Orange City News

The very word mosaic implies an assortment of colored pieces, varied in shape and size, placed together to form a whole.

Authorities today released surveillance video of a man suspected of using an Ohio woman's credit card information to make purchases at stores in southwest Volusia County in April.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Night of Prayer - Pastor Demetris Pressley leads attendees in song at Night of Prayer June 13 at Greater Bethlehem Baptist Church in DeLand.

People enjoy the splash pad at Breakers Oceanfront Park at the foot of the Daytona Beach Pier Thursday, June 13, 2012.

Central Florida is famous for a lot of features, but your first association probably isn't "cabins in the woods."

A fundraiser and a special fund have been set up to build a skate park in Orange City to honor Colin Anderson, the 12-year-old who was hit and killed by a vehicle in February as he tried to cross U.S. Highway 17-92 on his skateboard.

In their search for cost-savings, DeLand and Orange City officials came up with a unique arrangement: Share a full-time employee to handle purchasing.

City commissioners voted unanimously this week to hang on to their same share of revenue from gas taxes, after Volusia County officials had proposed taking a larger cut of the money.

The local agency tasked with helping people find jobs is laying off some of its own workers.

Tamara Esser, Health Support Tech at Galaxy Middle School, picked up clinic supplies from Florida Hospital Fish Memorial for both Timbercrest Elementary and Galaxy Middle schools.

BEACON PHOTO/PAT ANDREWS Providing data - Florida Hospital-DeLand Chief Financial Officer Nigel Hinds goes over data supplied during the May 9 West Volusia Hospital Authority meeting.

Beginning Sunday, June 2, Glenwood Presbyterian Church worship services will change for the summer months.

The Volusia Council on Aging has received more than $70,000 in donations to offset recent federal budget cuts - enough to ensure no cutbacks in the Meals on Wheels program but not enough to prevent cuts in other areas of the operation, agency officials said.

Deltona Memorial Gardens, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange City, will be the site of the 33rd annual Memorial Day Service.

Pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. Those without a special project can sign up to be assigned one 8-9 a.m. Refuse containers will be provided behind the Mitchell Brothers Sport Complex on Orange Avenue.

The view from St. Joe Walkway, as a sailboat motors by in Palm Coast Wednesday, May 14, 2013.

A group conversation about Blue Spring on Wednesday morning revealed a number of projects that are underway or being considered to improve the flow and quality of water in the Orange City spring.