With all the precision and enthusiasm of Santa’s workshop at the North Pole, volunteers for the Senior Santa program had the production line going Dec. 14 in Viera, filling bags to brighten the holidays for more than 600 seniors in local nursing homes and hospices.

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The mission of Keep Brevard Beautiful is to motivate and educate businesses, school groups and individual partnerships to reduce litter, recycle, landscape and beautify for the environmental and economic benefit of Brevard County.

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At Melbourne Municipal Band’s Hands Across the Sea concert in November, guest conductor Hal Gibson charmed and wowed the audience. Having the audience in the palm of his hand is nothing new to Gibson, whose long and distinguished Army career placed him in charge of the country’s top military bands.

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The Ancient Oaks 100-Mile Endurance Run took place at the Enchanted Forest Nature Sanctuary in Titusville on Dec. 12 and 13. With 55 entries -- double that of last year -- more than half of the runners were age 50 and older, and they were anything but ancient.

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