In what may be a record opening for the growing grocery chain in Florida, the new Aldi supermarket in Deltona drew hundreds — maybe thousands — of eager shoppers May 1. “I love it,” Deltona Mayor ...

Volusia County Schools has submitted a grant request for $254,250 for elementary music programs. The goal, according to the request, is “To implement and support comprehensive music education programs ...

I’m trying to understand the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement. In every speech, the leader of this movement claims the United States is a terrible place to live and he will make it better. The ...

IMAGE COURTESY VOLUSIA PRIDE<BR> Formerly a jiu-jitsu business, the local community group has spent the past two weeks painting and laying down flooring. The group hopes to expand into a community ...

This February at Shoestring Theatre in Lake Helen, love is definitely in the air as Brianna Gutierrez, Daniel Feldman, Sally Daykin, Adam Guevara, Don Liska and David Finkle transport us to the early ...

PHOTO COURTESY WAYNE KELLER<br> NEVER TOO OLD TO HAVE FUN — Even at age 52, the agile and nimble Eddie Rios performs a footplant maneuver at Deltona’s Skate Park in June 2023. Before adjourning Feb. 5 ...

0 With events including a gala, a parade and a celebration at Earl Brown Park, DeLandites and people from all over West Volusia came out to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the civil rights ...

A sight familiar to parents and students in Deltona for years: Timbercrest Elementary Principal Lonnie Tidmarsh ushering cars through the parent drop-off loop every morning, his dark beard down to his ...

Editor, The Beacon: Thank you, Mayor Chris Cloudman and the DeLand City Commission, for choosing inclusion. DeLand has given our Jewish community a holiday gift and agreed to include Chanukah ...

Imagine, for a moment, DeLand without trees — no shady canopy passing through the Stetson campus, Minnesota Avenue’s stately homes baking in the hot sun, Earl Brown Park’s walking path without the ...

Plenty of people came out for a meal during the Feed the Community Thanksgiving food drive event at Spring Hill Park near DeLand Nov. 14. The event included not just a meal for attendees, but a food ...

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Aldi has announced it is cutting prices of many popular holiday-feast items. “With inflation still looming, we’re providing shoppers extra relief to make the holidays [… ...