ORMOND BEACH
Observer
ART OF MAKEBELIEVE PAGE 1B
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 10, NO. 46
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022
City’s tax rate is going up Ormond plans to raise its property tax rate by 5.8%. Budget hearings will take place in September. PAGE 2A
Going to rollback Volusia County plans to lower its tax rate this year.
Lori Tolland
Tim Grigsby
Joseph Valerio
PAGE 5A INSIDE ACCESS DENIED
Ormond-by-the-Sea residents want their kayak launch reopened PAGE 4A
BUSY SEASON
Record high sea turtle nesting PAGE 9A
TUNING IN
Ormond Beach’s ‘Summer Sounds’ concert series brings music to Rockefeller Gardens PAGE 3B
WELCOME!
Troy Kent
Rob Littleton
Michael McLean
POLITICAL FORUMS Grigsby, Tolland and Valerio debate local issues ahead of primaries. PAGE 10A
MOAS hires Tabitha Schmidt as new executive director PAGE 4B
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
Ormond MainStreet to host fifth-annual ‘Christmas in July’ event this Saturday. PAGE 4B
Ken Smith
Battle for the beach
Get to know Kent, Littleton, McLean and Smith ahead of the August primary election. PAGE 11A
Daytona Beach lifeguards beat the competition at Interzone
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Busier than ever Vince Carter’s youth basketball camp returns to Mainland High.
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INDEX
Business..................... PAGE 4B Calendar..................... PAGE 2B Cops Corner............... PAGE 6A Letters.......................PAGE 12A Public Notices............ PAGE 8B Real Estate..................PAGE 7B
Photo by Michele Meyers
Caroline Lydecker, of Ormond Beach, and Julie Barrett with New Smyrna Beach battled in the first leg of the women’s 4x100 relay.
“It’s easy to say you want to be a professional person. I want the kids to understand that they have to give that effort to make it.” VINCE CARTER