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Volunteer fire department facing its own emergency
by July 25 2019
A decline in local volunteers, coupled with increasing costs, aging equipment and stiffening industry compliance standards, has put ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Some sound off on firefighters’ siren
by July 18 2019
In response to noise complaints, the Indian Harbour Beach Volunteer Fire Department is considering limits on blasting its ...
Melbourne Beachsider

50 years on, Apollo 11 still dear to beachsiders’ hearts
by July 18 2019
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Healthy and healed, turtle returns to sea
by July 18 2019
A young green sea turtle – tired and covered in barnacles – had trouble staying under water so ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Landowners smitten with red beetles
by July 18 2019
Okeechobee landowner David Bockoras traveled to his local University of Florida Agricultural Extension office last month to pick ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Teamwork helps cops nab elusive shoplifting suspect
by July 18 2019
Cooperation between Melbourne police and beachside law enforcement agencies July 8 helped arrest a shoplifting suspect who allegedly ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Report will tackle design/safety issues on key corridor
by July 11 2019
A final report is being written on a three-year process by the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Fire Rescue kept busy over holiday
by July 11 2019
It was a busy Independence Day for Brevard County Fire Rescue crews who – according to their social ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Lightning’s bite as big as its bark in MelBeach
by July 11 2019
After a single lightning bolt killed their five large palm trees, longtime Melbourne Beach residents Bob and Hedy ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Neighbors of landfill gripe about debris
by July 11 2019
Melbourne resident James Hines says he opened his Big Boy Toy Storage on Skyway Circle in 1997 to ...
Melbourne Beachsider

County works to allay Pineda Overpass concerns
by July 11 2019
Katherine Cobb, president of Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, had some concerns last year when Brevard County ...
Melbourne Beachsider

Emphasis on beach safety part of this hero’s legacy
by July 11 2019
In 1957, at the dawn of the space race, Edward Chandler, an army veteran of both World War ...