Category: Brevard News

Brevard Public Schools Announces Winners of Student Contest ‘Why I Want To Be An Astronaut’

Brevard Public Schools announced on Thursday the winners of the “Why I Want To Be An Astronaut” that featured students wrote a 500-word essay focusing on why they wanted to be astronauts.  […]

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PASSION FOR CREATING BEAUTIFUL SCENERY: Florida Custom Aquatic Offers Wide Range of Aquatic Services

Florida Custom Aquatic offers a wide range of aquatic services specializing in Ponds, Waterfalls, Fountains, aquatic vegetation control, and pond management for Brevard & Indian River Counties – Florida area customers. […]

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Golf Tournament Big Success, Featured 108 Players on 27 Teams

The 4th Annual Out of This World Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, April 6, at the Turtle Creek Golf Club. The tournament included 108 golfers on 27 teams in this space-themed tournament that raised approximately $20,000 for the local nonprofit, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren of Brevard County FL. […]

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Brevard Chorale Will Feature Two Performances of ‘Encore’ On April 24 and 27

The Brevard Chorale will present two Spring concerts entitled “Encore,” a compilation of the group’s greatest hits that will feature crowd favorites from musical theatre, pop, and even a Christmas carol. […]

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GORILLA ROOFING WEATHER REPORT: Forecast for Brevard Calls for Chance of Rain, High Near 92 On Thursday

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill to Protect Children from Predatory Grooming, Other Sexual Offenses

Governor Ron DeSantis signed five pieces of legislation to enhance and create additional criminal punishments for abusing children through grooming or other sexual offenses. […]

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Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Suspect for Stolen Motorcycle

While the old saying “sly like a fox” might be true in most cases, it certainly does not apply to John Fox, who yesterday morning thought he was being sly when he was out for a casual ride on a stolen motorcycle and  Deputy Jason Lewis attempted to stop him for having the license plate bent up and out of view.
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ALERT: Cocoa Utilities Will Turn Water Off Thursday in Areas of Rockledge and Suntree to Repair Water Main Break

Due to a water main break at the intersection of Barnacle Place and U.S. Hwy. 1 in Rockledge, the Cocoa Utilities Department will need to turn the water off in that area at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 11 to repair the water main. Once the work is complete and the water is turned back on, customers affected by the water outage will be under a Boil Water Notice […]

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WATCH: SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Carrying Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday morning around 1:40 a.m. ET to carry 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]

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Former Atlas Launch Director Silas ‘Sy’ K. Baker, Jr., 89, Passed Away After Battle With Cancer

Silas “Sy” K. Baker, Jr., age 89, died April 3, 2024, at home and surrounded by loving family. Sy fought an 8-year battle with cancer and was a Warrior to have survived so long. Mr. Baker was a long serving Launch Conductor and Director of the Atlas Centaur Program for Lockheed Martin at the Cape. After service in the Strategic Air Command and as a pilot and Captain in the USAF, Sy came to Brevard County in 1964. […]

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