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Lisa Zahner

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Delay in Vero Electric sale not likely to create budget problems for city

Contrary to election-season speculation by former mayor Dick Winger that the sky is falling at City Hall because ...

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Petition drive shows support for electric sale

Vero Beach residents have launched a quixotic grassroots petition drive against an attempt by the Florida Industrial Power ...

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Shores approves zoning for Surfsedge development

The 24-home Surfsedge community – slated to be built on a 5.2-acre oceanside parcel sold at auction in ...

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Large power users pose real threat to Vero Electric deal

Somebody in charge of the Vero Beach electric sale should have known the $185 million deal was on ...

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Judge rules accused killer of nurse will face death penalty

The family of Diana Duve, the 26-year-old nurse killed in June 2014, may take some solace in last ...

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Requests for FPL-Vero Electric review could take months

The projected Oct. 1 closing of the sale of Vero Electric to Florida Power & Light ran into ...

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PSC: Vero got ‘extraordinary’ price for utility

The Florida Public Service Commission finally issued its long-awaited Proposed Agency Action order last week. The document’s conclusion ...

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Vero is moving to get old sewer plant off lagoon

After 60 years of having a wastewater treatment plant on the shore of the Indian River Lagoon at ...

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Rechter helps Vero out, steps up to buy post office in Old Downtown

Most people who opposed Vero Beach selling its historic post office property on 13th Avenue in the Old ...

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Delay in PSC’s formal approval of electric sale not seen delaying close

An unexpected 10-day delay in the Florida Public Service Commission’s formal ruling following a June 5 vote to ...

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Brian Heady sues Vero, alleging his rights have been violated

Longtime Vero Beach political gadfly Brian Heady on June 6 filed suit against the City of Vero Beach ...

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Dining road trip: The Big Easy, and the Great Brees-y

Some people are natural wanderers who seem to glide from place to place effortlessly. My son and I ...