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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 ...

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Man accused of killing his estranged wife now planning insanity plea

Asbury Lee Perkins, charged with first-degree murder for shooting his estranged wife in the South Barrier Island home ...

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Acupuncturist Jaynes now selling LifeWave healing patches in N.C.

Jill Jaynes, the Vero Beach acupuncturist convicted of insurance fraud of more than $100,000, has moved to North ...

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South Florida woman arrested after getting tossed out of Mulligan’s and the Holiday Inn

A night out for a visiting South Florida woman turned into a night in jail after she managed ...

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Tragic death of ‘the kind of person people just gravitated to’

More than 70 people gathered on South Beach Sunday evening to celebrate the life of 57-year-old Michael Gianfrancesco ...

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Vero, county seem headed to mediation on utility territory

The City of Vero Beach and Indian River County have one more chance to resolve their dispute about ...

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Will high exit costs chain Shores to Vero water-sewer pact?

The City of Vero Beach’s claim to a permanent water-sewer service territory that includes the Town of Indian ...

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COVID-19 infections decline sharply here, but vaccinations are also down

The month of May brought a steep decline in COVID-19 cases here, and an even steeper decline in ...

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Revered Shores Mayor Tom Slater victim of COVID-19 pandemic

Former Indian River Shores Mayor Tom Slater’s death last week at age 76 serves as a stark reminder ...

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Five local lawyers seek to become Indian River Shores town attorney

Five local lawyers have applied to take up the mantle of Indian River Shores Town Attorney as the ...

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Vero council unanimously passes the ‘standing ovation plan’ for riverfront

Despite some opposition to residential development on Vero’s riverfront utility parcels, the Vero Beach City Council has unanimously ...

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2 Indian River Shores criminal cases remain in pandemic limbo

With the courts ramping up to tackle a backlog of felony cases that languished due to COVID-19 Court ...