Lake Helen News

PHOTO COURTESY ED BLACKMAN Hopkins Hall - Hopkins Hall is headquarters for the 13th biennial Lake Helen Christmas Home Tour.

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, Enterprise, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida.

A lack of rain has prompted Volusia County Fire Services to issue a burn ban for the county's unincorporated area, Oak Hill, Lake Helen and Pierson effective at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.

Nov. 19, 2009 Shelley Szafraniec, APR, CPRC Community Information Specialist Volusia County Fire Services issues burn ban Due to the dry conditions throughout the county, Volusia County Fire Services has issued an outdoor burn ban for the county's unincorporated area effective 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Nov.

Volusia and Flagler counties' health departments had the best turnout Saturday for their free swine-flu vaccination clinics since starting the free inoculation programs in October.

BEACON PHOTO/JEN HORTON New council members - From left, Gary Blair, William Crippen and Anthony Pupello pause for a photo after being sworn in Nov.

The center's ProShop has equipment for purchase from many companies, including Canon, Nikon, Leica, Bogen and thinkTank.

A new high school opening in Orange City next year moved ahead on two fronts Tuesday, while Starke Elementary School in DeLand got a new lease on life.

Mayor Buddy Snowden took the gavel recently at the first City Commission meeting since he was elected along with one new commissioner and the re-election of another.

School officials have come up with a compromise attendance zone plan that will keep more DeLand and Deltona students at schools in their cities and Lake Helen students at DeLand High when a new Orange City high school opens in August.

Voters in New Smyrna Beach , Lake Helen and Ponce Inlet made choices for seven city offices Tuesday, with high turnout in every city.

Lake Helen has maintained its small-town charm for more than a century. Preserving the quaintness of the 2,900-resident city while trying to draw more businesses to increase tax revenue is a priority and challenge for most candidates vying for a seat on the City Commission.

With Halloween fast approaching, authorities are warning revelers to stay out of the Cassadaga cemetery.

Early voting is in full swing for four Volusia County cities with elections and referendum questions to be answered.

The board, which meets at 4 p.m. at the DeLand Administrative Complex, 200 N. Clara Ave., DeLand is scheduled to approve improvement plans for 78 elementary, middle, high, alternative and charter schools.

Sherry Johnson went to Suber Memorial Gardens in Lake Helen. It was a Saturday morning, Oct.

Lake Helen Police Chief Keith Chester said his department arrests anyone caught in the cemetery after 7 p.m., when the gates are locked.

PHOTO/DEFENSEIMAGERY.MIL/SSGT. WILLIAM GREESON Under fire - U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Clark Long, left, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment , treats a wounded Afghan National Police officer at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Helmand province in Afghanistan.

After losing his job of 18 years in July 2008, Randy Henry cashed in his 401K and planned to use the money to start his own business -- a small tavern in Lake Helen.

Lake Helen's ties to DeLand can be traced to its founding in 1888, when Henry DeLand named the city after his daughter, Helen.