Satellite Beach News

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The cost is $20. Call 321-254-9453, ext. 219. Senior Safety & Facts of Life: Informative presentation about senior safety resources and information will be at One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Entering Interstate-95 southbound, at Eau Gallie Boulevard, something roadside appears to have come up a bit short.

From left, Charlie Lopez, 10; Leah Greiner, 9; teacher Melissa Hardesty; and Ethan Ovella, 9, hold up a map marking where their bottles were found.

Former City Manager Michael Crotty, who led City Hall operations for 27 years, is now working as city manager in Surfside.

No less an expert than Voltaire once wrote, "Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal." It's quite legal in this area, and as massively popular as one would expect, especially as the weather goes from balmy to steamy.

Authorities found no suspicious devices during a two-hour search of yards today in a Satellite Beach neighborhood.

It all started innocently enough. I responded in shared astonishment to a friend's puzzled Facebook post about seeing a toddler in a bar at an hour that's usually way past the stroller sets' bedtime.

Every Tuesday, Dan Brinkmann gets together with a bunch of guys, not to play poker or watch the game, but, rather, to sing.

Call 321-254-0672 or visit melbourne panhellenic.org. VITAS -- Remembering Our Mothers: Celebration and support for anyone who has experienced the loss of a mother will be at One Senior Place, 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Viera, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Tina Descovich made a deal with a higher power. After the birth of her second son five years ago, the Indialantic woman was determined to avoid slipping back into the demands of the corporate lifestyle.

Today marks the sixth consecutive birthday that Alyona Sotnikova has spent away from her family, back in the Ukraine.

A young thug confronted a 51-year-old blind man on an Oklahoma City street and taunted him, saying, "I can make you see before you see God," then punched him in the head twice.

Here are your entertainment best bets for Saturday, May 4, 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.

Wednesday's FLORIDA TODAY article, "Police: Intent unclear/explosive materials removed from home; neighborhood secure," about the arrest of Joseph Patrick Long of Satellite Beach certainly was impressive.

The brothers, of Maine, face charges including taking eels without a harvest permit and taking glass eels less than six inches long.

Man robs for cruise: A North Carolina man was arrested for robbing a credit union in Florida to pay for a Disney cruise, it was reported.

A 37-year-old North Carolina man was charged with carrying out a beachside credit union robbery after police say he told investigators he felt "pressured" to fulfill a promise to buy Disney cruise tickets for his girlfriend's children.

In review of the current events surrounding the Boston Marathon Bombing security is on the rise around the nation.

A 1999 automobile accident robbed Medhat Labib of his mobility, but a dog named Delpha gave some of it back to the retired Satellite Beach pharmacist.