Merritt Island News

Rounds of golf played at Brevard County's three county-owned courses have dropped 20 percent - and golfer-generated revenues have fallen 15 percent - during the past five years, records show.

Glenn's 50th: Propulsion engineer Lee Solid: Lee Solid, 75, was a propulsion engineer for the Friendship 7/John Glenn launch on Feb.

Even from miles away on the Banana River, here on Merritt Island, Fla., the shuttle takeoff spectacle impresses first-timers and old hands both, and if it hadn't been for a little help from one of those launch veterans, I still could have lost the final liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in the clouds this morning.

One of three fugitive siblings who were the focus of a nationwide search last summer will have to serve at least nine years in prison after pleading guilty to reduced charges.

Margarette Kirsch always wondered what it would be like to roll across America in an 18-wheeler. With the help of the Twilight Wish Foundation, the 82-year-old found out.

Members of bicycle and running clubs vowed Wednesday to try to work with residents of Rockledge Drive to resolve their differences over use of the scenic, two-lane road.

Vascular surgeon Nowokere Esemuede has joined Brevard Vascular Associates, one of Wuesthoff Health System's physician clinics.

A proposal to privatize at least 26 prisons in south Florida is facing stiff opposition in the Florida Senate and may not have the votes to pass, the chamber's president and chief backer acknowledged on Tuesday.

Even from miles away on the Banana River, here on Merritt Island, Fla., the shuttle takeoff spectacle impresses first-timers and old hands both, and if it hadn't been for a little help from one of those launch veterans, I still could have lost the final liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in the clouds this morning.

Relationships can be complicated, and sometimes they complicate consumer transactions.

A silver sport utility vehicle collided with a Jeep, careened out of control and crashed into the living room of a concrete-block house Sunday afternoon in Cocoa Beach.

It's, like, bird crazy at Florida's Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is why two retired Highland Falls teachers, Dave and Sharon Baker, landed there on a dirt trail with cameras, binoculars and a telescope.

Erin McCaskey got to know well the long drive from her Merritt Island home to the county's hazardous waste disposal center.

The donor who pledged more than $3 million to the Brevard Schools Foundation last year missed a deadline this week for delivering part of the largest gift ever promised to Space Coast schools.

Even from miles away on the Banana River, here on Merritt Island, Fla., the shuttle takeoff spectacle impresses first-timers and old hands both, and if it hadn't been for a little help from one of those launch veterans, I still could have lost the final liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in the clouds this morning.

What: Symphony for the Palate, a fundraiser for the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, included an elaborate dinner with wine pairings chosen by Jay Pettigrew of Petty's Meat Market.

All the gates to the Kennedy Space Center have been reopened, but hundreds of workers are still being allowed to go home after smoke from a nearby controlled burn reduced visibility in the area around the space center this morning.

Thumbs up: To West Melbourne Elementary School for Science for being ranked the No.

Total onsite toxic releases in Brevard County : 2010: 96,309 2009: 105,190 2008: 232,411 2007: 493,021 2006: 568,402 2005: 810,632 Source: U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency See Brevard's toxic pollution here: http://iaspub.epa.gov/triexplorer/release_chem?p_view=COCH & trilib=TRIQ1&sort=_VIEW_& ... (more)

Rank: Airman Unit: VP45 Squadron Pelican Branch: U.S. Navy Home Base: NAS Jacksonville Experience: Dominczak has been in the Navy for about two years.