Lake Helen News

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.

For the second time in three weeks, city commissioners have delayed making an appointment to the city's planning board.

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 Lake Helen man injured in a motorcycle crash after drinking underage at a downtown bar is suing the establishment, according to court documents obtained Monday.

Candidates for Lake Helen City Commission will square off at a forum Thursday. Incumbent Ann Robbins faces challenger Lewis Long for the Zone 1 seat in the Nov.

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

The second time around was the charm for one charter school applicant Tuesday who won the Volusia County School Board's approval of his plan while two other applications were denied.

Client out of state, out of mind? Greg Dawson The Last Resort September 29, 2009 D ear Greg: I have lived in Florida for 17 years, but Maryland said I did not complete a DUI class from a 1992 conviction.

If you go WHAT: Creative Arts Cafe, owned and operated by the city of Lake Helen WHERE: 493A S. Lakeview Drive, Lake Helen PHONE: 228-4289 HOURS: 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Weds.Sat.; 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun.