UD students accused of making waves

Orlando’s WFTV is reporting that the more than 2,000 University of Dayton students in Daytona Beach for the annual “Dayton to Daytona” getaway are keeping beach patrol officers busy. The station reports that lifeguards had to rescue more than 40 students from the water this week because they were intoxicated. The station also is reporting that three people have been arrested on charges of ...

Who/What's new and business milestones

WHO'S NEW/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Daytona Beach John Duval has joined Southern Technology Group as a systems engineer. He has more than 10 years of experience in computer networking and has held positions as a network administrator, database administrator and network engineer...

New owners want to maintain Ocean Deck's breezy atmosphere

The operators of the Ocean Deck Restaurant & Beach Club, one of this city's oldest beachside mainstays, have long sought to make the venue exude comfortability. The restaurant is under new ownership for the first time in 32 years, but it would be crazy, its new proprietors say, to change the Ocean Deck's vibe.

Hotel bed-tax revenues rise

Bike Week and Spring Break brought more visitors to the Volusia/Flagler area this year, with both counties collecting more in hotel bed-tax revenues than the previous year.

Knoxville's Boat People

Surely one of the biggest surprises of first encountering Knoxville is that this peculiar place, 400 miles from the nearest seashore, and 1,600 miles upstream from any briny water, offers an abundance of marinas. Within an hour’s drive of Knoxville are about 20 of them. The smaller marinas offer around 100 boat slips, the largest more than 400, not counting dry storage. Most marinas seem to have ...