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Indian River County pays nearly $5 million in Ocean Concrete case

In the final chapter of George Maib's 14-year-long court battle over his ill-fated plans to build a concrete plant near ...

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Beachland Elementary School reopening after COVID shutdown

Beachland and Treasure Coast elementary schools were set to reopen this week after being shuttered because too many ...

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Beachland Elementary becomes first school closed here by COVID surge

The closing of Beachland Elementary School until Sept. 7 amid a COVID-19 outbreak shows why students and educators ...

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COVID-19 outbreak closes Beachland Elementary School

Beachland Elementary School closed down Friday in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in which 23 students and 14 ...

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Schools reopen with masks still optional–for now

As school districts across Florida reinstituted mandatory facemask policies in response to skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, Indian River County ...

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Island landowner cited for turning wooded tract into ‘moonscape’

An island landowner has been cited by Indian River County for clearing a 3-acre wooded tract near Round ...

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COVID-19 soars, but no back-to-school mandates permitted

As COVID-19 spikes in Indian River County, it’s up to individual students and educators to protect themselves against ...

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Vero Beach Bridge Center again open for face-to-face card games

The Vero Beach Bridge Center, one of the top duplicate bridge clubs in North America, reopened July 5 ...

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No plan for facemasks in schools despite 600-percent increase in COVID-19 cases here

The month-long spike in COVID-19 cases in Indian River County apparently has been too mild for state or ...

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Fall enrollment up at Beachland Elementary School

Beachland Elementary School anticipates welcoming an additional 34 students when the new school year starts Aug. 10, increasing ...

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School Department to closely screen curriculum for inappropriate lessons

The Florida Board of Education’s last-minute approval of Amplify Education’s K-5 English Language Arts curriculum spared Indian River ...

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Ballroom dancing comes to the island with Friday soirees at Bethel Creek House

Vero Beach’s popular Friday evening ballroom and country dances have moved to the elegant wood floor at Bethel ...