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Public schools preparing for wave of students returning to classrooms

Public schools here are bracing for several thousand additional students who will be moving from online to in-school ...

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Second major island beach repair project put on hold

Repairs to dunes and replacement of storm-eroded sand along north island beaches, initially slated to begin in November, ...

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Grace Rehab, once top rated, now run by former director of troubled facility

One of the county’s top-rated nursing homes, Grace Rehabilitation Center, has been renamed Orchid Cove. It is apparently ...

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Proposed Vero auto museum excites local car collectors

Automobile enthusiasts on the barrier island are watching with great interest plans to open a classic car museum ...

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The Vero Beach Bridge Club’s ‘new normal’

Signs of the pandemic in Florida started cropping up in March, though slightly later in Vero Beach than ...

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Will the return of snowbirds boost COVID-19 rate?

Having more than 100 new COVID-19 cases each week is becoming the new normal for Indian River County ...

Health

Yes, this year’s flu shot is ‘more important than ever’

Newly arrived – or maybe that’s newly returned – Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital family medicine and primary ...

Arts

By remodeling, Theatre Guild found upside to downtime

The Vero Beach Theatre Guild discovered something unexpected during the pandemic – they had time to get things ...

Real Estate

Upgraded Ocean Park condo sits in heart of seaside village

When Thomas Andrew purchased unit 201 at 1010 Easter Lily Lane at Ocean Park, he wanted to turn ...

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Snowbirds returning to island earlier this year

The first of the season’s snowbirds are returning to Vero’s barrier island earlier than normal, and all signs ...

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Study of county’s high infant mortality rate enters its final phase

A $60,000 study into Indian River County’s historically high infant mortality rate is entering its final phase, just ...

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Vero to modify new sand screens after beachgoers protest missing ocean view

Indian River County seems to have put a little bit too much sand on island beaches – or ...