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'Superstorm Sandy' hits home
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BREVARD -- More than a month after "Superstorm Sandy" pounded the Northeast, the devastation from the hurricane still lingers in some of the hardest-hit areas. Of those is Monmouth Beach, a beachside borough in New Jersey that is much like any of the oceanfront communities on the ...
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Home is where the art is
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BREVARD -- Ally Schmidheiser describes herself as a southern girl with "a serious crush on all things pretty." And she's not just talking about her two pups, Winston and Tito, who she refers to as her "fur babies." The Satellit...
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An innovative app for education
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BREVARD -- Indialantic resident Jeff Lammers has a daughter who is in the fourth grade. And, like many other students, she sometimes has trouble paying attention to lectures in class. "She's a tactile person and learns from doing, more than listening," Mr. Lammers said. Knowing that children are often...
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GIVE N GO donates used gear to help at-risk youth
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BREVARD -- With all that can be learned from the sport, soccer is about more than just kicking a ball in to a net. This is what the Florida Tech Athletic Department hopes to prove through tis partnership with a nonprofit organization. GIVE N GO is a national nonprofit that uses sports as a means to bridge ...
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Time for the toy run
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Merritt Square Mall was the staging area for more than 3,000 motorcyclists before they began their 20-mile ride to Wickham Park Pavilion to donate toys to underprivileged Brevard children this Christmas during the 31st Annual ABATE Motorcycle Toy Run Sunday, Dec. 2....
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Toy run stays on course for children in need
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BREVARD -- The holiday season is looking a lot brighter for children in Brevard County this year, and it is all thanks to thousands of motorcyclists. On Sunday, Dec. 2, the 31st annual ABATE of Florida Toy Run raised more than $100,000 worth of donated toys for loc...
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Santa left his reindeer at home
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Santa rides on top of a Cocoa Beach fire truck through the streets of downtown during the Cocoa Beach Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 8....
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Restaurant owners reveal secrets
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BREVARD -- Stuart and Nancy Borton, owners of Yellow Dog Café in Malabar, want to bring families together in the kitchen. So, Mr. Borton is going back to the basics by teaching first-time chefs how to scramble eggs, make grilled cheese s...
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A day at the theater
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Margaret Cross of Melbourne promotes the Cocoa Village Playhouse in the streets during the Cocoa Village Holiday Bazaar Sunday, Dec. 2....
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Demonstrating Florida-style fine art
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Dennis Shattuck of Palm Bay puts the finishing touches to his painting during the ArtWorks of Eau Gallie Fine Arts Festival Saturday, Nov. 17. The 'plein-air' show in Melbourne lets artists exhibit their skills by publicly demonstrating how they create their artwork....
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St. Mary's takes perfect record into playoffs
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ROCKLEDGE -- Hard work, determination and serious skill played a factor this year, as the St. Mary's Catholic School girls' volleyball team went undefeated during its regular season, taking a perfect 8-0 record into this week's Orlando Diocese's Coastal Catholic League Championship playoffs. The team opened the...
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City council approves hiring of new city manager
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MELBOURNE -- There will be a new face in Melbourne beginning next year, and he is ready to get to work The Melbourne City Council approved the hiring of Michael McNees as the new city manager during a council meeting on Wed, Dec. 5. Veteran government administrator Mr. M...
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Leaders of the pack
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Six thousand strong, the 31st annual ABATE Toy run paraded from Merritt Island to Wickham Park in Melbourne, where toys were collected for the Shriners Hospital for Children, Cocoa Police Department, South Brevard Sharing Center and the AVET Project Sunday, Dec. 2....
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Pet of the week
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A 5-year-old Argentine Dogo and American bulldog mix, 'Shelby' is the festive, four-legged pup of Gavin and Heather Broome of Melbourne. Other than helping mom and dad decorate for the holidays, some of Shelby's favorite things to do are go for walks, go for rides in the car and visit her grandparents in Indialantic. ...
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