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23.03.2021 / 23:03

Bars, restaurants in unincorporated Brevard County can soon sell alcohol 24/7

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard County commissioners on Tuesday voted to advance with deregulating alcohol sales hours at bars and restaurants in unincorporated communities of the county.

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Brevard County commissioners OK adding Omni for COVID-19 vaccine contract

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – County commissioners on Tuesday approved contracting with physician group Omni Healthcare to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine — if allocations reach a level higher than the Florida Department of Health drive-thru site in Viera can handle.

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Brevard County Commission shoots down vaccine mandate for first responders

The Brevard County Commission on Tuesday shot down a proposal from Commissioner John Tobia to require first responders employed by the county to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.

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Brevard commissioner to propose policy requiring firefighters, EMTs to get vaccine

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – There are already incentives in place for first responders in Brevard County to get the COVID-19 vaccine. County Commissioners voted back in December to pay first responders including firefighters, paramedics and EMS $75 for each dose, $150 total if they get the vaccine.

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Brevard commissioners lambaste outgoing Florida Today editor with ‘honorary’ proclamation

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard County Commissioners targeted an outgoing Florida Today editor with a resolution Tuesday “honoring” her but instead the commissioners targeted the journalist’s nationality and the decline of newspaper sales.

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Brevard earmarks nearly $2 million to help small businesses affected by COVID-19

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Nearly $2 million will be going toward helping Brevard County’s small businesses recover from COVID-19 losses.The only county commissioner who was opposed didn’t like the idea of taking that money from the county’s public safety fund, where it would have gone before the commission voted Tuesday.[TRENDING: Rare ‘Christmas star’ puts on a show | Suspects sold ‘jail broken’ Amazon Fire Sticks | Who will be the next to receive the COVID-19 vaccine?]“Understand, you just voted to take some of that money that would of otherwise gone to fire and police, and give it to businesses that didn’t apply in a timely manner,” Commissioner John Tobia said.Commissioner Bryan Lober responded that federal CARES money would not come out

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County commissioners support open carry of guns, lowering minimum gun purchase age from 21 to 18

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard County commissioners have come out in support of a change in Florida Statute to allowing gun owners in the state to openly carry their weapons, as long as they have a concealed weapons permit, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday night in favor of a resolution introduced by Chair Bryan Lober, urging the six-member Brevard delegation to the Florida Legislature to push for such a change in the 2021 legislative session.The resolution also included an amendment, introduced by Commissioner John Tobia, to reverse the portions of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act that increased the minimum age to purchase firearms in Florida from 18 to 21."This is an easy

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Brevard County seeks state approval to reopen vacation rental businesses

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Individuals and companies that operate vacation rentals in Brevard County are one step away from getting back in business — after two months of being idled by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Brevard County Commission votes to reopen parking at county-operated beaches starting on Friday

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – During a special meeting of Brevard County commissioners Thursday, leaders voted to start removing the barriers that have blocked county-operated beach parking lots for several weeks.

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