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Mereté Hotel Management announced the appointment of Liz Dahlager as Executive Vice President. Ms. Dahlager will continue to oversee sales, marketing and strategic partnerships. In her new role her responsibilities will be expanded to include hotel operations and human resources.

DAYTONA BEACH — When the completely reinvented Riverfront Park opens early next year, the public green space is going to look dramatically different. One impossible-to-miss change will be fencing wrapping around the park, a $1.5 million addition to the overhaul project made to enable the park to close every night and not reopen until the sun comes up each morning. That was just one change mentioned during Wednesday nights City Commission meeting during a discussion of amendments to the leas...

"Were excited and delighted to be at this point," Mayor Derrick Henry said. Feacher will be Daytona Beachs first Black city manager. The first Black city manager in Volusia County was Isaac Turner, who was Ormond Beachs city manager from 2001 to 2007. Feachers contract was approved on a 6-1 vote, with City Commissioner Quanita May casting the only no vote. May was also the only city commissioner to vote for another finalist for the city manager job during a special meeting March 27. Chisholm,...

‘Don’t give away our water’ is letter of the month | Letters Here’s what readers are saying in Saturday’s letters to the editor.     Divers and swimmers enjoy Ginnie Springs in High Springs in August 2016. [ GAINESVILLE SUN FILE/NEWS-JOURNAL | TNS ] Published Mar. 6 February letter of the month Yet another example of elected officials shrugging off the wishes of their constituents and doing whatever they want. This time they are literally giving away a million g...

Should Pinellas name courthouse after prosecutor Bernie McCabe? Residents will get the chance to weigh in at next week’s Pinellas County Commission meeting.   Updated Mar. 4 The debate over whether to name the criminal courthouse after the late Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe continued Thursday during a county commission work session. At stake in the discussion was whether the county’s honorary naming rights policy dictates that a person must be dead for at least five ...

DAYTONA BEACH — About 45% of local households spend more than 30% of their income on housing. Close to 22% of those households are especially overburdened with housing costs, spending more than 51% of their salaries to stay in the places they call home. Daytona Beach renters are impacted most heavily, with 61% of them pouring more than a third of their earnings into keeping a roof over their heads. With the areas median income at $64,900 for a family of four, that 30%-plus for housing cuts...