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2019

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Somerset Academy moving ahead with plans for new 1,700-student charter school near Pointe West

Somerset Academy has been granted tentative approval to open a new K-8 charter school that will eventually enroll ...

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Historic house completes move to Indian River State College

The three partially dismantled structures were hulking, barely discernible shadows as dawn broke over the island. The historic ...

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How city spent money from sale of Vero Electric

The city of Vero Beach pocketed only about 22 percent of the $183.3 million it got from Florida ...

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Two nursing homes don’t have generators for hurricane season

As the season’s first hurricane made landfall on the Gulf Coast last weekend, two Vero nursing homes – ...

People

Vegas Nights: Riverside’s all in on fun fundraisers

Riverside Theatre is hopping all throughout the summer, with alternating Howl at the Moon and Comedy Zone shows ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Healthy and healed, turtle returns to sea

A young green sea turtle – tired and covered in barnacles – had trouble staying under water so ...

People

One-of-a-kindness atmosphere at Live Like Cole ‘Par-Tee’

An outpouring of kindness and generosity was contagious at the fourth annual Golf Tournament and Par-Tee fundraiser to ...

People

String-ing the praises of Mike Block camp musicians

An enthusiastic, standing-room-only crowd packed McAfee Hall at First Presbyterian Church last Wednesday evening for the first of ...

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Capt. Milo Thornton promoted to high-ranking position

The highest-ranking black law enforcement officer in the 94-year history of Indian River County, Sheriff’s Capt. Milo Thornton, ...

Arts

Claudette Roche: Accent coach talks up island life

Claudette Roche has made a career out of helping people fit in, whether in the setting of her ...

Arts

What a ‘Tripp’ for playwright and Surfside Players

With its production this weekend of the comedy “Tripp and Fall,” Cocoa Beach’s Surfside Players honors two beloved ...

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School board unlikely to face any legal consequences for holding unlawful meeting

Two months after the School Board held a special meeting to discuss paying off now-departed Superintendent Mark Rendell, ...