Melbourne edged Lake Brantley 28-21 in a close encounter of the athletic kind in Florida high school football on Aug. 18. Neither team dominated early as the two squads struggled evenly to a 7-7 ...

The lake is inside a 25-acre recreational area in Melbourne, and it's popular with boaters. Like other waters across Florida, it does have alligators. More: Search ongoing for airboater missing in ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The body of a missing boater has been recovered from an area near Lake Washington, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed Monday.

Melbourne Lake Salt Marsh is located just outside of Yarmouth near Arcadia Salt Marsh, Tusket Islands Wilderness Area, and the Melbourne Lake Game Sanctuary. Here, 152 acres (61.5 hectares) of ...