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Pieter VanBennekom

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Car haulers can’t park to load on A1A in the Shores

Indian River Shores winter residents should tell the companies hauling their cars back up north – or bringing ...

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Removal of rumble strips marks end of an ‘error’

It seems like yesterday that State Road A1A, the island’s main thoroughfare, was mired in a construction project ...

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City marina upgrades finally get underway

The bulldozers that last week knocked down the old dry storage boat facility at the Vero city marina ...

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New Publix in Wabasso delayed once again … and no one seems to know why

The start of construction on a controversial new Publix at the busy intersection of U.S. 1 and Route ...

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At Seaquay, bracing for 2 years of noisy repairs

Emergency repair work has started at Vero Beach’s Seaquay condominium complex on Highway A1A, the only building on ...

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Some Canadians, ticked at Trump actions, may bid Vero a final adieu

Over the next month or so, the dozens of Canadian snowbirds who have for years wintered in the ...

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Vero bucks national trend: No condo mortgage ‘blacklist’ here

When some trend that negatively affects the real estate industry makes national news, it often turns out that ...

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Residents shout down new A1A sidewalk, bike lane plans

Florida Department of Transportation officials last week got an earful from a loud crowd of South Beach residents ...

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Nighttime closures next week on 17th Street Bridge

Island residents returning home from the mainland after dinner next week should be aware that the 17th Street ...

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As another ‘open’ bridge club folds, private games now rule

When the North Vero Beach/Sebastian Bridge Club ended its duplicate game last Friday and closed its doors for ...

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Who exactly is supposed to clear this A1A tornado debris?

There surely are other painful visual reminders of the killer tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton that tore through ...

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Local Eagles fans celebrate; Bills Backers disappointed

Since year-round residents and snowbirds living in Vero Beach just for the winter have roots all over the ...