Cocoa Beach News

Caroline Nolan, Presley Dooner and Samantha Harding of Stuart want to help preserve the environment when they cook, but winning a trophy for a meal prepared with solar power is rewarding, too.

'Cocoa Beach, Fla., or bust!' That's the phrase Brandon Valley High School choral director Terry Gullickson, the 78-member choirs and 11 chaperones are chanting throughout their 30-hour bus trip to the southeastern state.

Marc Josselson said one minute the boat was sitting behind his house on Crescent Beach Drive in Cocoa Beach.

For the families of more than 300 individuals from 18 different countries, Memorial Day occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, May 22.

Ron Jon's Surf Shop , which was founded in New Jersey but is based in Cocoa Beach, opened its first branch in the Tampa Bay area Thursday.

But 10 years after Annie's fatal collapse during a fierce summer storm, the 100-foot serpent-like statue remains a jagged heap of broken concrete and loops of rusting steel.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- From Baby Boomers who saw America's first rockets launch into the night sky in Florida to a new generation cheering its "new era" in space, the successful launch of a private sector mission to the International Space Station early this morning has people talking.

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A commercial rocket blasted off early Tuesday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

This weekend Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral hosted the Spacecoast Super Boat Grand Prix.

Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate wasunemployment rate fell to 8.7 percent in April, down from 9.0 percent in March.

This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com Luncheon attendees are, top row from left, Shirley Trowbridge, Linda Green, Emily Lewis, Darlene Bryan; bottom row from left, Ruthann Jaeger, Joan Dryden, Diane Burton, Marilyn Holter, Suzi Heithaus Chair, Marylyn Tomajan, ... (more)

The Fawlty Towers motel on East Cocoa Beach Causeway was turned into a nudist motel on May 1. City commissioners said they have concerns about the motel's health standards, so lawyers will present a report on health, alcohol and nudity standards research.

SpaceX launching their Dragon spacecraft for the first time on the COTS-1 demo flight in December 2010.

A mother and former Cocoa Beach police officer facing 97 felony charges still has not bonded out of the Brevard County Jail.

Banned: A Florida county has banned E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey throughout its 17 libraries because of its highly erotic content The list of places where the national bestseller Fifty Shades Of Grey has been banned continues to grow as administrators express concern about the raunchy content.

Cocoa Beach is a Florida town where the economy was for decades buoyed by the NASA Space Shuttle program.

Some Florida libraries have banned the popular and racy book "Fifty Shades of Grey" from their shelves.

Hopefully, John Cleese will not greet you au naturel, but Fawlty Towers Resort owner, Paul Hodge might.

Banned: A Florida county has banned E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey throughout its 17 libraries because of its highly erotic content A national bestseller in the United States that has dominated charts since its April release has been banned in 17 Florida libraries after deemed too 'pornographic.' Fifty Shades of Grey, the first novel in an erotic ... (more)

If you live anywhere along the Space Coast here in Florida, you've probably seen this story or heard about this by now, although you may not be in any rush to see it for yourself.