Scottsmoor News

From Mims to Micco, from Scottsmoor to the Sebastian Inlet, patriotic Brevardians celebrated Independence Day at an assortment of parades, picnics and festivals Friday.

A clam fisherman was rescued unharmed today after a severe thunderstorm passed over Titusville and caused his power boat to capsize.

Mary Ann Ray was married for about three decades to a man who, among other things, tried to build a new nation on top of a string of coral reefs off the Florida coast.

A storm system currently active in southern Volusia county might bring rain to Scottsmoor and Mims in north Brevard by 6 p.m., the National Weather Service in Melbourne said.

A 10-acre patch in Mims is being considered as a site to build the Mims/Scottsmoor Community Center, the latest in four years of attempts to find suitable property for the referendum-funded park.

Gas prices topped $4 a gallon for regular Friday at some local service stations, giving pause to people planning road trips and boat outings to celebrate Memorial Day weekend.

“I'm not too much worried about the fires we have now, I'm worried about new fires”

Marla Benik couldn't help but notice the smoke as she left her Indialantic home Friday morning to take her son to school. via Floridatoday.com

“Fires are everywhere, basically”

A number of brush fires in Florida, including one at Lake Okeechobee in South Florida, are producing smoke that is in the air across Brevard County. via Floridatoday.com

Brevard County Fire-Rescue crews were monitoring three smoldering brush fires across the county Tuesday. via Florida Today

A Scottsmoor man was arrested late Friday for an alleged burglary at a Mims fruit packing house, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office said. via Floridatoday.com

“We're expecting a 70 percent chance of showers”

A strong line of thundershowers will move across Brevard County later this afternoon, bringing another round of cooling rains to the area. via FloridaToday.com

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for North Brevard County and part of southern Volusia County until 5:15 p.m., the National Weather Service in Melbourne said. via Floridatoday.com

“The way people are stealing copper has turned into a real epidemic”

With copper prices soaring, copper thefts are, too, creating power outages, communication breakdowns and other issues beyond the immediate thievery. via FloridaToday.com

“Some of them were getting to be extensive -- and they were just leaving them”

Want to read the mayor's e-mails? It sounds like snooping, but under Florida statutes, it's your right. via FloridaToday.com

North Brevard host Easter egg hunts this weekend BY JESSICA RAYNOR FLORIDA TODAY - Easter may still be more than a week away, but parks and recreation in North Brevard has a lineup of Easter egg hunts and a ... via Floridatoday.com

“A couple years from now you're going to look back when all you're money's blown and you are going to wonder what you were thinking.”

Scoot over, homebuyers. The biggest beneficiaries of the housing slump might be the state's furry and feathered residents. via Courier News Online

“I really don't think it has sunk in yet, exactly what has happened, other than the fact that I see my roof in my living room floor, in my son's bedroom floor”

A night of rough weather left its mark on a Casselberry home on Tuesday. It happened along Lake Griffin Circle, where a huge tree was uprooted during strong storms and knocked a shed off its foundation. via WESH-TV

A crash on I-95 killed a man in Brevard County on Tuesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said a van and a tractor trailer collided just after 6:00am in the southbound lanes near Scottsmoor. via WFTV

“Remember, when someone dies in a crash it's because someone has done something wrong to cause that crash”

Florida Highway Patrol troopers Sgt. Mike Lanam and Corp Jim Nusl investigate an accident scene Tuesday after a van ran into the back of a truck in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 just south of 5A in North ... via Floridatoday.com