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Lisa Zahner

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Time to start thinking about next VERO Council election

Next year’s Vero Beach City Council will direct the planned riverfront development and will likely determine how the ...

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Driver in fatal A1A crash behind bars

Jamie Jarvonte Williams, the apparent driver who on Memorial Day ran down and killed South Beach resident Michael ...

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Vero seeks to expand STEP system in Shores, South Beach

Now that half the 900 island homes with septic tanks in the Vero city limits are equipped with ...

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Shores scolds county for offer to Vero in utility dispute

Vero Beach and Indian River County top staffers were meeting this week to settle a dispute regarding Vero’s ...

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COVID-19 cases soar, quadrupling in just three weeks

Indian River County has not escaped the nationwide surge of cases being attributed to the Delta variant of ...

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Pete Sweeney heir apparent to post of Shores town attorney

Fort Pierce City Attorney Pete Sweeney was the only applicant interviewed out of five lawyers who applied to ...

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New COVID-19 infections here double as number getting vaccinated declines

The rate of new, weekly COVID-19 infections here more than doubled over the past two weeks, as the ...

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17th Street bridge repairs only a temporary fix

Repairs to the 17th Street bridge that have disrupted traffic for eight months and are set to continue ...

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South Island residents organize to gain clout in utility discussions

South Beach residents who live in the unincorporated county don’t have a town council or mayor to represent ...

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Vero asks for safety audit of Twin Pairs

The Vero Beach City Council has asked state transportation officials to look at options for improving safety on ...

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Construction on 17th St. bridge to drag into fall

The 17th Street bridge will be under construction with limited traffic flow through at least October, when the ...

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Proposed settlement would mean higher water and sewer rates for South Beach

Vero Beach Utilities customers in the unincorporated South barrier island would pay higher water-sewer rates under a proposed ...