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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 ...
The U.S. Coast Guard will continue its search overnight for a father and son who failed to arrive in Vero Beach in their boat Tuesday following a trip from northwestern Florida, officials said. Coast Guard officials said Peter Cook, 57, and Gerald Cook, 81, both of Vero Beach, were traveling with four dogs in a 52-foot steel hull vessel named "Rome." The boaters left Port St. Joe near Panama City on Feb. 13 and were expected to arrive in Vero Beach Tuesday, officials said in a social media post. "It was a father and son on a voyage," U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Andrew Mueller said. Mueller said Gerald Cook's wife called law enforcement about 5 p.m. Tuesday after the ...
A massive active search for two firefighters - including one with connections to Vero Beach - missing at sea since Friday, was expected to be suspended at sundown Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced in a news conference. The Coast Guard and several other agencies have searched for Justin Walker, 33, a Vero Beach native, and Brian McCluney, from Cocoa, since the two friends left out of Port Canaveral Friday morning for a fishing trip and never returned. Walker is a firefighter in Fairfax County, Virginia, and McCluney is a firefighter and paramedic in Jacksonville. "I made the extremely difficult decision that we will suspend the search tonight at sundown," Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Commander Mark Vlaun said during the ...