Ponce Inlet News

July 2, 2009 Pat Kuehn, APR Community Information Specialist Three county programs recognized for excellence The National Association of Counties is honoring three Volusia County programs - the Citizens Academy, Trails Program and Liberty Web Assistant - with 2009 Achievement Awards.

June 30, 2009 Pat Kuehn, APR Community Information Specialist Listen to a sea tale at DeBary Hall July 18 Spend the afternoon with Edward Murphy, captain of the S.S. Commodore, wrecked off the coast of Ponce Inlet in 1897 and made immortal by Stephen Crane's short story 'The Open Boat.' The legendary character will be portrayed by John Mann at 2 ...

Six people, including a Port Orange man and a Palm Coast man, were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard from a disabled boat Saturday about 20 miles northeast of Ponce Inlet, authorities said.

Seventy years ago, Earl Wallace helped commission U.S. Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet.

Contributed by Joanna Fitzgerald Vaught, Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Director 4:21 p.m., Thursday, June 25, 2009 NAPLES - Three different species of owls were among the 47 new admissions this week to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Clinic.

A trip to your local boat ramp can be an exercise in patience. At the recently renovated George Kennedy Memorial Park, the parking lot is at capacity on a Sunday even with afternoon thunderstorms on the way.

June 22, 2009 Pat Kuehn, APR Community Information Specialist Nesting loggerhead disappears in Ponce Inlet Volusia County's Environmental Management Division is asking the public to help find a nesting loggerhead turtle that disappeared from the beach in Ponce Inlet early Monday morning.

High tide washed out a nest with two eggs established by two American black skimmer birds on the beach in front of the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in the core tourist area.

Lifeguards on Volusia County beaches had to rescue more than 100 swimmers Friday.

Most black skimmers convene inlarge colonies and lay their eggson quiet beaches.

When the Volusia County Council revises the top priority list for conservation land buys Thursday at its meeting in DeLand, the conversation might focus on a property a county advisory committee didn't put on the list.

Sharks forced the closure of Cocoa Beach on Thursday. Lifeguards shut it down for about two hours Thursday morning after someone spotted the toothy fish.

This is a story about the one that didn't get away. Carl Meyer, on Friday, was on a fishing excursion in the Atlantic Ocean about 55 miles from Ponce Inlet, when he hooked a 536 pound, 10-foot blue marlin.

An adult loggerhead turtle was released into the ocean near Ponce Inlet Wednesday after months in the care of the Volusia County Marine Science Center.

A 154-pound loggerhead sea turtle, which had been come onto the beach during a mass stranding of sea turtles in February, was released back into the wild this morning.

A 'no alcohol' policy on Volusia County beaches could change soon. County leaders are looking into their alcohol rules Tuesday night.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters on Sunday afternoon after their boat capsized.

Anyone who feared Volusia County's decision to open beach concessions to bidders would lead to a takeover by a corporate megalith like The Coca-Cola Company can breathe a sigh of relief.

The receding tide reveals a spit of land in the Intracoastal Waterway where beer is plentiful and dogs frolic in the soft white sand.

A 38-foot sailboat, on its way back to St. Augustine from the Bahamas, washed onto the shore at Bethune Beach, south of of New Smyrna Beach this morning.