Local organizations' help provides hope This Thanksgiving is of special importance to me.

An extended vacation in the Bahamas kept carefree Bree Varda from winning a three-month-long sea turtle marathon that ended this month.

Each weekend, a fast-growing, high-tech Brevard County church televises religious services that are viewed by enough worshippers to populate Indialantic, Melbourne Beach and Patrick Air Force Base.

Glady Borrero and her family watched hundreds march down Malabar Road Sunday, waving Puerto Rican flags to thousands of onlookers.

Brevard is a backdrop to the new independent film, "The Cops Did It." The comedy was written, directed, produced, edited by Melbourne indie filmmaker Anthony Azar, 33.

Eight referendums Tuesday will decide issues ranging from waiving property taxes for some businesses in Cape Canaveral to increasing term limits for council members in Satellite Beach.

Incumbents getting plenty of help Regarding this week's letter, 'Two incumbents have proven track record,' the letter writer is performing well his function as an adjunct member of the Melbourne Beach Improvement Company.

Don't forget it's election day Tuesday in six of Brevard's cities and towns. City council or commission seats are up for grabs in Cocoa Beach, Indialantic, Melbourne Beach, Rockledge, West Melbourne, Barefoot Bay and Satellite Beach, which will also choose a new mayor.

This beachside town is again mired in political wrangling over signs -- this time aimed against an incumbent candidate for town commission.

Poll hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday for Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Indialantic, Melbourne Beach, Rockledge, Satellite Beach, West Melbourne and Barefoot Bay.

Only two hurricanes, Bill and Fred, have formed this season in the Atlantic. Neither hit land.

Brevard County firefighters responded to several fires - including a blaze that gutted a Merritt Island home - throughout the day, officials said.

At Sand on the Beach, the new restaurant and bar in Melbourne Beach, it's all about location.

When 10-year-old D.J. Holifield of Fitzpatrick, Ala., made the honor roll, his dad took him on a cruise as a reward.

Few Americans show support of troops FLORIDA TODAY community columnist Don Gilleland's recent column, 'Impatience rules war efforts,' was, as usual, right on the money.

Brian and Jacqueline Lind own quite the collection of shells, driftwood and sponge fossils, but none of it compares to what they found during a recent beach cleanup.

Traffic tickets: A grand, unifying theory of Florida government. Last week, noting that traffic citations statewide in 2008 were down 1 percent, I offered a couple reasons why that may be: fewer cops , fewer miles traveled , the awful economy .

As the hurricane prognosticators give their predictions for another above-average season of storms in the Atlantic, I'm reminded of just how little these numbers actually mean to us.

Bill Moulton groaned after what looked like a perfectly lined chip shot fell a few feet short of the hole at Mallards Landing Golf Course.

William Whitelock is the new building official for the City of Bradenton's planning and community development department.