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Rotary extending its lifesaving rescue station program up and down coastline

Beachgoers on the barrier island may have noticed wooden frames with bright orange life preservers sprouting from the ...

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Council: Private operator to run airport parking

Things are heating up at the Vero Beach Airport – literally – as crowds of passengers wait in ...

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Mich. credit union finalizes purchase of Marine Bank

While most of us were switching our clocks over to Daylight Savings Time this past weekend, Bill Penney ...

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City feels urgency to remove water’s forever chemicals

The clock is ticking for the City of Vero Beach, which has just five years to come up ...

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Foundation sets a record with $2M museum donation

Calling it a “once-in-a-generation opportunity,” the Indian River Community Foundation has donated $2 million – its largest single ...

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High note: Osceola Magnet School home to Florida’s Music Educator of the Year

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to ...

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Dune repair work will close beach access points in March

Swimmers, surfers and seashell collectors in Central Beach will face a daunting obstacle course this month. The northern ...

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Tourism stays strong as rest of country discovers Vero’s charms

Vero Beach’s national profile continues to rise, as more travelers – and travel writers – discover the city’s ...

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Cyclist sues Vero after accident with a police vehicle on A1A

A Port St. Lucie man is suing the City of Vero Beach after suffering “significant head trauma” and ...

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Vero raises alarm on state’s push for property-tax cuts

Whether you see Tallahassee politicians who are proposing property tax reductions as barbarians at the gate of home ...

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Plants bear brunt of worst cold spell felt here in decades

February marched in like a lion in Vero Beach, with three consecutive nights of record-breaking subfreezing temperatures not ...

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Shabby Centennial Fountain will give way to floral ‘Rotary Corner’

Say goodbye to Centennial Fountain, the crumbling, controversial structure at the southwest corner of Pocahontas Park in downtown ...