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Vero City Council shelves stormwater utility vote until its Nov. 17 meeting

With two members not seeking re-election, the Vero Beach City Council postponed a vote on establishing a stormwater ...

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Oceanfront property owners balk at beach repair easements

A change in the wording of letters mailed to oceanfront property owners last year backfired on the county, ...

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Despite risks, governor relaxes visitation limits at nursing homes

Citing a decline in COVID-19 cases in long-term care facilities and a need for seniors to have social ...

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Construction of new tracks for Brightline trains reaches Vero

Contractors working on the $2.5 billion extension of the Brightline passenger train to Orlando from South Florida this ...

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17th Street bridge to be partially closed all winter for repairs

Starting Monday, island drivers who use the 17th Street bridge may hit a traffic snag as the Florida ...

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COVID-19 cases on island set new one-week record

The barrier island reported a one-week record of 15 new coronavirus positives in the seven days leading up ...

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Hospital District sees an urgent need for youth mental health facility here

There is no drive-through testing for the pandemic of mental illness that has followed COVID-19 into Indian River ...

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ELC plans November groundbreaking on $1.3 million education and event pavilion

The Environmental Learning Center is on track to break ground on a $1.3 million pavilion and event oval ...

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2 island students create music videos to uplift spirits of quarantined nursing home residents

Vero Beach High seniors Alissa and Brielle Serovich, twin sisters who live with their parents in The Moorings, ...

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Wealthy ZIP codes go big for Biden – but not Vero island

While former Vice President Joe Biden has raised far more money than President Donald Trump from donors who ...

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Heaton family eyeing new beachside hotel in Old Riomar

Lee Heaton, son of Vero Beach Hotel & Spa developer George Heaton, has been laying the groundwork with ...

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Commercial property owners, hit by pandemic, likely to see property tax reduction in 2021

Commercial property owners on the island and around the county whose businesses were hurt by the pandemic stand ...