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An estimate two years ago said about 35,000 people in Brevard County needed help putting food onto the table.

Dogs such as Mango, Roxie and Shadow will continue to rest in cages where prisoners were meant to sleep in bunks because of spending cuts in the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

The Salvation Army South Brevard Corps is distributing donated funds to the victims of the May fires whose homes were destroyed or damaged.

Brevard County firefighters are responding to a brush fire in Grant-Valkaria. It is not known how many engines or how big the fire is.

Fifth-grade students at Riviera Elementary in Palm Bay learned the importance of charity during a yearlong quilt project.

Edgar Anderson, 75, reached into the powdery, gray ashes of the home he lived in for 25 years and pulled out two ceramic coffee cups.

The Marine Resources Council has a legacy of environmental education through its Brown Bag Lunch presentations.

The city intends to make several changes in its plan for spending a federal Community Development Block Grant of $435,731. CDBG dollars are used to help the needy and upgrade low-income neighborhoods.

Crews in Malabar and Grant-Valkaria continued to stamp out little fires Thursday as the Florida Division of Forestry said the South Brevard brush fires were 70 percent contained.

A number of roads throughout Brevard County remain closed. Check here for live updates.

A Miami-Dade firefighter battles a small brush fire that was stopped just short of a home at Southwest 237th Lane and 117th Avenue in Southwest Miami-Dade. TIM CHAPMAN/MIAMI HERALD STAFF Brevard County ... via The Miami Herald

Little change in the weather pattern in today's forecast doesn't bode well for ongoing firefighting efforts in Brevard County. via Floridatoday.com

“It's unconscionable that somebody would do this to another man or woman, put them in jeopardy”

Wildfires that have gutted at least 40 homes along the state's Atlantic coast are believed to have been started by arsonists, but they got help from two classic Florida phenomenon: rampant development and a ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“The winds are swirling around giving us a hard time”

She said her mother and stepfather were driving their recreational vehicle across the country to Wyoming, where they spend summers. via FloridaToday.com

“It's not fair to charge a little condo a whole lot more than a house that's 3,000 square feet.”

Brevard County commissioners today are poised to revamp their much-maligned annual assessments for fire protection. via Floridatoday.com

“Getting a complete application, though, has been the issue.”

The head of the local water-management office Monday held out hope - but not a promise - that his agency may approve a new complex of four county boat ramps in coming weeks. via The Stuart News

“I think that he has always been a man of peace and a man who believes we should live together and he is praying for everyone”

Pope Benedict ended his U.S trip on Sunday with an emotionally charged visit to Ground Zero where he prayed at the site of the felled World Trade Center, and a triumphant Mass for 57,000 people at Yankee ... via KISS 95.1 WBVD-FM

Main Street Pub co-owner Thomas Cross will be arraigned Tuesday morning in federal court on one count of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana in connection with a massive grow house bust last month. via FloridaToday.com

“Anybody in this market is getting the deal of a lifetime because the builders are all hungry for business.”

When Joyal Construction in Melbourne was awarded the contract with Brevard County to build a fire station in Grant-Valkaria, an Orlando-area commercial builder that lost out filed a protest. via Florida Today

Talk Back: Post a comment on this article First Coast News Staff ORANGE PARK, FL -- The Clay County Chamber of Commerce has received a $200,000 brownfields assessment grant from the Environmental Protection ... via WTLV