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Stephanie LaBaff

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Updated Old Riomar home features pool and art studio

John Forelle came to Vero Beach on a quest to learn how to play bridge, recalls his wife, ...

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Lisa Willnow, camera in hand, goes where nature takes her

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. However, nature photographer Lisa Willnow says that in her ...

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Crossover Mission’s high-tech hoops floor is a slam dunk!

Crossover Mission is now just a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy away from shooting hoops on their own turf. ...

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Amid crisis, United Way was here, there and everywhere

Business, community and nonprofit leaders logged in recently to a virtual version of the annual Community Leaders Breakfast, ...

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Hello yellow! Duck Derby’s a winner for Community Health

Thousands of rubber duckies got their feathers ruffled at Capt. Hiram’s Sandbar recently during the ninth annual Duck ...

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Mann SEALs, delivers as inspirational Navy League speaker

Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Grant Mann, who serves as executive director of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, was ...

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Ocean Estates residence surrounded by natural beauty

Carol Cvercko got an email from her husband, Michael, while he was away on business telling her, “This ...

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‘Bird & Nature Art Show’ fete celebrates critter-sphere

A squadron of bird, nature and art lovers alighted at the Environmental Learning Center recently for an Artists’ ...

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Passionate Peloquin pours ‘little bit of everything’ into her art

Two-dimensional mixed media artist Christine Peloquin was just a child when she declared that she was going to ...

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Stunning Mizner-style home occupies prime Old Riomar location

Few nonagenarians can hold up as well as the home at 959 Bay Oak Lane, but this grande ...

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Pep walk: ‘Striders’ energized to stomp on breast cancer

Breast cancer advocates lengthened their stride this year to support the 16th annual Indian River County Making Strides ...

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Mission accomplished! Astronaut Stott’s stories of space scintillate

Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott launched this year’s Indian River Chapter of Military Officers Association of America luncheon ...