Ormond Beach Observer

City Commissioner Alan Burton opposes President Obama’s budget, supports increased funding to not-for-profit organizations; and, a reader laments the dangers of Wilmette Avenue.

Holy Dormition cooks up polish delights; Pine Trail named counties-wide winner for box top collections; camera club preps for spring show; free yoga; and new dance moves come to Ormond.

The Ormond by the Sea Lions Club hosted a convention of 525 Florida Lions this month, in Daytona Beach.

In this edition of Cops Corner: A waitress who never forgets a face; and, a cop with a sense of humor leaves a note: “Call me if you want your pot plants back.”

Some lucky schmuck over in Zephyrhills, who hasn’t yet revealed himself but I already really dislike, won $509.5 million from the Powerball last week, the highest payout in any lottery’s history. To put that number in perspective, the entire city of Zephyrhills, with its 13,337-person population, has a full operating budget of only about $49 [...]

The expansion of the Brownfield area over the Halifax River will add 96 acres of land to the previously allocated 382 acres.

Ormond Beach’s crime rate was lowered by the second-highest margin in the county, 2011-2012.

Officials called for a flat tax rate, and additional public input, at the city’s first budget meeting Tuesday, May 21.

A woman catches a blow fish while on vacation; a priest’s 50th anniversary party is postponed; and more.

Kiwanis Club member Bob Morrison spoke to his club this week about his time in the Navy, during World War II; and the city preps for its annual Memorial Day remembrance.