Lisa Morrell has led the Space Coast’s largest municipality since the night before Thanksgiving, after the Palm Bay City Council fired Gregg Lynk.
Lewis had served as interim city manager since Nov. 27, the night former city manager Mike McNees was fired by a 4-3 Melbourne City Council vote.
Brevard County officials declared Versailles Sur La Mer unsafe for human habitation weeks after Hurricane Irma battered the coast in September 2017.
City Council members unanimously directed staffers to prepare a retail pet-sale ordinance, which could go up for vote in January.
Owner Josh Denton said ongoing Babcock Street reconstruction activities cost him $500 to $1,000 per day in lost sales.
Deputy Mayor Brian Anderson, who proposed Morrell’s hiring, will help negotiate her employment contract during the next week or so.
A NASA engineering study found today’s drawbridge could become unsafe to support spacecraft and other heavy loads by 2021.
Interim City Manager Lisa Morrell appointed Anderson to the post Monday, following the firing of Palm Bay City Hall’s 3 highest-ranking administrators.
Brevard County Fire Rescue is training its first 11 employees to test for Federal Aviation Administration drone pilot certification.
Palm Bay leaders and Northshore Development conducted a groundbreaking for Aqua, a complex at the curving northern end of Robert J. Conlan Boulevard.
Councilman Paul Alfrey called for discussion of McNees’ employment contract during Tuesday’s Melbourne City Council meeting.
Melbourne City Manager Mike McNees was terminated Tuesday night by a 4-3 vote, shortly after two new City Council members took oaths of office.
Monday, Interim City Manager Lisa Morrell fired Deputy City Manager Ron Clare and newly hired Deputy City Manager William Curry.
Logan Knapp was arrested just before 4:30 a.m. in an enclosed back porch on Lime Drive, a cul-de-sac bordering school property.
Investigators said the suspect destroyed the camera, which FPL officials had mounted at the solar farm security gate on Fleming Grant Road in Micco.
Tuesday night, bundle up for lows around 42 in Melbourne and Titusville, 43 in Cocoa Beach and Vero Beach, and 44 in Port St. Lucie.
The murder occurred on Alfonso Avenue Southeast, Palm Bay Police Lt. Steve Bland said. The victim was Melbourne resident Ashanti Jenkins, 24.
No injuries were reported in the blaze, which occurred about 9:20 p.m. in the 800 block of Tamarind Circle.
A neighbor called 911 and told a dispatcher that the victim was heavily bleeding in his driveway, Rockledge Police Officer Steven Tagye said.
The unidentified victim was airlifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Rockledge Police Officer Steven Tagye said.
