Author Archives

Pieter VanBennekom

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

E-bikes suddenly all the rage on Vero roads

The recent wave of hot weather has made e-bikes an even hotter commodity in Vero than they already ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

In wake of Surfside, condo costs here set to mount

Ever since the 12-story Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed just over two years ago in ...

All News Featured News Secondary News

Start of 17th St. Bridge project delayed again

The oft-delayed four-year project to rebuild the crumbling 17th Street Bridge was delayed once again by more than ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

Cleveland Clinic here to no longer have ‘president’

Local physicians working for Cleveland Clinic say they’ve been informed the position of president of the Indian River ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

Historic local mansion ‘stars’ in documentary

The Gracewood Mansion, a historic six-bedroom estate located on 5 acres of land off Route 60 just west ...

All News Featured News Secondary News

Shores police, deputies nab 3 Martin County retail theft suspects on A1A

A combined operation by the Indian River Shores police and the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office on Highway ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

Homeowners here are fighting rising insurance premiums

It may strike many island residents that they are powerless in the face of skyrocketing insurance rates, with ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

Homeowners insurance nightmares haunt islanders

Residents as well as businesses with property in 32963 are getting hit by a triple whammy in the ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

17th St. Bridge project delayed until September

The four-year project to rebuild the crumbling 17th Street bridge across the Indian River Lagoon is off to ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

Is libel suit in the cards over reprimand of top Vero bridge player?

Bridge may be just a card game, but at the top of the game, players take it very ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Secondary News

FPL’s apology for poor tree-pruning work not cutting it

The on-again, off-again war between residents trying to defend the island’s oak canopies and the professional tree-cutters trying ...

32963 Features 32963 News All News Featured News Main News

A1A construction divides neighbors into 2 camps

The lengthy construction project between the bridges to add sidewalks, bike lines and pedestrian crossings on the east ...