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2020

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New self-administered COVID-19 swab tests hold promise for wide-scale testing at home

This week, as lines lengthen at COVID-19 testing sites, Florida’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities begin state-mandated, ...

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More Ocean Drive shops requiring customers to wear masks

With the city and county so far failing to impose mandatory mask orders on the public, many Ocean ...

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Vero again seeks bed-tax money to help fund city lifeguards

As local governments look at budget priorities this year, the City of Vero Beach plans to once again ...

On Faith

Vero churches adapt to virus conditions in range of ways

Churches on the island and around Vero Beach have adapted to the ongoing pandemic in a range of ...

My Vero

Do you have a right to know if an employee of a shop you are visiting tested positive?

I’m a big believer in the public’s right to know, especially when what we need to know allows ...

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Some county first responders testing positive for Covid-19

It’s been another record week for Indian River County and the barrier island, and not just because of ...

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‘Mayor of the Airwaves’ loses local radio outlet

Longtime local radio host Rhett Palmer’s reign as Vero Beach’s self-proclaimed “Mayor of the Airwaves” came to a ...

Real Estate

Spacious Provence Bay villa ideal as seasonal residence

What started as a vacation destination for two teachers from up north eventually became their year-round residence. As ...

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Councilman finds contact tracing is another farce

Vero Beach City Councilman Rey Neville began asking the County Health Department months ago for specifics about how ...

Bonzo

Bonz says hiya to Leia, who’s one peppy pooch

Leia Reardin is a very femi-nun lookin’ grrrl: middle-sized, short shiny black-an-white coat, white knee sox, white nose ...

Arts

Mixed-media art grabs versatile Gruber’s attention

Local artist and filmmaker Xaque Gruber has not been idle during this pandemic’s safer-at-home period. Gruber was scheduled ...

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Local Cleveland Clinic hospital president sees ‘critical’ need for a mask mandate

In early April, experts were frantically trying to model when the COVID-19 pandemic would peak. Mid-April? Early May? ...