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Powerful storms swept through Three Oaks Village in Mount Vernon on Friday evening, leaving many people there concerned about the possibility of severe weather over the weekend.

Daytona Beach, FL - The merger between two non-profit agencies offering services for the blind happened in January, and CEO Ronee David of the now-named Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired, said she looks forward to welcoming more than 50 em...

Conklin Davis Center for Visually Impaired's merged mission   Ronee David, president and CEO of the merged Conklin Davis Center, said the residential program will remain as it was, to teach people with blindness and at least one other disability skills to work and live independently.  “We’ve been getting calls from all over Florida from parents and former clients who want to come back,” David said. “There definitely is a great need.”  The Conklin Center’s residential program was closed in March 2020 after the state canceled its contract supplying about 60% of the o...

Program for people with blindness, multiple disabilities in Daytona Beach plans reopening Mark Harper, The Daytona Beach News-Journal Lois Butterfield, who is 64 and blind, walked and ran 2,020 miles in 2020 Replay Video UP NEXT A recently merged nonprofit is on track to reopen the residential program previously offered by the Conklin Center for the Blind in Daytona Beach.  Officials at the Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired say they are working with the state Division of Blind Services to restore funding and reopen the 8-acre campus at 405 White Street by J...