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Talent soars in Vero Opera’s 2025 Rising Stars Vocal Competition
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Talent soars in Vero Opera’s 2025 Rising Stars Vocal Competition
by May 01 2025
Nine amazingly gifted young singers wowed a large, appreciative audience as they performed during the Season Finale Concert ...
Oh, What a ‘Night’! All voice approval of Vero Opera’s glittering gala
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Oh, What a ‘Night’! All voice approval of Vero Opera’s glittering gala
by January 09 2025
Embracing the very essence of grandeur, the Vero Beach Opera’s annual members-only gala, A Night at the Opera, ...
Kids’ new skills make splash with Float Hope donors
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Kids’ new skills make splash with Float Hope donors
by January 03 2025
Children’s eager voices amplified the upbeat ambiance as they joined community partners, donors and instructors for the annual ...
Vero nostalgia reigns at exhilarating Pioneer Family Reunion
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Vero nostalgia reigns at exhilarating Pioneer Family Reunion
by November 28 2024
It was a reunion like no other, one in which descendants of Vero’s pioneer families gathered at the ...
Students support Ukrainian teen with ‘Fashion for Freedom’
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Students support Ukrainian teen with ‘Fashion for Freedom’
by October 21 2024
A terrific venue, a sold-out house, impeccable execution and the unwavering determination of Indian River Charter High School ...
Vero welcomes Ukrainian student with open arms
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Vero welcomes Ukrainian student with open arms
by September 16 2024
One of the island’s newest residents, teenager Sophia Hlushchenko, escaped her Russian-occupied homeland in Ukraine and arrived in ...
McKee’s Waterlily fest: Awestruck visitors bask in beauty
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McKee’s Waterlily fest: Awestruck visitors bask in beauty
by August 15 2024
Early on a sunny Saturday, dozens of visitors waited in line for the 8:30 a.m. opening of McKee ...
Excitement here for Ukrainian student’s arrival
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Excitement here for Ukrainian student’s arrival
by July 30 2024
Eight months after 16-year-old Ukrainian student Sophia Hlushchenko submitted a video application to Indian River Charter High School’s ...
Headline snooze: Uninspired plans for old Press Journal site
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Headline snooze: Uninspired plans for old Press Journal site
by May 30 2024
After languishing for years, the vacant three-parcel property on U.S. 1 where the defunct Press Journal building used ...
Charter High striving to bring Ukrainian teen to Vero
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Charter High striving to bring Ukrainian teen to Vero
by May 28 2024
While final exams and summer vacation plans consume most high schoolers right now, a group of Indian River ...
Crab-E-Bills closing, to dismay of seafood catchers and eaters
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Crab-E-Bills closing, to dismay of seafood catchers and eaters
by May 08 2024
Crab-E-Bills is closing June 1. The popular Sebastian seafood market occupies the west side of the old, dilapidated ...
Young singers soar at Vero Opera’s Rising Stars concert
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Young singers soar at Vero Opera’s Rising Stars concert
by May 06 2024
The stage at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center was dramatically empty, save for a vast, ...