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The $5.5 million Space Coast Field of Dreams sports complex for special-needs kids debuted in 2016 as a crown jewel of West Melbourne Community Park.

FOX 35 has learned that the Phantom Fireworks store in West Melbourne that became engulfed in flames after it was struck by a vehicle in November did not have a sprinkler system.

The West Melbourne City Council unanimously confirmed Greg Vestas hiring to replace Richard Wiley, who led the department from 2012 until August.

The four candidates are incumbents Diana Adams, John Dittmore and Andrea Young, as well as challenger William Johnson

Tuesday night, the West Melbourne City Council publicly interviewed Adams and three other applicants: Adam Gaffney, William Johnson and Justin Matoska.

The West Melbourne City Council is scheduled to appoint a replacement for departing Council Member Daniel Batcheldor on June 7.

Tim Rhode took over as village administrator in January 2020.

Karsten Koch, 34, has been living with his parents in Nashotah, but he would like to move out to his own place in Hartland to be closer to his job but not too far from family. Hartlands police chief has warned Koch hes not welcome, citing the villages moratorium on any more sex offenders living there. In a federal lawsuit, Koch contends that the villages 2018 ordinance, applied retroactively, amounts to an illegal ex post facto law, in violation of the U.S. Constitution.  The "designated of...