COCOA BEACH, Fla. – It was an incredible stroke ... If you’re expecting a phone call – like from a doctor’s office – write down the number so you’ll recognize it when the phone rings.

Just over a year before the end of his second term, Cocoa Beach Mayor Ben Malik is stepping down. “I just accepted a new job, that opportunity that precludes me from holding public office.

Cocoa Beach voters will select a mayor and two City ... generating more revenue to offset the losses it incurs annually. When I took office, our city debt stood at $44 million.

In a four-page letter to Goodson, the hotel association's president, Tom Williamson, said Cocoa Beach-area hoteliers are unhappy with the marketing strategy of the Space Coast Office of Tourism ...

The strategy comes at a time when concerns grow about the nation's economy and how it will affect summer travel.

Peter Cranis, executive director of the Space Coast Office of Tourism, grew up in Cocoa Beach and remembers seeing the first shuttle launch in 1981 from the Kennedy Space Center. “I could almost ...