Ormond Beach Observer 7-21-22

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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

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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


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