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Support for vice mayor, tolerance run deep in city

Many of us probably winced last week when we learned that Vero Beach was making state and national ...

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Deputies’ poor starting pay is a Flowers failure

Sheriff Eric Flowers wants the County Commission to give him $94.3 million – a massive increase of nearly ...

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Local budget flexibility key amid tax-cut buzz

County Administrator John Titkanich last week unveiled the nearly $600 million budget he is recommending for the 2025-26 ...

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Hardheaded council can’t cope with ‘No’

There’s no good reason for another referendum seeking to increase the residential density in the 50-acre core of ...

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Weird weather boon for swarming mosquitos

Wondering what life was like here before the Florida Legislature established the Indian River Mosquito Control District 100 ...

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Sheriff’s budget pitch panned by two in know

There’s nothing wrong with Sheriff Eric Flowers campaigning hard for his proposed $93.5 million budget for the 2025-26 ...

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Firefighter burnout issue merits workable solution

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office last week announced he had signed into law a multi-faceted, firefighters-welfare bill that limits ...

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Expanded services no threat to county charm

Don’t read too much into the County Commission’s recent decision to expand the Urban Services Boundary for the ...

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New finance director: Audit mess ‘baffling’

More than four months after she was hired to be Vero Beach’s assistant finance director, Lisa Burnham still ...

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Rose now Hall eligible: ‘What would Fay say?’

When Commissioner Rob Manfred announced last week that he was removing the names of Pete Rose and 15 ...

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Be wary so sleazeballs can’t ‘cop’ more victims

Hang up and call the cops. At the real police department number. That was the $12,000 lesson learned ...

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Three Corners not likely to be a cash cow for city

Nearly 80 percent of Vero Beach voters approved a November 2022 referendum to commercially develop the 17-acre parcel ...