Melbourne Beachsider

Groundwater tests don’t ease contamination fears

Worried residents arrived early for a meeting Sunday afternoon, more than 200 filling the Satellite Beach Civic Center ...

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City: Our record clear on development rules

Despite social media speculation to the contrary, Satellite Beach city officials say they have been playing by the ...

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Lagoon tourism is endgame of dredging drudgery

For six months now, contractors for Brevard County and Cocoa Beach have been dredging muck from the bottom ...

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Mathers Bridge reverts to ‘on-demand’ openings

After a six-month trial period of predictable openings every 30 minutes, Mathers Bridge has reverted to a schedule ...

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Drilling down on debt reduction

City budgets aren’t rocket science. They’re harder than that. At least with rockets the numbers are agreed on ...

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Hiring of SRO is source of comfort at Gemini school

Melbourne Beach residents made their voices heard when it came down to who should be protecting their children ...

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Advocating for golf carts off course, too

Melbourne Beach Commissioner Sherri Quarrie wants to promote the use of street-legal golf carts and electric vehicles by ...

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It’s a no for now on MelBeach med pot shops

What began with a spirited debate, ended quietly without public comment. The first reading of Ordinance 2018-03, which ...

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Brevard sets its maximum rate on property tax

Nobody in Brevard County is going to pay more than $6.04 per $1,000 of taxable property value to ...

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Pineda overpass will serve greater purpose than originally planned

The $24-million overpass being constructed on Pineda Causeway west of U.S. 1 – originally planned as a state ...

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Setback for Children’s Services’ hoped-for tax referendum

Lindsey Cretton, a teacher at KinderCare in Indian Harbor Beach, read to about a dozen 3-year-olds who listened ...

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Brevard Schools target state funds for mental health

Brevard Public Schools plans to spend $1.7 million of state money on student mental health services next year, ...