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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 ...

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Students must learn not to open door to disaster

Let’s call the incident earlier this month at Sebastian River High School – where an 18-year-old student’s alleged ...

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County administrator can expect commission earful

Should it take two years for a new administrator to restructure the hierarchy, change the culture and make ...

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Three Corners: Council seen backing Clearpath

Based on conversations with people who have behind-the-scenes knowledge of the process but can’t be quoted publicly, there ...

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Can City Council be trusted not to screw up Three Corners process again?

There’s no way we should see a repeat of what happened last May, when a divided Vero Beach ...

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ICE deal another cold shoulder to home rule

Vero Beach Police Chief David Currey warned earlier this month that top state officials weren’t merely asking the ...