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Volusia County seniors rack up scholarship funds; ready to graduate next week BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Thousands of Volusia County students will be graduating from area high schools next week. Finding enough funds to go on to college is an assignment high school seniors and their parents can’t afford to fail. Five seniors who [...]

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

‘Not in my city’

Message sets the tone for march, rally against gun violence BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Jennifer Cord held back tears as she talked about her son who was murdered on Dec. 1, 2012, in Daytona Beach. Cord was speaking to hundreds last Saturday during a rally after the “March Against the Madness” that began at [...]

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Beckton one of this year’s Hometown Heroes

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES A hometown hero comes in many dimensions – war hero, law enforcement officer, educator and civil rights activist. There are many others who could be classified as hometown heroes but don’t get the attention they deserve and, in many cases, are not seeking recognition. That changes every year during Daytona [...]

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World premiere of Daytona native’s movie to take place at local theater

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES A film producer who was born and raised in Daytona Beach has chosen her hometown to be one of two cities for the world premiere of her movie “The Dark Party,” which was directed and stars Kadeem Hardison, who was in TV sitcoms “A Different World” and “The Cosby Show.’’ [...]

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SAMA’s ‘Youth on the Move’ yields fitness, fun

BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES Kids squealed with glee as they got their faces painted, jumped up and down in an inflatable bounce house, and participated in a three-legged race Saturday at Daisy Stocking Park during “Youth On the Move” sponsored by the Second Avenue Merchants Association (SAMA). “I’m hyped up to do it again,” [...]

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Daytona State debuts children’s theater with ‘The Jungle Book’

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES In July, the Mike Curb College of Music, Entertainment and Art at Daytona State College will bring to life tales from “The Jungle Book’’ by Rudyard Kipling. Through mask, puppetry, dance, mime and music, audiences will be transported to mystical India and the tale of the young “man-cub,” Mowgli. Raised by [...]

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BRIEFS

Water remains safe to drink during treatment On May 22, Daytona Beach began flushing and treating its water distribution system by switching the disinfectant used from chloramines to a free chlorine. The city does this on a regular basis to improve the quality of its drinking water. While some customers (including South Daytona water customers) [...]

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Lifting Oklahoma tornado victims up in prayer

Local churches, clergy come together Wednesday for special service at Tubman-King BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Even though they didn’t know the victims, clergy and members of Daytona Beach’s Black churches gathered Wednesday to offer up prayers for those affected by the massive tornado in Oklahoma. A prayer service, organized by the Daytona Beach Black [...]

May 23, 2013No CommentRead More

‘Never, never give up’

This is just one of the pearls of wisdom shared with hundreds of B-CU graduates at their May 11 commencement BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES A college graduate’s first job after receiving his diploma was at a supermarket. On his first day on the job, the store manager gave him a broom to sweep the [...]

May 16, 2013No CommentRead More

A Bronson update

Children share experience of taking care of former Bethune-Cookman president and wife BY JAMES HARPER DAYTONA TIMES “Hello, my friend” is an expression likely to have been heard when encountering Bethune-Cookman College President Emeritus Dr. Oswald P. Bronson. Bronson, who was president of the school for 29 years – from 1975 to 2004 – turns [...]

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