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Lisa Zahner

Melbourne Beachsider

WEED WHACKED: POT SHOPS BANNED ON BARRIER ISLAND

The six local elected boards and councils with jurisdiction over Brevard’s south barrier island from the Sebastian Inlet ...

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First Bites: The bustling American Icon Brewery

Long, long ago, it was a working diesel power plant. Then for years, it sat empty.  Preserve it ...

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Work finally set to begin on cell tower in Shores

Work was scheduled to begin this week on the long-awaited cellular phone tower at the Indian River Shores ...

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Air Force plane flies low over downtown Vero

VERO BEACH — Vero residents driving around at lunchtime Thursday may have been bewildered looking up and seeing a ...

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End in sight for battle to get Vero out of electric business

Nearly eight years after Florida Power & Light executives first opened discussions with the Vero Beach City Council ...

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Vero Council approves electric utility sale

 The Vero Beach City Council, after three hours of discussion Tuesday, voted 4-1 to sell the city’s electric ...

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12-foot gator caught on South Beach

 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 12-foot long alligator was spotted on the beach by a resident near Saint Christopher Lane ...

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Vero electric contract up for action Tuesday

The long-awaited contract for the sale of Vero electric to Florida Power and Light is now in the ...

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Shores pulls back from huge one-time tax cut

Unexpected road-repair costs derailed a $2 million tax rebate last week when the Indian River Shores Town Council ...

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Vero mayor comes up with new idea for getting city a share of ‘bed tax’

For at least seven years, Vero Beach officials have complained about the way money raised by the tourism ...

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Buckets of unneeded rain dumped on South Brevard

The low-pressure system called Invest 99L camped out over South Brevard County on Sunday bringing an estimated six ...

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Hear, hear! Verizon signs on to Shores cell tower; construction to start soon

Indian River Shores residents eagerly awaiting better cell phone service have cause for hope: Verizon Wireless is now ...