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VOLUSIA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL REVIEW

Holiday tournaments highlight local prep basketball action COMPILED BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES In a marquee girls basketball matchup, Atlantic survived DeLand 63-60 in Port Orange on Dec. 14. The game featured two stars in Atlantic’s Ronni Williams and DeLand’s Tyeshia Moore. Williams, the state’s top recruit had 11 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks [...]

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Daughter: Dad deserves honor at park

Request to rename part of Derbyshire after Harold V. Lucas goes before city board this month BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES The daughter of a popular Daytona Beach educator and coach, who is now retired, wants the city to rename part of Derbyshire Park after her dad. Dr. D’Lorah A. Hyacinth, a motivational speaker, author [...]

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The gift of graduation

More than 130 receive degrees during December commencement Dr. Edison Jackson participated in his first Bethune-Cookman University graduation on Dec. 8 during the school’s first fall graduation in 20 years. Jackson oversaw the graduation of more than 130 students. The interim president said he decided to bring back fall commencement at the request of the [...]

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Orange Avenue overhaul to start in Midtown

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES The chairman of the Midtown Area Redevelopment Board was told by the Daytona Beach City Commission that construction will begin at Nova Road instead of Beach Street when a massive overhaul of Orange Avenue begins next year. Hemis Ivey, board chair, also learned on Dec. 5 during a city commission [...]

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Daytona middle school students visit Capitol

Florida Rep. Dwayne Taylor was treated to a visit by 120 students from David C. Hinson Middle School in Daytona Beach on Dec. 4. The students were joined by their teachers at the state Capitol Complex in Tallahassee and learned about the legislative process. “It was a joy to have the opportunity to speak to [...]

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Light up Midtown festivities continue throughout December

Area residents have been participating in a multitude of holiday activities in Midtown. A health fair was held Dec. 1 at Daisy Stocking Park followed by the first tree lighting later that evening. On Saturday, Dec. 8, a Christmas parade was held through the heart of Midtown consisting of area bands, churches and community organizations [...]

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School board hears presentations on Disproportionate Minority Contact

Cheryl Massaro has a mindset of giving purpose and challenging various organizations to understand what Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) means. Among the presentations made at a recent workshop of the Flagler County School Board was Massaro’s. She’s the Circuit 7 Board chair for the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), serving Putnam, Volusia, St. Johns, and [...]

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Section 8 applicants asked to contact county

Volusia County residents who applied for the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program through the county are asked to contact the county’s Community Assistance Division to update their information. Pre-application status verification forms were mailed to the 869 residents on the waiting list on Friday, Dec. 7. Applicants must complete the form and return it [...]

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No Votran services on holidays; free trolley service on New Year’s Eve

SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES Votran will not operate bus service Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, in the Greater Daytona Beach Area, Southeast and West Volusia County areas. Votran night service will close two hours early Christmas Eve, at approximately 10 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24. Votran will [...]

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Occupation of Palestine compared to South African apartheid

BILL FLETCHER AND ANGELA M. GILLIAM NNPA COLUMNISTS We, as African-Americans, simply could not remain silent when word broke of the Israeli bombings of Gaza. Along with Cornel West and others, we circulated a petition condemning the aggression and demanding an end to the occupation. While most of the mainstream media immediately jumped to [...]

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