With no dissent on the dais and encouragement from spectators, the Volusia County Council has agreed to borrow money for a popular conservation program. The decision to prepare to issue bonds for the ...

“The hills are alive…” You saw it all in your head — the mountains, the twirl — you finished that line, didn’t you? Beyond its iconic and memorable tunes, from Friday, April 10, through Sunday, May 3, ...

Editor, The Beacon: History repeats itself, like the rising and falling of the tides. Tide tables will give precise timing of the highs and the lows. Human follies and misbehaviours are less precise, ...

Editor, The Beacon: We all hate watching a big new development cut through a lot full of trees. After all, anti-development is easily the biggest rallying cry of every politician who has run for ...