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Lowther enters GOP primary race for county commission

Funeral home owner Thomas Lowther, who was elected to the County Commission in 2002 but lost a re-election ...

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County in deal to sign over stake in South Beach Park

Vero Beach and Indian River County have struck a deal to renew a lease on a communications tower ...

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COVID has claimed at least 81 here since July surge

As the state continues inexplicably to withhold weekly COVID death counts by county, Indian River County’s health department ...

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Coming Up! ‘Stroll’ into September at artsy Vero event

The best way to begin Labor Day weekend in Vero Beach might by mellowing out to a casual, ...

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Vero brewery hops on B’way project to benefit Riverside

Even before the pandemic forced Broadway to go dark, actors James Ludwig and Mark Aldrich had found a ...

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‘Women’s Suffrage’: Historical Society presents riveting film

On Aug. 18, exactly 101 years to the day after the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution ...

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Beachland Elementary becomes first school closed here by COVID surge

The closing of Beachland Elementary School until Sept. 7 amid a COVID-19 outbreak shows why students and educators ...

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Wolf Laurel: For a half century, Vero’s mystic mountain escape

High in the Appalachian rain forest, a nine-hour drive from Sexton Plaza, the mountain resort of Wolf Laurel ...

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Board-certified fun at ‘Paddle Dash’ lagoon benefit

Brightly colored people-powered kayaks and paddleboards dotted the Indian River Lagoon recently, as participants competed in the third ...

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Island clubs require that employees get COVID vaccine shots

Responding to the recent spike in COVID-19 infections locally and nationally, at least four of the island’s prominent ...

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Shores takes utility dispute with Vero to federal court

News Analysis Indian River Shores has asked a federal court to strike down the City of Vero Beach’s ...

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Rest easier, patients: ‘Anesthesia has gotten a lot safer’

Anesthesiologist Dr. Philip Nye has some good news for those facing surgery: “Anesthesia has gotten a lot safer ...