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2016

32963 Features

Vero helps Florida Institute of Technology raise $123 million

Vero Beach is only a 45-minute car ride from the Florida Tech campus in Melbourne, so Florida Institute ...

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St. Ed’s Heim reflects on ‘remarkable journey’

St. Ed’s senior Mason Heim was one of those athletes a coach could plug in anywhere at any ...

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Arts, activities highlight RT Star’s B-day bash

The high-energy students of Riverside Children’s Theatre showcased their multiple singing, dancing and acting skills Saturday at RT ...

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Shooting stars: All ‘Eyes’ on Backus photo exhibit

The annual “Through the Eye of the Camera” competitive photo exhibition at Fort Pierce’s A.E. Backus Gallery is ...

32963 Features People

All ‘Hands’ on deck to raise enviro awareness

A group of concerned environmentalists gathered at the Tracking Station Beach Park at Noon Saturday for Hands Across ...

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Change in focus: A reimagination of the Environmental Learning Center

The environmental Learning Center is reinventing itself. Without letting go of the children’s nature education curriculum that has ...

32963 Features Health

Gulp! New research on moderate drinking is sobering

If you enjoy consuming a moderate amount of alcohol, you’ve likely been happy about the numerous studies hailing ...

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Old-school WFIT-FM still making waves on radio dial

At any time on the Internet, and on a good day between Cocoa and Vero Beach, listeners can ...

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Scholarship Foundation $$$teps up for students

Fifty-two students anxiously waited on stage at the Waxlax Center for the Performing Arts at Saint Edward’s School ...

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Utility systems and crews tested by crazy, record-setting wet weather

With last week’s downpours marking the “wettest day in history” for Vero Beach, flooding low-lying areas, closing schools ...

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Coming Up: ‘Hair’ we go … and Florida Folk Festival

The show may be more golden oldie than ground-breaking, but the move of the 1960s musical “Hair” to ...

32963 Features Health

Therapy brings relief for those with pulmonary fibrosis

78-year-old Vero resident Ruby Mitchell has a serious respiratory disease known as “idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.” There is no ...