Merritt Island News

Three Brevard County attorneys will be honored for serving 50 years in Florida. They are: Palmer W. Collins of Indialantic James W. Dawson of Merritt Island Joe Denton Matheny of Titusville The attorneys will be honored at a luncheon sponsored by The Florida Bar's Young Lawyers Division on June 28, according to a news release.

Brevard County deputies are searching for a man who fled a Merritt Island insurance office after a robbery today.

Local 6 News partner Florida Today reports that deputies said a man entered the Aflac Insurance Office at 2094 N. Courtenay Parkway, near the intersection with Skyline Boulevard on Merritt Island, and bound an unidentified employee, forcing the employee from the store at gunpoint.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Wednesday, June 19, 2013: To have your event listed, send a description of the event with time, day, location, cost and contact information to tgif@floridatoday.com at least two weeks before the event.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Tuesday, June 18, 2013: To have your event listed, send a description of the event with time, day, location, cost and contact information to tgif@floridatoday.com at least two weeks before the event.

You're in luck, because tickets are still available for Luau in the Himalaya, which last year was a hit.

People are taking medium to larger motorized boats up the Pine Island Conservation Area inlet at high rates of speed, oblivious to the manatee group that has found a peaceful rest area.

Reading your Help! column has been a godsend for us. One of the articles, which I saved but can no longer find, was about computer help.

Firefighters used the "jaws of life" to rescue a seriously injured person from a heavily damaged pickup truck after a crash Saturday night on State Road 528 on Merritt Island, Brevard County Fire Rescue Lt.

A friend once told me that if you do not have your Floridian poisonous snakes memorized, then do not live in the state of Florida .

Here are your entertainment best bets for Saturday, June 15, 2013: To have your event listed, send a description of the event with time, day, location, cost and contact information to tgif@floridatoday.com at least two weeks before the event.

MERRITT ISLAND -- SeaWorld staff rescued an adult male bottlenose dolphin Thursday, stranded in the shallows of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

It's both what students do - and don't do - when facing the American flag that unsettled Brevard School Board member Andy Ziegler.

Motorists can expect serious delays as Brevard County Fire-Rescue crews and deputies respond to a traffic accident that left a tractor trailer overturned near the East Precinct of the Brevard County sheriff's office on Merritt Island.

Merritt Island graduate and Daytona Cubs third baseman Dustin Geiger and Brevard County Manatees first baseman Nick Ramirez are among the players that will compete in the Florida State League Home Run Derby.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Wednesday, June 12, 2013: To have your event listed, send a description of the event with time, day, location, cost and contact information to tgif@floridatoday.com at least two weeks before the event.

When asked to what she attributed her long life, mother would always say, "I laugh a lot!" And, indeed she did.

Brevard County Property Appraiser Dana Blickley announced Monday her plans to re-open the Merritt Island office at 2575 North Courtenay Parkway.

Steve Naso, Palm Coast "Sure hope my unemployment check is enough to pay my student loan payment."

The Department of Veterans Affairs initiatives to speed up pension and compensation claims has given Alexander Iodice hope as the Vietnam veteran continues to wait for a decision on his claim.