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Car buyers snapping up cheaper loans
BY DONNA GEHRKE-WHITE SUN SENTINEL (MCT) Record-low interest rates have propped up a slow-to-recover housing industry. Even lower rates are helping the auto finance industry explode, with many firms seeing exponential growth — and consumers getting great deals. Many drivers who have been riding out the recession in older vehicles are now racing out to [...]
Florida consumers’ confidence dips after election
NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Florida consumers’ confidence dropped in November after spiking to new highs in the previous two months, likely driven by gloom among those disappointed by the election, according to a University of Florida survey released Tuesday. The consumer confidence rating of 76 this month was down four points from October, the university’s [...]
‘Voices of Inspiration’ art at Peabody
“Meditative Drawings: A Creative Practice Blending Spirituality and Art” by Carol Bertrand will be on display next month in the Rose Room Gallery, Peabody Auditorium, 600 Auditorium Blvd., Daytona Beach. The artist’s “Voices of Inspiration” paintings and drawings (shown below) will be on view from Dec. 5 through January 2. Free and open to the [...]
A day of prayer, unity
Area religious leaders coming together again for World AIDS Day BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Religious leaders from Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths will again participate in an interfaith service for prayer and healing for those living with HIV/AIDS as Volusia County residents get ready to shine the spotlight on the disease as World AIDS [...]
Making history: Henry sworn in as first Black male mayor
BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES STAFF It was standing room only at the Daytona Beach City Commission chambers on Nov. 14 as educator and former commissioner Derrick Henry was sworn in as the city’s first Black male mayor. He follows in the footsteps of the first Black Mayor Yvonne Scarlett-Golden, who died in 2006 and [...]
Health fair to kick off Light Up Midtown
BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES About 30 vendors will be participating in the Light Up Midtown Health Fair on Dec. 1 at Daisy Stocking Park in Daytona Beach. It will kick off a series of events scheduled every Saturday in December. Charles Bryant, who works for the Daytona Beach Redevelopment Department, said the Light Up [...]
Senior Oasis luncheon: Plenty of turkey, dressing and fun
Participants in the John H. Dickerson Center’s Senior Oasis program were treated to an early Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 14. Seniors dined on turkey and dressing with all the trimmings plus ham, macaroni and cheese, and a variety of desserts. Tubman-King Community Church Pastor John Long, who is also employed by VITAS, was present along [...]
Transportation industry a route to success for many Black men
BY FREDDIE ALLEN NNPA WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Jeffrey Brooks began his career in the transportation industry, the encouraging words of his parents echoed in his ears: “Go get a good job, a good job that you can retire from with a pension.” Now, 30 years later, Brooks, the administrative vice president and [...]
Veterans honored for service
John Steele, Eli Graham and James Huger were honored Nov. 11, Veterans Day, as Montfort Point Marines during a special program at Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Daytona Beach. Proclamations were read from the city of Daytona Beach and the local NAACP branch. The Montford Point Marines were a group of Blacks who broke the color [...]
Stetson buying University Inn; will renovate to house students
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES When Stetson University came to Hina and Sara Patel, principal owners/operators of the University Inn, and expressed an interest in leasing the property for up to three years for the university’s planned increase in undergraduate student population, they told Stetson Vice President for Business and Chief Financial Officer Bob Huth that [...]