Senior Resource Association Dine Around event a success

Fertilizer restrictions to go into effect next month

A reminder from the Indian River Neighborhood Association to residents of Indian River County, City of Vero Beach, Sebastian and Orchid. We are coming into our rainy season when more nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous are likely to be washed from our lawns, driveways and roads into the storm water system and, ultimately, into our local waterways such as the Indian River Lagoon. The fertilizer ordinances passed by our communities goes into effect June 1st. It prohibits the use of lawn fertilizer between June 1st and September 30th. No fertilizer containing Phosphorous is to be used anytime. All fertilizers must contain at least 50% slow release Nitrogen. Finally, no fertilizer is to be applied within 10 feet of any ...

Indian River County woman positive for COVID-19

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The Florida Department of Health announced Thursday evening that the first Indian River County resident has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the 6 p.m. update report, the patient is a 77-year-old woman. The report says the woman’s travel history is “unknown” and that she has had no known contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19. No other information was given about her condition or where she is being treated or isolated. Identities and other biographical details are not generally provided by state or local health officials due to privacy laws. Florida now has 432 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19, with a concentration of those cases in Broward and Dade ...

Santa visits students at GYAC

GIFFORD — In the days leading up to Christmas, the jolly Saint Nicholas cleared up his busy schedule of gift giving to make sure students at a youth center received presents on their wish list. Saint Nicholas, better known as Santa Claus, visited youth last Thursday afternoon at Gifford Youth Achievement Center. The man in the traditional red and white outfit with a white beard was GYAC staff member Lebon Nicholas, happily providing each student with a gift. The students sung Christmas carols inside the gymnasium and the youth orchestra performed classic holiday tunes. The orchestra did a combined performance as well as solo performances, staff members said. The GYAC, a center that offers an after school program focused on ...