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Dally in the Alley restaurant to close
Sad parting — Melanie Perryman sits outside Dally in the Alley restaurant on Artisan Alley in Downtown DeLand Dec. 11, just a few days before she will close the upscale eatery she founded three years...
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Saving history, one piece at a time
Saving shingles — Florida Victorian employee Nick Metrowsky straightens tin shingles saved from the roof of the Gould Building, which eventually will be demolished to make way for a 104-room Courtyard...
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Business — A year in review
Beacon in the night — This handout photo shows a typical DQ Grill & Chill restaurant lit up at night. A franchisee plans to put an upscale version of the familiar Dairy Queen eatery on East...
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Work begins on solar panel installation on Beacon building in Downtown DeLand
On the scene — Workers lift roofing materials onto The Beacon building, located in Downtown DeLand. BEACON PHOTO/BARB SHEPHERDRoofers from TectaAmerica, based in Sanford, were on-site early this...
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Masonic Temple building sold
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Providence Plaza gets new owner
Here we are — The new owner of Providence Plaza plans to update the second-oldest shopping center in Deltona. BEACON PHOTOS/AL EVERSONPLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to...
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JetBlue arrives
Taxiing — The first JetBlue flight as part of the newly-installed regular daily service from JFK to Daytona Beach arrives at its gate Jan. 7. BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON Fresh off the plane — Some of the...
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Keeping day jobs helps entrepreneurial couple
First marketing deal — From left, Scott Groth, owner of Bellini’s Italian Restaurant & Delicatessen, Bellini’s employee Karlena O’Bryant, and Respect the Pepper owners Suzie Blue and Avery Jackson...
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Lankford becomes provider for funeral society
Longtime business — Lankford Funeral Home & Crematory has been at 220 E. New York Ave. in DeLand since its inception in 1950. BEACON PHOTO/JOE CREWS Cheryl Lankford — Cheryl Lankford is one of...
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Additional parking coming for plaza
Parking lot-to-be — This is where a new, 90-space parking lot is being built between Frontier Communications, left, and North Woodland Boulevard (not shown). Frontier is working to alleviate a dearth...
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Trilogy Coffee Roasting Co. to move
Roasting couple — Clay Cass and his wife and business partner, Michelle Cass, flank a menu board at their current shop inside DaVinci Design Studios. BEACON PHOTO/JOE CREWS Renovation in the works —...
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Former Windward center to get new life as ALF
Getting reborn — This former Windward Behavioral Center substance-abuse rehabilitation facility could be getting a new life as an assisted-living facility. BEACON PHOTO/JOE CREWS PLEASE LOG IN FOR...
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DeLand’s newest ALF officially opens
Former hotel — Grand Villa of DeLand, an assisted-living and memory-care facility at 350 E. International Speedway Blvd. in DeLand, used to be a 148-room hotel. BEACON PHOTO/JOE CREWSPLEASE LOG IN FOR...
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Milestone reached in solar installation
90-year-old gets new roof — This crew from Tecta America Southeast recently completed installing a new polyester-membrane roof on the 1923 Conrad Realty Co. building at 110-116 W. New York Ave. in...
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Sweet Lics: More than just frozen yogurt
Family fun — Nicki Glenn and her sons, Jonah, left, and Micha, right, serve themselves from the frozen-yogurt dispensers at Sweet Lics.PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
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The Cloisters, Sterling Court make website’s Best of 2016 list
The Cloisters — The Cloisters of DeLand offers a continuum of care, from independent living to assisted living to skilled nursing.PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log...
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Florida has a shortage of nurses, study shows
TLC for young patients — Rachel Sheffield, left, and Tanya Wolfe, both registered nurses in Halifax Health’s pediatric unit, cradle two of their young patients.PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our...
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Fishing tournament called a success for putting ‘heads in beds’
A winning catch — Trenton Lambert, who partnered with William Lucas, hoists one of his catches from the recent Crappie Masters Tournament on the St. Johns River near DeLand. Lambert and Lucas placed...
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Luxury condos coming to Downtown DeLand
Luxurious living space — This rendering, provided by Joe Valente, shows a proposed interior of one of the two condo units.Longtime entrepreneur Joe Valente is building a pair of luxury condos in...
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Mainstreet Bank supports community endeavors of all kinds
PHOTOS COURTESY SOUTHWEST VOLUSIA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Let’s start inside — The walls and roof are in place for this home being built for a family on land in Orange City donated by Mainstreet...
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