Archive for June 14th, 2008

School board member Larry Hughes arrested for DUI

June 14, 2008

from Florida Today:

The 57-year-old was pulled over by the Florida Highway Patrol at 7 p.m. Sunday, after witnesses reported a red Porsche traveling northbound through Martin County in a reckless manner, according to the arrest affidavit.

National media catching on to Space Coast plight

June 14, 2008

from Fox News:

TITUSVILLE, Fla. —  In the shadow of the Kennedy Space Center, the countdown has begun in the towns that run on the space program’s clock.

NASA is retiring its shuttle fleet in two years, and for at least five years after that, no humans will launch from Florida’s “Space Coast.”

Communities built up around Cape Canaveral figure to take a hobbling hit. There will be no more blastoffs by Atlantis, Discovery or Endeavour to pack hotels and viewing sites with tourists.

Up to 6,400 of the 8,000 shuttle contractors in the area will lose their jobs, according to early NASA estimates.