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Play place for toddlers opens in Orange City
COLORFUL SURROUNDINGS — OwnerElizabeth Jackson plays with her youngest daughter, Chelsea, in the right foreground, while other kids frolic in Awesome Blossom Indoor Play Place one recent...
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A breath of fresh air for sinus sufferers
INSERTING A BALLOON — Dr. Devang Shah performs balloon sinus dilation on an awake, comfortable patient in his Orange City office.For the millions of Americans who suffer from the debilitating symptoms...
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Cottage community planned for DeLand neighborhood
COMMON AREAS GALORE — TheAzalea Walk community is expected to feature 17 cottages surrounding common areas where residents can meet and recreate. The community is being developed by Gallery Homes of...
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Brickhouse Grill to become a banquet venue
SCALING BACK — Twins Frank, left, and Bill Jennings have closed their longtime Brickhouse Grill restaurant so they can focus on growing their catering business.BEACON PHOTOS/JOE CREWSMOVING OUT —...
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Unique salon suites open in Orange City
WORKING HER MAGIC — Stylist Dawn Scrivner blow-dries the hair of customer Tracy Clemente in Scrivner’s workspace inside My Salon Suite in Orange City.BEACON PHOTOS/JOE CREWSHALL OF POSSIBILITIES —...
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Hometown Hound’s new owner already groomed for position
CHANGING HANDS — Pictured areJess Parker, right, who sold her popular mobile pet-grooming business, Hometown Hound, to experienced groomer Megan Butler.BEACON PHOTOS/ERIKA WEBBJess Parker with her dog...
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Stetson students take top spots in Cairns Innovation Challenge
WINNING STUDENTS — Stetson University’s Jilissa Zoltko and Thomas Oltorik show off their checks for winning the top two spots at the Cairns Foundation Innovation Challenge.PHOTO COURTESY STETSON...
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Volusia tourism-industry leaders salute record numbers
SAVVY LEADERS — The staff of the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority poses for a photograph recently during a Tourism Week event. From left are Dena Scroggins, Kristine Spence and Executive...
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Stetson ethics team takes first, second at competition
IBECC 2018 TEAM — STETSON’S ETHICS TEAM — Stetson University students, from left, Regis Steighner, Megan Christopher, Alex Overdijking and Nathaniel Diamond won first- and second-place prizes at the...
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DeLand Nissan completes expansion
NOW WITH A CAPITAL ‘L’ — After many years without it,DeLand Nissan finally got the capital “L” in its name in May 2015. Owner Kurt Dye was finally able to convince the Nissan corporation, which...
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Florida Hospital implements centralized scheduling
CONNECTING PATIENT AND HOSPITAL SERVICES — Scheduling agents in Florida Hospital’s new centralized scheduling office in Orange City help patients obtain and prepare for appointments for various...
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Holder Pest marks 40 years
PROUD OWNERS — Jerry and Natalie Holder pose by the newest service vehicle in their company’s fleet. On June 1, Holder Pest & Termite Control will have been in business 40 years.BEACON PHOTO/JOE...
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West Volusia Chamber launches Valor Awards
EYEING THE FLAMES — A firefighter with Volusia County Fire Rescue checks a fully involved blaze inside an internet cafe north of DeLand in early April. FILE PHOTOS COURTESY VOLUSIA COUNTY PROFESSIONAL...
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Company connects restaurants and hungry patrons
YOU RANG? — Pictured above,Mobile Waiter Brittney Applegate delivers food from Smokin J’s BBQ & Catering to a regular customer, Keith Goodwin.PHOTOS COURTESY DELAND DELIVERYYUM, YUM! — Keith...
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Two enter Stetson’s Accounting Hall of Fame
PHOTO COURTESY STETSON UNIVERSITYHALL OF FAMERS — The 2018 inductees, Maureen Breakiron-Evans and Vince Brenner, show off plaques indicating their selection to the Stetson University Accounting Hall of...
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Stetson plans nearly $12M in improvements
WELL DONE — Stetson University President Wendy B. Libby accepts an Energy Excellence Award from Stephen Jones, a regional vice president of Cenergistic. The university’s energy-conservation partner...
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Church’s Chicken may not come to roost
NOT SO DRIVE-IN — This Sonic Drive-In on North Woodland Boulevard has been sitting empty since the restaurant closed a number of years ago. Barricades block the driveway that state transportation...
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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...
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Connector 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...
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Old 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...
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