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Michelle Genz

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After career, a time for philanthropy – and time for mom

For the past decade, Hope Woodhouse, a longtime Wall Street executive who got her start on the mostly ...

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W. Galen Weston, founder of Windsor and developer of Orchid Island, dies at 80

W. Galen Weston, the Canadian billionaire whose vision transformed a strip of Vero’s north barrier island into the ...

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Sebastian high school swimmer headed for Olympic trials

On a recent Saturday morning, at an elite competition in St. Petersburg, Florida that would turn out to ...

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VNA nurses now visiting homebound seniors to give COVID-19 vaccinations

In the frantic first weeks of COVID-19 vaccine availability, a subset of Vero’s seniors were spared the frustration ...

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Cleveland Clinic adds physicians to hospital staff

Even as Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital has coped with COVID-19, its leadership has continued to look beyond ...

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New memory care facility preparing to open on U.S. 1 in May

Another assisted living facility is opening on U.S. 1 in Indian River County, this time a dedicated memory ...

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Kerry Bartlett appointed to replace Tracey Zudans on Hospital District

Kerry Bartlett, a consultant on philanthropy and prominent figure in the local nonprofit realm, has been named by ...

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Is pending bill aimed at eliminating Hospital District?

A piece of legislation moving through the state legislature could prove an existential threat to hospital districts, local ...

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Funding doubled for addiction treatment center

The Hospital District board has unanimously agreed to double its funding of Phoenix Rising Wellness Center, increasing the ...

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At last, events restarting here after long year

The unwanted visitor with the strange name came to Vero on Friday the 13th. For the superstitious, the ...

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C-section rates improve dramatically at Cleveland Clinic

The improvement couldn’t have come at a more welcome time. As Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital was doing ...

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Nursing home let staff with COVID care for patients

In the lull between Vero’s summer and winter COVID-19 surges, and as families began to be able to ...