Melbourne News

Here are your entertainment best bets for Friday, Dec. 13, 2013: Want to be in this calendar? Submit events at least two weeks in advance to tgif@floridatoday.com.

BRUNO, David J. , 84 of Melbourne, FL, formerly of Wintersville, died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at Huntington Place, Rockledge, Fl.

Jim Olson reaches over the steering wheel and points to a bright yellow curb downtown.

Brevard County plans to export 50 kittens to an animal rescue organization in Maryland as part of an effort to reduce the number of unadopted animals that are euthanized.

Here's what's coming up next week in TgIF. The House along with Brevard County Parks and Recreation, will host its Family Christmas Extravaganza from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 21 at Max K. Rhodes Park, 3410 Flanagan Ave., West Melbourne.

The holidays are upon us, Brevard, so to keep things merry and cheery, here's a roundup of things to do this week.

Classes will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Jan. 13 through Feb. 24 at the Health First Training Center, 3470 N. U.S. 1, Melbourne.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013: Want to be in this calendar? Submit events at least two weeks in advance to tgif@floridatoday.com.

A new fire truck and its 95-foot ladder are slated to come rumbling into the Melbourne Fire Department early next year, though some city officials worry a proposal to accommodate the new rig might mean slower response times in some parts of the city.

Johanna Karas took a look at her budget and decided that between the hassle of shopping for groceries and cooking for one, she might as well eat out.

Health First teamed with the South Brevard Sharing Center to fulfill holiday wish lists for Brevard County children and teens who would otherwise go without.

All lanes of U.S. 1 have been reopened after a vehicle crash resulted in a shutdown at the Pineda Causeway, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

Downtown Produce celebrates the holidays this weekend with a tasting featuring more than 150 wines, champagnes and beers.

Pope Francis is credited by observers with taking his faith out of the confines of the Vatican and into the streets where the poor and the marginalized live.

There will be a grand opening and ribbbon-cutting for Habitat for Humanity of Brevard County Inc. from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013: Want to be in this calendar? Submit events at least two weeks in advance to tgif@floridatoday.com.

Bouncing in a black Ford Super Duty truck along a rutted dirt lane in the forest, Jake Wise emerged into an immense, man-made clearing bustling with bulldozers, dump trucks and earth-moving equipment.

What's even better than using recycled steel for framing? Making it on the go. Cliff Singleton, owner of NexGen Framing System LLC, operates out of Melbourne, Fla., but his three trailers, each containing a metal-extrusion machine, can bring a framing factory anywhere.

He has a set of long, thick black sideburns shaped like inward facing hockey-sticks.

About 40 people gathered Tuesday morning for a groundbreaking ceremony at the entrance to the future Sawgrass Lakes housing mega-development in West Melbourne.