Additional Dancing with Vero’s Stars participants honored

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 ...

‘They’ll always be part of this community’ – Rowing event shows respect for bridge crash victims

VERO BEACH — It's a day he will never forget. Matt Harrelson was one of the first policemen to pull up to the wreckage of a head-on collision between a silver van carrying a rowing team and a red Dodge pickup. The Vero Beach lieutenant, firefighters and paramedics rushed to the mangled van - sitting at the intersection of the Merrill P. Barber Bridge and Indian River Boulevard - to pull out members of College of the Holy Cross Women's Rowing Team. Some team members in the back seats were able to climb out on their own, Harrelson said. Others toward the front had broken bones. "It was a pretty traumatic scene because of the number of victims and major ...

Family of hit-and-run victim starts fundraiser for funeral service

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The family of a 19-year-old killed in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month started a GoFundMe fundraising campaign to help pay for his funeral expenses. "The person who (killed) my baby didn't even have the decency to call 911," said the teen's mother, Reneal Ross Johnson, 42, of Orlando, in a message on the GoFundMe page explaining the financial need. "My son laid in the bushes for nine days." Desmond Johnson's aunt, Alexis Ross Powell, 34, of Valrico, said she created the GoFundMe fundraising page Tuesday. More than $1,000 has been raised so far of the $10,000 goal. Johnson was struck by a red pick up driven by 18-year-old Francisco Magana Cendejas on March 1. Johnson's co-workers ...