Our Beautiful Ocean exhibit at Gallery 14 to benefit HBOI

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 ...

Downtown Vero sizzles with excitement at Summer Sizzler Stroll

VERO BEACH -- Downtown Vero Beach was a hub of activity Friday evening as galleries and businesses welcomed throngs of people to the 3D District Summer Sizzler Stroll. It was indeed sizzling, but the heat was far better than previously predicted drenching rains from Hurricane Irene. Many went all out for the event, luring the steady stream of visitors with refreshments and live entertainment. Flametree Clay Art Gallery hosted its first invitational exhibit; Meet the Locals, featuring their own work plus that of 17 visiting artists from the area. Flametree's five resident artists met through ceramics classes at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, and formed the gallery this past March. "It seemed like a good time," said artist Maria ...

Beach Blanket Bingo comes to Vero Beach Museum of Art

VERO BEACH -- Don't miss the Fun, Fun, Fun at the Vero Beach Museum of Art's summer costume dance party Beach Blanket Bingo on Saturday, August 13 from 6:30 to 10 pm at the Museum.   This year's themed musical fundraiser celebrates the 60s beach party genre a la Frankie and Annette with live music that will treat your ears and feet to the music of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dick Dale & the Deltones, Surfaris, and many more artists performed by south Florida's 60s retro-band Shindig. Guests are invited to come dressed in pedal-pushers, Hawaiian shirts, baby-doll dresses, vintage beach garb, straw hats, retro sunglasses, or let your imagination go wild. Attendees will enter through the Museum's ...