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🌱 New Smyrna Beach honors veterans today at the Brannon Center

New Smyrna Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning to you New Smyrna Beach! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • New Smyrna Beach honors veterans today at the Brannon Center
  • Where New Smyrna Beach could restrict bikes and scooters
  • Holiday food boxes available for New Smyrna Beach veteran families

Also on today's calendar: IHOP New Smyrna Beach - Grand Opening! - Free Pancakes & First 50 get free IHOP for a year! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cloudy and less humid, temps: high: 78, low: 58.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 71 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Parades, ceremonies, lunch and more; Volusia, Flagler to honor veterans (news-journalonline.com) — New Smyrna Beach will honor veterans at an 11 a.m. celebration today, Nov. 11, at the Brannon Center, 105 S. Riverside Drive. Doors open at 10 a.m., and the public is invited. The gathering is part of regional observances that also include a downtown DeLand parade on Saturday, Nov. 14.
   

2. New Smyrna Beach considers new restrictions on e-bikes, scooters in parks and business districts (clickorlando.com) — New Smyrna Beach is considering restrictions that would bar bicycles and scooters from certain business-district sidewalks and motorized devices from city parks unless signs allow them. The proposal carries a $150 first-offense fine plus court costs. Commissioners still must consider it at a second reading and public hearing before it becomes law.
   

3. Volusia Basket Brigade donates 150 food boxes for local veteransFood boxes will be distributed on Monday, Nov. 16, at Veterans Services offices (hometownnewsvolusia.com) — Veteran families in need can pick up holiday food boxes starting at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at 717 W. Canal St. in New Smyrna Beach. Volusia Basket Brigade donated 150 boxes for distribution across four county offices, each feeding six people. Pickup is first come, first served, with proof of military service required.
   

4. Week of Nov. 13, 2026 (hometownnewsvolusia.com) — Three New Smyrna Beach businesses will host a ribbon-cutting caravan on Wednesday, Nov. 18, organized by the Southeast Volusia Chamber of Commerce. Stops begin at SafeShip on Saxon Drive at 10 a.m., followed by IHOP on State Road 44 at 10:45 and Anchor Injury and Integrative Health on North Dixie Freeway at 11:30.
   

5. Assistant PGA Professional Championship: 50th edition set for PGA Golf Club (firstcallgolf.com) — Sugar Mill Country Club’s Sandra Changkija heads to Port St. Lucie this week to defend the title she became the first woman to win last year. The New Smyrna Beach assistant professional faces a 132-player field Nov. 12–15, returning to a Wanamaker Course she knows well.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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