Good morning, Melbourne.

The 42nd annual Space Coast State Fair opens today and runs through Nov.

15 at Space Coast Daily Park, 5775 Stadium Parkway in Viera, offering rides, live shows, food, and family attractions; admission is $10, and children under 36 inches and adults 65 and older get in free.

Florida Tech will host a Student and Industry Mixer on Thursday, Nov.

5 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Vertex Applied Innovation Hub (2495 Palm Bay Road NE, Palm Bay), where keynote Carol Craig will lead a fireside chat followed by a structured networking mixer for students and local industry.

Brevard County voters will decide Tuesday, Nov.

3 whether to renew a half-cent sales tax that has generated about $580 million since 2016 for Indian River Lagoon dredging, stormwater filtration, and seagrass restoration, and if approved the tax would fund cleanup work for another 10 years.

Brevard County officials monitored beach erosion on Oct.

28 as king tides and strong wind struck Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, and Cocoa Beach; they will assess full damage later this week, and said some turtle nests were washed out while most 2026 nests already had hatched and recent replenishment limited dune loss.

Oct. 24-31 is International Bat Week, and state wildlife officials urge residents to use safe, legal bat exclusion this fall so young bats can mature and leave before removal; bat houses have been installed around Brevard County, including Melbourne.

Port Canaveral renamed Jetty Park Drive to Jerry Allender Way at its Oct.

28 meeting to honor retiring chairman Jerry Allender, who served 28 of the past 43 years and will be succeeded by Stan Retz after the Nov. 3 election.

Cocoa will host Rockledge in the 48th BBQ Bowl on Friday, Oct.

30, with kickoff at 7 p.m. and a live stream on Space Coast Daily's Facebook + YouTube; both teams are rebuilding, Cocoa 3-5 and Rockledge 1-8.