Contractor marks 50 years in business
SECOND GENERATION — Richard VonBrocken and Tammy VonBrocken Dalton, the offspring of Von-Aire founder Harold VonBrocken, flank his portrait in the company’s offices in Holly Hill.PHOTO COURTESY...
View ArticleConnector road to boost business park
COMING IN THE BACK DOOR — This rendering shows the route a proposed connector road will take to link State Road 11, on the left, to Eidson Drive, the main road in the Northwest Industrial Business Park...
View ArticleOld Sears store to get new tenant
According to the Planning Board agenda item, the new tenant — rumored to be Tractor Supply Co., which would relocate from its present location about a mile north on Woodland Boulevard — will take over...
View ArticleStetson University recognizes entrepreneurs
ALUMNUS HONORED — Tom Prince (Class of ’67) is presented a Stetson Entrepreneurship Alumni Award by Bill Jackson, Ph.D., director of the Joseph C. Prince Entrepreneurship Program. Tom Prince, a Winter...
View ArticleFlorida Hospital personnel appointments
AgueroGlassKentCazaresFergusonFlorida Hospital has made several personnel appointments to its employee ranks in recent months, starting with two new leaders at Florida Hospital DeLand: Kyle Glass began...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley holds grand opening
OFFICIALLY OPEN — DeLand Mayor Bob Apgar and Resident Manager David Welsh (wielding scissors) are surrounded by Morgan Stanley employees and members of the DeLand Area Chamber of Commerce during a...
View ArticleCity gives tax break to DaVita Labs
GETTING A BREAK — Total Renal Laboratories, which operates under the DaVita Laboratories name, is getting an exemption from the city’s property taxes for the next 10 years if city commissioners give...
View ArticleStetson Legacy Week returns
‘GILDED AGE’ MANSION — Hatmaker John B. Stetson’s winter home in DeLand will be the setting for a weeklong celebration of his legacy, including the display of nostalgic family heirlooms.PHOTOS COURTESY...
View ArticleDeLand winners go purple for Alzheimer’s
INFORMATIVE — Beacon front-office manager Coni Tarby shows off the newspaper’s entry in a recent window-decorating contest staged by the Alzheimer’s Association. Tarby and advertising assistant Karen...
View ArticleAviation Showcase gets a boost
KEYNOTE SPEAKER — The editor of Kitplanes magazine and builder of his own three kit aircraft is Paul Dye, who will kick off DeLand’s Sport Aviation Showcase on Nov. 1 as its keynote speaker. Dye’s...
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