Melbourne Beachsider

Elections: Seats up for grabs in Indialantic, MelBeach

A general election will be held on Nov. 5 and both Indialantic and Melbourne Beach have seats up ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Clerk of Court Ellis, longtime public servant, to retire in ’20

With almost 20 years in office and a near-encyclopedic memory of Brevard County politics and government, Clerk of ...

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Thorny issue aside, business blooms at ‘new’ Cottage Rose

Everything’s coming up roses for Victoria Athey. As the co-owner of Cottage Rose, after more than a decade ...

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SatBeach banks on big savings with deal for facility repairs, upgrades

Smaller cities like Satellite Beach often have to save up for years to make costly repairs to city ...

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County curbs bid to increase beach access for dogs

Melbourne Beach residents Donna Post and Charlotte Hertz won’t be exercising their dogs on Brevard County beaches – ...

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‘Eire’ of excitement as hurling gains local following

Archie Rucknell is introducing a growing sport called hurling to the region, and his efforts are paying off ...

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Altman: Think carefully before ditching landfill site

State Rep. Thad Altman is taking a dim view of Brevard County commissioners’ choice to look at buying ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Locomotion commotion: Quiet communities brace for Virgin Trains

Sleepy boating communities nestled on the heavily-wooded north side of the St. Sebastian River are bracing for the ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Golf pro job is stroke of good fortune

Things happened quickly for Fletcher Sharp of Melbourne Beach. In early August he celebrated his 28th birthday, soon ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Overflow crowd demands answers on water quality

A packed house of concerned Melbourne Utilities water customers – many carrying samples of smelly and discolored drinking ...

Melbourne Beachsider

SatBeach targets litter – No ifs, ands or butts

Nobody likes to look at, smell or step on other peoples’ discarded cigarette butts, especially during a day ...

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Cancer fight gives Lagoon champion a new perspective

Being blessed with remission after 13 months battling Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Dr. Duane DeFreese, champion of the ...