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School foundation has big hurdle to overcome
School Board Chairman Brian Barefoot has been trying in recent weeks to figure out how to create a ...
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British takeover of FlightSafety school has to be good thing
The decision by FlightSafety International to sell its 55-year-old Vero Beach pilot academy to a British flight-training school ...
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Do we need a ‘Brady List’ here to track problem officers?
Fewer than half of Florida’s 20 state attorneys compile and maintain a “Brady List” – a collection of ...
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For those not quite 65, wait for a shot not easy
As the coronavirus pandemic moves toward the one-year mark in Florida, I finally went to a local pharmacy ...
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Vero’s country music star Jake Owen is a hit on big screen, too
Even as his latest single, “Made For You,” continues to climb the country music charts, Jake Owen finds ...
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Much-admired deputy Teddy Floyd to retire
Year after year, in good times and bad, Sheriff’s Deputy Teddy Floyd was there for them – handing ...
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Our leaders at all levels should have been better prepared for rollout of vaccines
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hearing from many of you, particularly seniors increasingly upset over ...
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School Board: Don’t be bullied by anti-maskers
Don’t be bullied. That’s my advice to you, our School Board members, who are under attack from – ...
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Lasorda’s death brings coda to our Dodgers era
On Friday night, hours after news of Tommy Lasorda’s death began making headlines around the baseball world, I ...
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Vero should move forward with development of lagoon-front property
The “Keep Vero Vero” crowd looks at the 35 acres of lagoon-front property at the intersection of 17th ...
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A wish for the coming year
As the calendar turns mercifully to 2021, which promises to bring a long-awaited end to a pandemic that ...
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He doesn’t call. He doesn’t text. Is there a problem?
I frankly don’t know what’s going on with our soon-to-be sheriff, Eric Flowers – because, well, he no ...