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Criticism mounts of impending Vero utility rate hikes

Vero Beach’s new “One Rate” utility plan, designed to put all of its water-sewer customers on the road ...

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Jaycee Park and Conn Beach get infusion of sand

Just a month after Hurricane Nicole swept ashore south of Vero, clawing sand from the Jaycee Park and ...

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What, me worry? Few here get new COVID booster shot

While public health officials worry about a possible “tripledemic” of Covid-19, influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus this winter, ...

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Veritable mountain of backlogged felony cases await trial here

News Analysis After the holidays, Circuit Court Judge Robert Meadows will take over Indian River County’s criminal docket, ...

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Plans moving ahead for new Sebastian Inlet bridge

State transportation officials will host public meetings next week to explain plans to replace the 57-year-old Sebastian Inlet ...

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New COVID-19 infections locally surge last week

The number of new COVID-19 infections locally surged last week, rising 54 percent to 97 cases here, according ...

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Island beaches need major infusion of sand

Replenishing the barrier island’s 22.4 miles of beaches mangled by Hurricane Nicole, and by Hurricane Ian six weeks ...

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COVID-19 here seen up slightly during holidays

As we enter our third Christmas holiday season since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new infections are ...

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Former Mayor Winger: He fought to ‘Keep Vero Vero’

Before his passing last week at age 84 from cancer, Castaway Cove resident and former Vero mayor Richard ...

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As holidays begin, COVID-19 spread locally is very low

As families gather together over turkey and stuffing to celebrate Thanksgiving, and to prepare for the holiday season, ...

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Impact of Hurricane Nicole could have been much greater

Our community was in the headlines all around the world last week as the National Weather Service reported ...

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No sign locally of COVID uptick seen elsewhere

Hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19 locally declined by nearly one third this past week, and the number of ...