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Costa d E'ste Lucky Monkeys October hits different in Indian River County. The sun dips out a bit sooner, the air feels crisp, and you can sense a spark of excitement everywhere you go. This is when the place transforms—between haunted happenings, local festivals, and those quiet, golden moments by the water, fall really shows off here. Ready to dive in? Here’s a list of the top 8 things that’ll get you in the October spirit and show you why Indian River County is so much fun

Big news for everyone in Pinellas   The county just rolled out $800 million in recovery grants to help people fix up their homes after the 2024 storm season. Doesn’t matter if you’ve lived here forever or you own a vacation home—this is real money for repairs and getting things back to normal.   There are some deadlines and rules, so make sure you check the official Pinellas County website for the details.   Tell your neighbors, too. This isn’t just about patching up houses—

Thick vegetation covers the land near the Summer Haven homes, and the tides shape the area every day. Now, four acres of this sensitive coastline have a new future. St. Johns Wildlife Care Inc. donated the land to the North Florida Land Trust (NFLT), putting it in the hands of people dedicated to conservation. You’ll find this patch, a salt marsh tucked just west of Summer Haven, in the Matanzas Inlet Beach subdivision. Walk through the property and you’re surrounded by black

Melissa is roaring toward Jamaica right now, packing 185-mph winds—one of the fiercest Atlantic hurricanes on record. The island stands right in its path. People are bracing for disaster; this storm threatens to tear through Jamaica with a force the country’s never seen. The UN is already calling it the “storm of the century.” The danger isn’t just looming—it’s real. Melissa has already claimed seven lives: three in Jamaica as people scrambled to prepare, three in Haiti, and

Archaeologists just uncovered something big in St. Augustine, Florida, a hidden Native American village buried right under an old 19th-century house. Turns out, there’s a much deeper story beneath the streets of America’s oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city. When the team dug in, they found the remains of Timucua homes, old fire pits, broken pottery, and even food scraps. Suddenly, you can picture what life looked like here before the Spanish ever showed up. T

This government shutdown is no minor disruption, it’s a direct hit to the heart of several state economies, especially those where real estate is the engine driving growth. Now in its third week, the shutdown is costing about $400 million every single day. That’s not chump change. Nearly a million federal employees are furloughed, and another 700,000 are working without pay; serious numbers with serious consequences. HUD was forced to lay off hundreds of employees last Friday

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