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“The thing I enjoy the most is spending time with my kids.” Kirk Kessel ran a landscaping business in high school, started flying at 14 and got his pilot’s license at 16, before he got his driver’s license. His…
Come enjoy the sounds of Space Coast local, Chris Kahl, on Friday, May 3 as the Brevard Zoo kicks off Evenings at Art of Sand. Kahl, who started performing steadily around Central Florida during the late 1990’s, will bring…
While just about everyone’s mom holds a special place in their heart, the moms highlighted in this year’s annual Mother’s Day feature are cherished by more than just a few children or grandchildren. Through their professional careers, volunteer work, or…
As the class of 2013 prepares to enter the college world, we would like to take a moment to celebrate some of the local remarkable seniors. This year, the students told us about their favorite memories and what their…
Like it or not, we’re all involved in running the “family business.” We worry that our parents might outlive their retirement savings. We’re comforted by the thought that family members would probably bail us out if we got into money trouble. We…
Brevard County Sherriff Wayne Ivey to Assist in First Ever Public Lottery for Viera Charter School on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Tremendous demand for new charter school results in more student applications than available student space. Over 1,200 student applications…
Painting sells for undisclosed price off wall of wealth management firm Meike Aton walked into the FirstWave Financial office in Satellite Beach and bought a Frits Van Eeden acrylic painting right off the wall. Works by the Melbourne-based and…
King Center Celebrates 25 Years On any given month The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts may host a variety of performances and events, from an elegant wedding to a Broadway production or musical concert performed by the…
Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse Celebrates Landmark 23rd Season with Major Renovation and World Premier of “Build Me Up Buttercup – The Musical” By Michelle Salyer These days, Dr. Anastacia Hawkins-Smith, executive director of The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse, is sounding…
Dance Arts Centre Serves Community and Students Dance Arts Centre (DAC), a now nonprofit dance studio, has offered general studio dance classes since 1982. But since being purchased in 2005 by Sarah Balda, the studio has been redeveloped with a…
Wally and Christa Bailey already had a teenage son who was growing into a young man with a bright future. With a belief that they still had much love to give, they wanted to be foster parents and were…
Traditionally, the family gathers and the kids sit at one table and the adults at another. Banishment to the kids’ table can be something to be excited about with a little prior planning. And if your family all…
By Allysar Hassan As a little girl, Carmen Beecher would walk to the nearest drug store in Dundee, FL, put 25 cents on the counter and order a banana split. The druggist would take his apron off and cross…
Event to benefit The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse programs for 23rd season The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse will host “Under the Harvest Moon” fundraiser, Sunday October 28, 2012, at 5:30 pm, at Rockledge Gardens, US Highway 1, Rockledge. The second…
Tony Catanese doesn’t believe in small ideas. In fact, a favorite quote, from famed Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, best captures Catanese’s philosophy: “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be…