St. Lucie Voice

County employment numbers stay strong

St. Lucie County’s not-seasonably-adjusted unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent from October to November, according to the Florida ...

St. Lucie Voice

STICKBALL: A taste of the Big Apple in the Cascades

Every Saturday morning at 7:30 sharp about 25 players gather in the parking lot just outside the bocce ...

St. Lucie Voice

Harbor Branch project may boost farming of sought-after pompano

Florida pompano. They look like silver-and-yellow Frisbees skipping atop the Indian River Lagoon and near shore Atlantic Ocean. ...

St. Lucie Voice

Schools’ new HQ on track, minus road

Construction continues to move forward on St. Lucie Public Schools’ new administration building despite a figurative bump in ...

St. Lucie Voice

St. Lucie scooping up conservation properties

Leveraging various grants and other funding sources, St. Lucie County’s Environmental Resources department has snapped up $80 million ...

St. Lucie Voice

County foresees continuation of robust economy

This has been a strong employment year for St. Lucie County. “We’re a reflection of what’s occurring in ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Teachers at impasse on salary talks

The Brevard Federation of Teachers has officially declared an impasse with the school district in contract negotiations over ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Ageless wonder still walks, talks MelBeach history

For 35 years, Melbourne Beach town historian Frank Thomas has guided fascinated, history-loving groups of people along on ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Saint Stephen’s Way project offers real hope for homeless

For 49 years, Eddie Struttmann and his family have owned Ace Hardware in Indialantic, where he’s enjoyed helping ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Commission backs Micco Hotel pitch

Residents of the southern part of our island typically see trees, a marina and a low-rise community when ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Melbourne Greyhound Park president resigned to fate of ‘a dying industry’

Jim O’Brien admits he “wasn’t thrilled” to see Amendment 13 approved by Florida voters, nearly 70 percent of ...

St. Lucie Voice

Half-cent sales tax: The spenders … and the watchers – Part 2

The City of Port St. Lucie is looking for nine volunteers to, as the adage goes, “watch the ...