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Debbie Carson

St. Lucie Voice

Ramped-up interest in Turnpike exits

The toll road cutting through Port St. Lucie could get a few more interchanges at critical roadways – ...

St. Lucie Voice

Liberty Medical layoffs: Local economy may offer hope

Liberty Medical Supply has notified the city that it’s likely going to lay off more than 260 Port ...

St. Lucie Voice

Police label Twitter hack a hate crime

“I was mad as hell,” St. Lucie Schools Superintendent Wayne Gent said late last week following a hack ...

St. Lucie Voice

Helping hands needed to save Lakela’s mint

St. Lucie County is home to species that live nowhere else. Some don’t walk, fly, swim or burrow. ...


Melbourne Beachsider

Marine Bank plans full service branch in Brevard County

Marine Bank & Trust celebrated its 20th birthday this week by continuing to expand in what its president ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Towns to share $70K cost to unclog stretch of canal

A critical but costly project to manually claw out vegetation overgrowth from a 2,700-foot canal shared between Satellite ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Island residents cheer new drawbridge schedule

Prompted by complaints lodged by Merritt Island residents, the increasingly busy Mathers Bridge drawbridge will soon start opening ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Djon Pepaj’s planned Village Market will make gourmets’ day

From the outside, little has changed. The pink exterior and neon signage of City Tropics Bistro on Fifth ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Oktoberfest event floated for Ryckman House

The Ryckman House has long served as one of the centerpieces of Ryckman Park in Melbourne Beach and ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Curious cast of characters in murder case

As more details emerge from the murder case file prosecutors have built against defendants Joseph Milman and Justin ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Firefighters KO propane gas leak in Harbor East

The Melbourne Beach Fire Department responded to a propane gas leak in an underground tank at a house ...