Editor, The Beacon: This is a response to one of Tanner Andrews’ opinion columns. (I do wish you could print poetry in your newspaper). Customer service? Today? You try to […] ...

After a successful eastside School Choice Fair, Volusia County Schools is hosting its westside School Choice Fair on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Sanborn Activity Center, ...

Pick up the latest issue of The West Volusia Beacon and The Beacon EXTRA! at a quality retailer near you: DeBary Walgreens – 15 N. Charles Richard Beall Blvd. (U.S. 17-92) Winn Dixie – 2 N. Charles ...

North Korea has been a hereditary monarchy, run by the same family since 1948. The founding dictator was Kim Il-Sung, followed by his son Kim Jong-Il. When that one croaked, the grandson Kim Jong-Un ...

0 Dog owners, playful pups and their owners romped down DeLand’s main street Feb. 10 for the annual Mardi Gras Dog Parade & Festival hosted by the Krewe of Amalee. This year’s theme, “Canine Royale ...

Volusia County Schools has announced that to cover the gap in food service following the end of the regular school year, School Way Cafe, a department of Volusia County Schools, will provide meals to ...

The proposal to build a five-story building with 84 apartments on the site where the Hotel Putnam once stood in Downtown DeLand got a green light June 5 from the city’s Historic Preservation Board.

As so clearly explained in the Jan. 26-Feb. 1, 2023, issue of The Beacon, the Hotel Putnam situation is a tragedy allowed to happen by repeated waves of elected and appointed public officials. Every ...

Along with public universities across the state, Stetson University now accepts test results from the Classic Learning Test in addition to the SAT and ACT standardized tests.

Systems thinking, or thinking systemically, basically means thinking about the interrelationship of the parts to each other and to the whole, recognizing that any change at Point A will probably mean ...

Editor, The Beacon: Sen. Ashley Moody didn’t waste time settling into her new seat — she went straight for the stock market. Between March 20 and 25, she shoveled up to $550,000 into two semiconductor ...

Editor, The Beacon: Property taxes are a tax on unrealized gains. Even after you pay off your mortgage, you’re still paying rent to the government — forever. As home values rise, so do your taxes, ...