NSB's third annual Shrimp and Seafood Festival draws several thousand to Flagler Avenue
Posted Sat, 2010-08-21 17:09
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NSBNEWS.net videos and by Sera Frederick.
Several thousand people pack Flagler Avenue, enjoying affordable food samples and the camaraderie of a festive night out. The video to the right features NSBNEWS.net blogger Pat Miller and her Wolf Dogs, Walela and Miakoda. You can read Miller's blog by going to the Opinion page or clicking the link here: http://www.nsbnews.net/content/293241-wolf-dogs-get-lots-attention-during-shrimp-and-seafood-festival
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera Frederick.
Matt Clancy is tickled pink to see so many people flock to Clancy's Restaurant and Catina, as well as flooding myriad other eateries and shops.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Several thousand people descended on Flagler Avenue for Thursday's third annual NSB Shrimp and Seafood Festival and nobody had a bigger smile than Matt Clancy, of the family-owned Clancy's Restaurant and Cantina.
"Look at all of these people -- this is incredible,"Clancy said, as people rubbed elbows inside the popular Tex-Mex style eatery, with even more on the outside patio and on the front and east sides of the building.
Flagler Avenue, New Smyrna Beach's quarter mile stretch to the beach, had so many people milling around, it looked like a giant ant colony.
But several candidates or their signs could be seen in the sea of people, including Sharon Luebbers, running for School Board district 3 and Ellen Darden for County Council, district 3.
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NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick.
This young woman is among a group of people having a good ol' time outside a drinking establishment on Flagler Avenue where alcohol was permitted by the NSB City Commission for this event only. Behind her is Buddy Davenport, the insurance salesman whose enhanced mug is on numerous park benches.
The crowds were inside and outside consumption of alcoholic beverages was allowed outside for this event, but moving forward, the City Commission voted unanimously the week before to end sidewalk sales and consumption of alcohol.
Still, police reported no major issues with crowd control or drinking.
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NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick.
New Smyrna Beach police officer Jennifer Fike is on foot patrol during the festival.
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Henry Frederick is editor and publisher of Headline Surfer, Florida's 24/7 Internet newspaper in New Smyrna Beach, launched April 7, 2008. Owned by NSB News LLC with Frederick as its sole corporate member, It is also referred by its original name, NSBNews.net and as VolusiaNews.net. Frederick is an award-winning breaking news and investigative journalist who has covered police and courts in Florida, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, dating back to the mid-1980s. He has covered many of the high profile cases in the Daytona Beach and DeLand courtrooms in Volusia County, including the numerous appellate hearings for serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and ultimately, witnessing her execution. He graduated from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain in 1984, with a B.A. in political science/public admin. and a minor in writing. He received the "President's Citation" for academic honors and service to the university.
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