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Mary Schenkel

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Drive-in Movie Night: Kindness theme gets top billing

The Gifford Youth Achievement Center joined one of this year’s hottest trends by hosting a Drive-in Movie Night ...

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Bubbly enthusiasm at ‘Keeping the Arts Alive’ reception

The trio of artists – Judy Burgarella, Camy De Mario and Beth Siebert – who created the new ...

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Service League philanthropists address urgent needs

The John’s Island Community Service League presented a Virtual Opening Meeting to their membership last Monday, as their ...

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‘Picnic to Protect the Lagoon’ was a fundraising feast

Compelled by the pandemic to forgo its usual Land Water Wildlife annual event at Rock City Gardens, the ...

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Naturally, ELC’s ARTober draws a talented crowd

The splendor of nature’s beauty has always been a favorite subject of artists, and with today’s innumerable threats ...

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Students get vital, all-day attention at ‘Learning Center’

Virtual learning is difficult enough when students have all the right computer equipment, a fast Internet, and adults ...

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For this year’s ‘Duck Derby,’ rubber hits the virtual road

Ordinarily, toward the end of October each year, the Capt. Hiram’s Sand Bar goes a little ‘quackers’ as ...

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‘Hunt for Hope’: Determined to defeat insidious cancer

By day, Dr. Holly Hamilton is the owner of Riverside Family Dental in Sebastian. But each October, she ...

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Vero Beach Museum of Art finally reopens galleries and sculpture gardens to visitors

One of the barrier island’s premier cultural institutions has reopened – finally – giving residents and visitors access ...

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Childcare Resources: Big smiles as little ’uns return

School is fully back in session for our littlest residents – preschoolers from infancy to age 5 – ...

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‘Keeping the Arts Alive’ makes Vero create again

A newly formed nonprofit is doing as its name implies – Keeping the Arts Alive – by offering ...

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All juiced up to spruce up Jones Pier Conservation Area!

The Jones Pier Conservation Area was a beehive of activity recently, as volunteers from the Pelican Island Audubon ...