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Proposal calls for pet stores to post breeder info
Based on an idea from a half-dozen Hillsborough County women, Brevard County Commission Vice Chair Bryan Lober now ...
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Political committee steps up efforts to find, train candidates
Here in the year 2019, there are no major elections in Brevard County. And that makes it a ...
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Critic: Planned pet-retail rules not workable
Melbourne resident Bill Jacobson, owner of Puppies Plus in the Melbourne Square Mall, looks to the near future ...
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Details sought on visitors’ use of spoil islands
As the boat’s crew approached that first island off Sebastian and climbed ashore, they had no idea who ...
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Obscure land-use policy cooks couple’s in-home bakery plan
A little-used Brevard County density policy for the South Beaches area has shut the oven door on a ...
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Sheriff seeks millions to hire, retain deputies
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has issued a $3.2 million challenge to the County Commission to hire all ...
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Sanitary issues on spoil islands raise new concerns
Visitors to Samson’s Island, a park in Satellite Beach, are fortunate. The island is fairly clean, say officials, ...
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New I-95 interchange should ease Viera’s traffic pain
Residents of Brevard County’s South Beaches who may be frustrated by Viera’s notorious traffic congestion whenever they try ...
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Children’s Services Council vows to fight ‘disband’ edict
The Brevard County Children’s Services Council, a 10-member board of political appointees created in 1990 to help fund ...
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Prospective beachside neighbors not buying couple’s home bakery plan
Mainland Melbourne residents Tony Andrade and Nestle “Lian” Larracas say they just want to move beachside, build a ...
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Bid to ID candidates’ parties fails
Candidates for Brevard County’s 2020 nonpartisan city and special district elections probably won’t have to declare their party ...
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County determined to keep ‘puppy mills’ on tight leash
Daniel Wilmer, a Satellite Beach computer programmer and web designer, loves his buddy, Buford, a 12-year-old shih-tzu. And ...