Author: Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY

Dr. Mark Mullins rode the bus early Friday morning to South Lake Elementary School , his first visit to Brevard schools on the first day of school.

FLORIDA TODAY education reporter Caroline Glenn sits down with Superintendent Dr. Mark Mullins.

Michelle Smith, environmental programs coordinator for the city of Melbourne, checks recycling bins for items that don’t belong, educating the public.

       

Indie band Cold war Kids to perform at Florida Tech homecoming October 12thj.

FLORIDA TODAY photographer Malcolm Denemark for one week collected all the plastic he came across on a strip of Cocoa Beach.

A group of moms got together and had a three day cooking camp for their children culminating in a Daddy Dinner .at the end of the camp for their dads.

Ibrahim Dural, a clerk at Sunoco in Melbourne, called 911 from behind the register when he heard a number of shots fired outside the gas station.

Ibrihim Dural, a clerk at Sunoco in Melbourne, called 911 from behind the register when he heard a number of shots fired outside the gas station.

Bryan Bergeron talks about Surfside Theater.

Miami artist and muralist Jay Bellicchi paints a mural on the side of Debauchery in downtown Melbourne.

Floridana Beach surfer 14 yr old Kaia Anderson talks about being bitten by a shark last November, her recovery and getting back in the water.

Toby Daly-Engel of Florida Tech talks about sharks and shares amazing facts about them. She says there’s really no chance of getting bit by a shark

       

TCC Verizon in Rockledge was giving out 250 backpacks to students.

Three shallow wells were dug in Satellite Beach on Tuesday and on Wednesday samples were taken from the wells to be tested.

Heather Orr of Palm Bay talks about being bitten in the hand by a shark while swimming at Ocean Ave. Posted April 2017

Technicians from Universal Engineering Sciences tested the tap water at barrier island schools on Wednesday.

About 30 protesters stood outside Comprehensive Health Systems in Cape Canaveral on Friday.

A boat the came ashore Sunday morning just south of Jetty Park was towed offshore Friday afternoon and towed into Port Canaveral.