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As the sun’s first light glistened across the waves rolling onto Melbourne Beach, the new dawn embarked a new era for Brevard County. Before space shuttles and hotels, there were dirt roads and farms. With less than 20,000 residents, it…
With its stylish condominiums along the shores of the Indian River Lagoon; the Health First Holmes Regional Center; the stores along New Haven Avenue; the oceanside luxury homes, it’s hard to imagine the untamed wilderness that Melbourne was after the Civil War.
Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center was named the No. 1 hospital in the area, and Health First’s four hospitals earned a combined 14 “High Performing Specialty” designations as part of U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 “Best Hospitals” report released this summer.
Memories flooded back to Anne Clayton-Orrison during the March 21 groundbreaking for the complex that will replace Health First Cape Canaveral Hospital — a place that has played a very special role throughout her life.
It was 39 years ago when Willard Davis [aka Suntree Santa Claus] first wore the red suit, passed out candy and listened to children as they sat on his lap telling him their Christmas wishes.
