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Pieter VanBennekom

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All hands not on deck with Bridge Club board’s bid to win more power

The financially troubled Vero Beach Bridge Club plans to push through a comprehensive reform of its bylaws designed ...

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Dog owners, beware: Poisonous cane toads invade island

An unusually mild winter has caused another explosion of poisonous cane toads here, prompting warnings to pet owners ...

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Estefans’ surprise gets rise out of ‘On Your Feet!’ audience

Vero Beach patrons who had tickets to last Friday night’s Riverside Theater performance of “On Your Feet!,” the ...

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The Estefans surprise Vero Beach theater goers

Vero Beach patrons who had tickets to Friday night’s Riverside Theater performance of On Your Feet, the musical ...

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Wing and a prayer as neighbors band together, save baby hawk

A Roseland neighborhood in northern Indian River County was on the edge of its collective seat for about ...

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Snowbirds about to race North

As the annual migration of snowbirds back to their northern homes gets underway, most seasonal Vero Beach residents ...

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Interclub team bridge leads to food fight

Everyone knows there are some serious rivalries among Vero Beach’s private clubs for bragging rights: Which club has ...

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Vero Beach real estate market bucks statewide trend

While the rest of the state of Florida may be seeing a surge of “desperate sellers” trying to ...

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Some islanders critical of A1A ‘improvements’

After a year-and-a-half of what seems to have been slow-paced road work and the expenditure of $5.6 million, ...

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‘Right’ on: Two-year A1A intersection work almost complete

After suffering for almost two years through construction woes at the intersection of State Road A1A and Beachland ...

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Despite financial woes, Sebastian’s hospital is not seen on life support

Critical medical supplies may run short from time to time, but insiders insist that despite “obvious cash flow ...

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Did Vero Beach Bridge Club misplay its hand and lose out on $100K donation?

The cash-strapped Vero Beach Bridge Club, which has suffered from a steep decline in membership and attendance since ...