Dr. Frederick Ho is celebrating 25 years of success as a noted Brevard ophthalmologist, nearly five of those most recent years at his Wickham Road practice in Viera, which now hosts his adjacent Atlantic Eye MD hospital dedicated to eye surgery. The path that led to the spacious, blue-trimmed yellow building and great success started [...]

Mega-churches in the Viera/Suntree area can sometimes become victim of their own successes. Families can drift in and out of large congregations without taking root or connecting to fellow members. Suntree United Methodist Church (SUMC) takes steps to stay connected. The church held its third annual Suntree’s Got Talent on Friday night, Feb. 24, followed [...]

Local firefighters help raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven group dedicated to raising funds for childhood cancer research. Brevard County Fire Rescue has teamed-up to stand in solidarity with children fighting cancer by having their heads shaved at an event on March 17 from 3 to 6 p.m. at The Avenue Viera. [...]

Dave Head is more than the director of sales at Head Contract Solutions. He helped raise more than $10,000 for Viera Suntree Little League in 2011, is the Chief Umpire at VSLL, District 2 Umpire Consultant, Southeast Region Little League Umpire Instructor, and has been selected to Umpire in the Little League – Junior League [...]

Viera residents have been counting down to the grand opening on Saturday, March 17 of the 56,000-squarefoot Publix located on the corner of Viera Boulevard and Stadium Parkway. Called a “hybrid,” this store will offer conventional items combined with an abundant selection of earth-friendly, all-natural and organic products. Marsha Singh, store manager, said, “Customers continue [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL After winning the second district title in school history, the Hawks reached another milestone when a last-second shot by Erick DeJesus gave Viera a 48-47 victory over Winter Springs in a Class 7A regional quarterfinal. It was Viera’s first state playoff victory and sent the Hawks into the regional semifinals against Oviedo. Chris [...]

By Carl Kotala The way Viera High boys basketball coach Josh Sykes sees it, the Hawks have nothing to regret, and only positives to take from a landmark season that ended Tuesday night with a 56-53 loss to visiting Oviedo in the Class 7A regional semifinals. “I couldn’t be more ecstatic as a head coach,” [...]

Viera girls advance to regional finals By Carl Kotala Trailing at halftime of Tuesday night’s Class 7A regional semifinal against Evans (Orlando), the Viera High Hawks made an adjustment in both defense, and attitude. Now, they’re one more victory away from reaching the Final Four. Sparked by sophomore Rolanda Hayes’ 20 points and a near [...]

Viera boys win districts, will host playoff game Thursday By Carl Kotala A big fourth quarter paid off in a big way for the Viera High boys’ basketball team last week. Senior guard Connor Muzzy went 4-for-4 at the free throw line, including a pair of foul shots with 3.9 seconds remaining to seal the [...]

BY DELICIA POP On Saturday, Oct. 1, the Viera High School Army JROTC program competed in its first JROTC Raider competition for the 2011-2012 school year. The competition was held at Viera with schools from Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Rockledge, Merritt Island, Astronaut and Heritage participating. Overall, Viera’s male and female teams performed well. The Viera [...]