Hometown News Volusia

11/16/2024

Riverfest Seafood Festival is this weekend at Rockefeller Gardens!

The 15th annual Riverfest Seafood Festival is bringing Ormond Beach a weekend of music, food and fun along the waterfront on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16 and 17, at Rockefeller

11/15/2024

Dig in while you jam out tomorrow in South Daytona.

Enjoy a day of mouthwatering BBQ & lively bluegrass tunes at South Daytona’s BBQ & Bluegrass Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Reed Canal Park,

11/15/2024

Join Royal Coach Tours & Cruises on Thursday, November 21st for a Travel Presentation at the Port Orange Library located at 1005 City Center Cir, Port Orange, FL 32129

11/15/2024

The 14th Welcome To Rockville will feature mainstage headliners Shinedown, Green Day, LINKIN PARK and Korn, among more than 150 other rock acts.

After Welcome To Rockville hosted more than 200,000 fans from all 50 states and 57 countries in 2024, the renowned event returns to Daytona International Speedway May 15–18, 2025, with

11/15/2024

The original music festival tomorrow will feature almost exclusively local performers.

A good cover band or tribute group can provide a fun time at a bar.

11/15/2024

The cast of 'Whose Line?' is who's live tonight at the Peabody!

The current cast members of the Emmy-nominated TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” will present their improv tour “Whose Live Anyway?” live at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at

11/14/2024

Operation Changing Lives is doing a toy drive and we need your help! The Hometown News is a drop off location for this great cause. Let's put some smiles on the children's faces this holiday season!

11/14/2024

Hometown News Volusia's website at hometownnewsvolusia.com has been updated with this week's print content, including local eateries moving into empty spaces of former franchise and chain restaurants.

In the final days of October, two national chain restaurants jolted the restaurant industry by announcing that they would be closing roughly 200 locations.

11/14/2024

Sophie is the Port Orange Pet of the Week!

Sophie is a Cairn Terrier, owned by Ken and Sandi Ahlers of Port Orange. If you'd like for us to feature your pet, send a .jpg format photo with the

11/14/2024

Schatzi is the Ormond-by-the-Sea Pet of the Week!

Schatzi is an English lab, owned by John and Elena Elsea of Ormond-by-the-Sea. If you'd like for us to feature your pet, send a .jpg format photo with the pet's

11/14/2024

Noodle is the New Smyrna Beach Pet of the Week!

Noodle is a terrier mix, owned by Mark and Jill Crabb of New Smyrna Beach. If you’d like for us to feature your pet, send a .jpg format photo with

11/13/2024

Landen Prestwood, who would have been a senior this year, was memorialized with a magnolia tree at Seabreeze High School.

The family and friends of Landen Prestwood, an Ormond Beach teen who died in 2022, gathered during a recent tree-planting ceremony in his memory at Seabreeze High School.

11/13/2024

Our intrepid historian found an early 20th century scoundrel and uncovered the mystery behind a house.

In the 1920s a man by the name of Gordon Rice Cowie and a group of notable Chicago businessmen known as the “Chicago Syndicate” had a dream.

11/13/2024

“A storm like this has a lasting impact on a community, and it takes time to kind of rebound from that,” said Savannah-Jane Griffin, CEO of the Neighborhood Center of West Volusia.

As residents displaced by Hurricane Milton sort out housing options, their plight also highlights the everyday challenges faced by shelters around Volusia County.

11/12/2024

Minutes from the Oct. 2 Ormond Beach Site Plan Review Committee meeting reveal plans to renovate the building as a coffee shop and ministry space.

Salty Church has plans to transform the old Lulu’s Oceanside Grill building into additional ministry space.

11/12/2024

Carol Dantonello's truck is ready to get painted at a new Maaco shop. Her coworkers pitched in to pay for the paint jobs at a discounted price offered by Maaco.

Carol Dantonello is 82 and an employee of Don Bell Signs for the past 38 years.

11/11/2024

NSB resident Elizabeth Martinell recently published her first book, “The Adventures of Bravo and Buster at New Smyrna Beach.”

Elizabeth Martinell is a first-time published author and first-time grandmother.

11/11/2024

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