia County Animal Services...

Ghyabi-White appointed to water management district board

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Gov. Ron DeSantis recently reappointed Maryam Ghyabi-White to the St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board. Ghyabi-White, of Ormond Beach, is chief executive officer...

The Princeton Review names Stetson University one of Best 387 Colleges in the U.S.

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Stetson University has been recognized as one of the leading undergraduate institutions in the country and region (Southeast) by The Princeton Review for the...

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Editor, The Beacon: The current widening and construction of the roundabout on Orange Camp Road in DeLand appears to my eyes to be inadequate. While I...

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OFF THE BEAT: Sticky fingers in DeLand

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The loss-prevention officer at a DeLand big-box store saw a fellow walking the store’s aisles Aug. 14. It was someone he’d seen shoplift before...
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OFF THE BEAT: The courthouse area is a bad place for a fight

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A Volusia County sheriff’s deputy saw two men fighting on July 12 near the Volusia County Courthouse parking garage in DeLand. (Here’s a surprising...

OFF THE BEAT: What happened to brotherly love?

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Get a Clue and get to the Athens before it’s too...

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This year’s spooky season begins at the Athens Theatre in DeLand as it morphs into a mansion of epic proportions and terrifying secrets —...

Sacred music concert series at First Presbyterian in DeLand

Museum Day comes to Stetson University

Stetson University Theatre Arts presents new plays by local playwrights

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