ORMOND BEACH
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 7, NO. 41
A page turns in Ormond Beach history The former Julian’s restaurant is the future site of a gift shop.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019
Spirit of America Focusing on our national anthem. INSIDE: PAGES 9-16
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MURALS COMING SOON TO ORMOND BEACH Downtown business owners are now able to commission work from artists. PAGE 5
FORMER PULITZER FINALIST TO HOLD READING
Susan Persis promotes a ban on single-use plastic straws in Ormond Beach. PAGE 2
If poetry is unapproachable, Cornelius Eady says, you’re reading the wrong poets. PAGE 6
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RESIDENTS OPPOSE APARTMENT COMPLEX
The project is in its early stages. PAGE 4
SOUTH DAYTONA MAN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
Erik Worthington, 26, was street racing during the carsh that killed Mary Spanos on June 4, according to law enforcement officers. PAGE 8
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INCREDIBLE INDIA PAGE 19 Photo by Jarleene Almenas
Kiran Cambow paints a henna tattoo on Leland Angel, of Cincinnati Ohio, during India Day at Rockefeller Gardens on Saturday, June 22.
The future Grill Room at Oceanside Country Club.
Country club makeover Oceanside Country Club‘s multiupgrade is underway.
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