Three things signed at the same Lake Helen commission table on May 14: a new chief's oath, a lease for the Blake Park shuffleboard building, and the city's nod to The Lil' Café's bid. Three days later, at the DeLand dais, three officers were introduced to the city by name. The Briefs track both swearings, an $881,522 FEMA grant to raise Deltona's Elkcam Boulevard, and two ribbon-cuttings ahead — Embodi Counseling in DeLand, El Coqui Bakery in Orange City.

The Ledger is DeBary's this issue: 29 April sales, median $319,000, top at $740,000 — a ranch on North Pine Meadow Drive in a month where the premium tracked older stock, not new construction. The Almanac runs the Memorial Day arc from the Veteran Enforcers' Saturday ride out of Deltona City Hall through DeBary VFW Post 8093's noon ceremony and Lake Helen's car show at Blake Park.

The Register records a first: every locale filed at least one new entity, including Pierson's lone Southern Roots Notary, while DeLand's 29 filings overtook Deltona for the first time. The Plate is Swamp House Riverfront Grill at the end of West Highbanks Road, with the St. Johns at the rail and gator tail as the appetizer the room is named after.