Contaminants removed from Melbourne housing complex, but some neighbors skeptical floridatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from floridatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Residents were encouraged to stay indoors during the environmental cleanup.
The action slated to take up to three weeks to complete started Monday at the Crane Creek site where contractors had already built the Heritage Park apartment complex along the intersection of Grant and Burr streets.
The contaminated soil will be collected, loaded onto 10 trucks, and hauled to a site in Osceola County. It s a slight victory, said Joseph McNeil, president of the Concerned Citizens Committee, the group that lobbied Melbourne City Council for the site to be designated for environmental cleanup.
The City Council initially voted unanimously Nov. 13 to designate the property as a brownfield area.
Palm Bay church to host 500-dose COVID-19 vaccination event; all appointments are booked Rick Neale, Florida Today
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As part of a pilot program, a state strike team will administer 500 COVID-19 vaccine doses Saturday at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in northeast Palm Bay.
“It’s a great opportunity for the underserved community. People were very emotional on the phone, said Bennie Jackson, who chairs the church s board of trustees. People were crying. People were pleading. People were crying when we had told them that they were accepted, they were so happy, Jackson said. We were just overwhelmed with requests, Jackson said.