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School Board votes to close Thompson Magnet Elementary School

By Debbie Carson - Mar. 9, 2010, 9:58pm

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – Thompson Magnet Elementary School parents packed into the County Commission Chambers Tuesday night pleading to keep their school open as is. Instead, the School Board decided in a 4-1 vote to convert the magnet school into a voluntary pre-kindergarten and adult education center.

School Board Chairwoman Karen Disney-Brombach was the lone dissenter, expressing concern that the board had not been given enough time to consider the issue.

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FP&L appearance at Vero meeting leaves ratepayers hanging

By Lisa Zahner - Mar. 9, 2010, 4:05pm

VERO BEACH -- Florida Power and Light told the Vero Beach Utility Advisory Committee Tuesday the company needs more time to complete a "high level financial analysis" of a potential sale of the electric utility and will meet privately with top city staff in about three weeks.

FP&L Spokeswoman Amy Brunjes, who serves as External Affairs Manager for this region, told committee members and the 60 or so people assembled to watch the meeting that the power provider could have answered some of the 76 questions submitted to it, but that "we would prefer to give you all the answers at once" and that "some of the questions are premature to answer."

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UPDATE: Consultant clears first hurdle to study utility merger

By Debbie Carson - Mar. 9, 2010, 11:59am

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – The recommended consultant chosen to study the possibility of a water and wastewater merger between Indian River County and the City of Vero Beach cleared the first of three hurdles today.

The Board of County Commissioners unanimously supported proceeding with negotiations with GAI Consultants, of Orlando. The next step is for the City of Vero Beach and the Town of Indian River Shores to approve the recommendation as well.

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