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Brevard County gets new shelter for women and children
After years in the making, a new shelter for women and children experiencing homelessness in Brevard County opened its doors for the first time Monday. Located in Melbourne, Helen’s House opened with a soft launch to receive its first guests with a mission to provide safe harbor for women and children escaping homelessness, a project that the CITA Rescue Mission has been talking about completing since before the pandemic.
Melbourne, Palm Bay considering 'quiet zones' for Brightline crossings
Leaders from two cities in Brevard County say they are considering implementing "quiet zones" at Brightline crossings in their jurisdictions. Of the four municipalities in the county where the trains pass through, Melbourne has the most crossings at 16. Now Melbourne and Palm Bay leaders are exploring what they can...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's a guide to celebrations in Brevard
Juneteenth - short for "June nineteenth" - is an annual federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The history of the holiday dates back to June 19, 1865, when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to ensure slaves were freed in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation.
Brevard County group marks 10 years of saving sea turtles with plans to build aquarium
COCOA BEACH, Fla. — Brevard Zoo's Sea Turtle Healing Center is marking 10 years of helping marine wildlife. The group celebrated the milestone Thursday with what it does best — sending a cured sea turtle back into the ocean. "It was just awesome to see a rehab turtle...
DeSantis vetoes $4.23 million out of $10 million proposed for Ellis Road widening
Funding for two large Space Coast transportation projects was vetoed out of the Florida budget by Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis on Wednesday vetoed $4.23 million from a proposed $10 million allocation for pre-construction activities for a project to widen Ellis Road. That money would have come from the state transportation trust fund, according to Florida Rep. Tyler Sirois, R-Merritt Island, who sponsored the Ellis Road funding proposal.
Wizard of Oz Museum set to move as owner buys land near Kissimmee
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – More than just hopeful heel clicking is in the works as the fan-favorite Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral seeks to make its new home in Osceola County. Fred Trust, owner of the museum, is the man behind the curtain. News 6 interviewed Trust...
Indian River Lagoon gets millions, despite DeSantis budget vetoes
The Indian River Lagoon fared well in the state budget this week, despite Gov. Ron DeSantis' veto pen. DeSantis signed a $116.5 billion state budget Wednesday after vetoing almost a billion in programs and projects, including more than $19 million in environmental funding that Brevard County and cities within the county had asked for this year. ...
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