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COVID infections again down; few here getting vaxxed

The number of new COVID-19 infections here declined by another one-third with only 63 cases for the week ...

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Perkins goes on trial for 2015 island murder

Nearly seven years after the shooting death of his business partner and estranged wife Cynthia Betts in the ...

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Beach erosion the most lasting impact of Ian here

Compared to destruction levied across Florida, our community got incredibly lucky when the outer bands of a major ...

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Vero and Shores still very much at war over water

News Analysis After a glimmer of hope last month that the Town of Indian River Shores and the ...

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COVID infections remain low here

The number of new COVID-19 infections here remained flat last week, hovering just below 100 cases, according to ...

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Motorcycle police coming to Shores

Motorists used to keeping an eye out for those black police SUVs and pickup trucks lurking back under ...

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Few local residents getting latest COVID booster

With the number of new infections way down as September comes to a close, fewer than two dozen ...

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The late Father Richard Murphy implicated in theft

A sad coda to the life of the late Father Richard Murphy – for two decades the beloved ...

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Florida City Gas: Island on track for 2023 hookup

The pipeline contractor hired to bring natural gas to the barrier island still awaits environmental permits needed to ...

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Vero’s water fight with the Shores takes a new twist

News Analysis In a major plot twist to a dispute between the Town of Indian River Shores and ...

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COVID-19 infections here continue to drop, but 5 more have died this month

The number of new COVID-19 infections locally dropped by one third this past week, according to the Centers ...

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First round of water/sewer rate hikes put off until January

The Vero Beach Utilities Commission got its first real look at proposed water and sewer rate hikes designed ...