September 1, 2023 | Community
Neighbor Up Brevard has been helping revitalize impoverished communities for over 20 years. First established as the Brevard Neighborhood Development Coalition, the founders came from diverse backgrounds in local churches, businesses, and civic organizations an...
September 1, 2023 | Community
The 2023 film “Sound of Freedom” raises awareness of the horrors and scope of human trafficking, an issue that for years has been front and center for members of Zonta Club of Melbourne. The plot of “Sound of Freedom” concerns the abduct...
September 1, 2023 | Education
A commercial driver’s license, or CDL, can open the door to a well-paying, high-demand career. “There are currently 60,000 openings in the state of Florida for commercial driver’s license drivers,” said Lorri Benjamin, director of ...
September 1, 2023 | Family
Hunter Haskins could have been the poster child for a perfect 18-year-old boy. Part of the Class of 2021 at Merritt Island High School, Hunter already had an early start on college courses through his dual enrollment at Eastern Florida State College. He played ...
September 1, 2023 | Outdoors
Every day, about 1,000 people move to Florida, and among the baggage these folks carry is often a preconceived notion of landscaping. They arrive with visions of a yard that would combine both some old tried-and-true gardening practices with a jungle of colorfu...
September 1, 2023 | Publisher's note
What is partnership marketing and why should you care? Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. It takes a vision, courage, passion, resiliency, and persistence to be successful. In my own personal entrepreneurial journey, partnerships have been ke...
September 1, 2023 | Sports
If you chatted up Kaitlin Donner, of Indian Harbour Beach for a bit, the bubbly 34-year-old doctor of physical therapy would probably talk about the summer’s shenanigans with husband, Ed Donner, and sons, 4-year-old-Chris and 1-year-old Mikey. The h...
August 1, 2023 | Arts
In 1983, Nancy Henderson’s husband wanted to relocate from New England to Florida. Nancy had only one stipulation. “He had to make sure there was a Sweet Adelines chapter where we moved,” she said. Upon moving to Melbourne, she promptly ...
August 1, 2023 | Arts
Kiran Dhruv Shay had been playing piano since age 5. The more time he spent tickling the ivories, the more enamored he became with the idea of playing at Carnegie Hall. At 17, he found an opportunity to turn that “maybe someday” into an actual...
August 1, 2023 | Business
When Kelley Higney left California for Florida, she was appalled at how nasty some of her neighbors could be. Not her human neighbors, but that rather large insect family established throughout the Sunshine State. “One thing we were completely unprepared ...
August 1, 2023 | Business
We followed the yellow brick road all the way to Cape Canaveral. It’s fun to play tourist in our own community and discover gems in plain sight. Three heel clicks for the Wizard of Oz Museum, which offers an unexpectedly delightful experience that spans l...
August 1, 2023 | Community
The legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart was very particular about the organizations she would join. Zonta was one of them. It’s understandable that a woman who helped shape the modern world would be interested in a group that changes the world for w...
