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MY VERO: ‘Coach Joe’ back in school, but questions remain

Fifteen months after Sebastian River High School teacher Joe Nathaniel physically subdued a violently aggressive youth during a ...

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MY VERO: Dodgertown remains part of spring training pilgrimages

One morning last week, while noshing on a bagel at the local Panera Bread eatery, I found myself ...

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MY VERO: Acupuncturist defends $1M billings to county

After reading my column last month, when I expressed shock and concern that one local acupuncture practice was ...

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MY VERO: Coach Joe exonerated! Judge raps School District’s rush to judgment

Now that a state administrative law judge has thoroughly trashed the bogus case against Joe Nathaniel and recommended ...

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MY VERO: Island resident reflects on role at 1st Super Bowl

Fifty years later, one particular image from the first Super Bowl remains etched in Bud Lamoreaux's memory, and ...

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MY VERO: Bobby McCarthy eager to be back in restaurant

At 7 p.m. Saturday, there wasn’t an empty seat around the crowded bar. The restaurant was full. It ...

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MY VERO: Ocean Grill owner on African horseback safari

There was this one moment during his recent African horseback safari when Ocean Grill owner Charley Replogle wasn’t ...

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MY VERO: Taxpayers stuck with huge acupuncture bill

Who’s sticking it to whom? That was my first thought when I saw how much money the county, ...

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MY VERO: John’s Island West golf course a rising star

John's Island members spent more than $500,000 to host the 2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, which the posh, oceanfront ...

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MY VERO: Seagrove resident in pain over native Syria

There was pain in Safouh Atassi's voice as he spoke about the barbarism, bloodshed and chaos that has ...

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MY VERO: ADA lawsuits bedevil Vero Beach businesses

Last summer, Scot Wilke began hastily making changes at 14 Bones Barbecue, the popular U.S. 1 restaurant he ...

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MY VERO: More than one lesson in Cole Coppola’s death

Of all the words spoken last week in Circuit Judge Cynthia Cox's courtroom, where the young woman charged ...