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1. Sebastian River Art Club plans busy start to new year

SEBASTIAN -- The Sebastian River Art Club isn't letting the holiday season slow it down as the group gears up to a busy start to 2010. As part of the club's annual Holiday donations, the group donated $400 to the Ecumenical Food Bank and made its...

Tuesday, 22 December 2009 | Read more

2. Manatees latest casualty of cold snap - about dozen dead in area waters

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- Manatees are the latest casualty of the recent cold snap with perhaps dozens killed off statewide in the past few weeks. Although the state's numbers are about a week behind, as of Jan. 15, some 22 manatees have died of cold...

Friday, 22 January 2010 | Read more

3. Beachside hotels filled with visitors

If you think the barrier island seems a bit crowded at the moment despite the dire forecasts earlier this winter – well, you’re right. Beachside hotels are pretty much filled to the brim, with guests from the Northeast and Midwest, some...

Sunday, 21 March 2010 | Read more

4. Vero Beach Inn to get facelift, new name

VERO BEACH -- Say goodbye to the stodgy, outdated Vero Beach Inn and hello to what’s being billed as a classy, island-style hotel to be named Surf Club Hotel. Palm Beach hotelier Jim Clarke has leased the 2.5-acre ocean-front property from owner...

Monday, 19 October 2009 | Read more

5. Organ is Community Church's musical jewel in the crown

VERO BEACH -- If music speaks for a people, then the church organ at Community Church says volumes for its congregation. After three years of renovations to various parts of its campus, the church finally received the jewel in the crown of its...

Saturday, 27 February 2010 | Read more

6. Scientist says Vero fossil 'most spectacular and rare work of art in the Americas'

VERO BEACH -- Recent chilly temperatures notwithstanding, Vero Beach was in the midst of an Ice Age 13,000 years ago that has led to one of the rarest art finds in the world and captured the attention of scientists about the importance the site...

Friday, 05 March 2010 | Read more

7. Relay For Life of the Beaches celebrates life, hope

VERO BEACH -- Maureen Pfeil vowed that the sandals on her feet would not leave the track at any time during the nightlong walk to raise funds to fight cancer. The sandals had belonged to her mother, Joan Manney of Spanish Lakes Fairways, who died...

Saturday, 10 April 2010 | Read more

8. UUFVB receives 'Green Sanctuary' accreditation

VERO BEACH -- Faith groups everywhere are responding to global warming concerns, and the Unitarian Universalist Association is no exception. This denomination has begun a program known as the Green Sanctuary Program which provides the framework for...

Friday, 24 July 2009 | Read more

9. Community Bible Study starts Sept. 9 at Trinity Episcopal Church

VERO BEACH -- Community Bible Study for women will begin Wednesday Sept. 9 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2365 Pine Ave., located at the corner of Royal Palm Boulevard and Pine Avenue in Vero Beach. Women will meet each week from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m....

Monday, 27 July 2009 | Read more

10. United Methodist Women of Christ by the Sea to host Aug. 16 lunch

VERO BEACH -- The United Methodist Women of Christ by the Sea will host a fund-raiser luncheon on Sunday, Aug. 16, at the church, located at 3755 North A1A, Vero Beach. It is called "Scrumptious Luncheon" and will begin at 11:30 a.m. The cost of...

Thursday, 06 August 2009 | Read more