Hometown News Brevard

09/17/2026

Good day Palm Bay! Your Thursday e-edition is online and ready to read. Front and center is the Brevard Regional Pageant in which three winners were crowned.

Click below. Never a paywall, just great local news. 🔽

https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/eedition/page-01/page_055570ae-6487-55ed-8fa6-745b79357c67.html

09/17/2026

Good day North Brevard! Your Thursday e-edition is online and ready to read. Never a paywall, just great local news. 🔽

https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/eedition/page-01/page_19973bbc-899c-578b-aed6-855a90b69b4f.html

09/17/2026

Nearly 300 people. One big need. One community coming together.

Hope Fellesmere has expanded into Brevard County after discovering families in need just minutes from its founder’s home. At its first food distribution in Melbourne’s Meadows mobile home community, families received groceries — and volunteers found plenty of neighbors ready to help.

Now, Operation Hope hopes to return monthly. Here’s how you can help.

Click on Brenda Sposato's story below for this sweet story.

MELBOURNE — Operation Hope of Greater Florida is expanding its outreach beyond Indian River County, bringing food assistance to families in Brevard County after discovering a significant need just minutes

09/17/2026

BREAKING: First is eliminating 214 positions, affecting about 2% of its workforce.

No hospitals or emergency departments are closing, but several programs are being changed or eliminated, including Hospital at Home.

The cuts primarily affect administrative, management and clerical positions. Impacted employees will receive 60 days of pay and benefits, along with job-search support.

The changes affect Health First workers, their families and some patients. Here’s what we know about the cuts and the changes coming to Health First programs.

CLICK ON STORY BELOW FOR DETAILS

ROCKLEDGE — Health First is eliminating 214 positions across its health system, affecting about 2% of its 10,350 associates.

09/16/2026

Brevard pageant crowns first local titleholders 💃💆‍♂️🥇🥈🥉

Three new queens launch reigns focused on children, human trafficking awareness and community connections

Congrats to the winners!

FULL STORY IS LINKED IN COMMENTS!

09/16/2026

Join Hands Across the Lagoon in Titusville

Lagoon fans are asked to meet at Sand Point Park at 8 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 19.

STORY AND DETAILS LINKED IN COMMENTS

09/16/2026

https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/multimedia/photo_galleries/brevard/see-the-space-coast-from-a-whole-new-angle/article_1b3e35ba-0236-5068-b46b-5e340bea24d0.html

PORT CANAVERAL — I recently took a ride with Cocoa Beach Helicopters, the company behind the bright yellow helicopter you may have spotted flying along the coast.

09/16/2026

A welcome worth the wait 🪖🎖✈

Community stays late to cheer home veterans returning from Space Coast Honor Flight Mission

One veteran on the flight served in WW2 and is just shy of his 100th birthday.

See Julian Leek story and amazing photo gallery, LINKED IN COMMENTS 🔽

09/11/2026

A day that permanently altered our country and left an indelible mark on our collective heart. Today, we pause to honor the 2,977 innocent lives lost, pay tribute to the brave first responders and community who ran toward danger without hesitation, and hold in our thoughts every family who has lived with a quiet empty chair for 25 years.

May we continue to honor their legacy not only through reflection, but by carrying forward the unity, compassion, and strength that defined us in the days that followed.

09/10/2026

WARNING: Click "bait" ahead 🐟 🥁📀

🎣 ALL RIGHT, BREVARD — LET’S SEE WHAT YA GOT! 🐟
It’s time for the Hometown News Catch of the Week! 🐠
Did you catch a big one? A unique one? We want to see it!
Saltwater or freshwater — send us your best catch. 🐟🦞🐳

📸 Submit your catch:
Use our online form (below) or send us a DM with:
• Your name & town
• Type and approximate size of fish
• Lure or bait used
• Where you caught it

And don’t worry — we won’t make you give up your secret fishing spot. 🤫🎣 Feel free to be vague or leave it out entirely.
The mullet are running, Brevard. Let’s see those fish!

Submit your Catch of the Week to
https://www.hometownnewsbrevard.com/community_page/catch_of_the_week/
📩 Or just DM your catch & info to Hometown News Brevard