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Garden to grow children's activities
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VERO BEACH - This fall, children visiting McKee Botanical Garden will have more things to explore and discover about the garden thanks to a new backpack activity program. To enhance the learning experience for children, McKee staff has been preparing, developing and testing ...
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Run will benefit injured soldiers
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VERO BEACH - After terrorists crashed planes into the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, people from all over the nation came to help, a retired battalion fire chief in New York City recalled last week. All the assistance "helped to make our lives easier," John Carroll recalled. More than a decade later, Mr. ...
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Supporters came pretty in pink
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From left: Lillie Holt, Colleen Sanders-Symanski, Nancy Madsen, Annie Grace Foster, Aquila Moore and Fannie Stephens were among the 150 or so supporters at the 2012 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer kick-off party at Capt. Hiram's Thursday, Aug. 16. The 'Put on Your Pink Bra' walk will be Oct. 20 in Riverview Pa...
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Incumbents sweep county primaries
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - Voters decided to stick with who they knew in the election races and decided to continue paying slightly higher taxes for education needs. The difficult contest between Indian River County Sheriff Deryl Loar and challenger Bil...
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Public input sought on parking lot plan
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SEBASTIAN - Plans to build a parking lot next to the popular Riverview Park in Sebastian will be open for public discussion next Wednesday. On Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Sebastian City Council chambers, city staff and the contracted engineering firm, Infrastructure Engineers of Sebastian, will accept p...
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Preparing for soup bowl
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Volunteers gathered Saturday at the Vero Beach Museum of Art to create bowls for the annual Samaritan Center Soup Bowl. They will be available at some 35 locations selling soup around Indian River County Nov. 1. Joan Cartright, left helps Tracey Segal, Samaritan Center director trim her bowl at Saturday's throwing. ...
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'Everest' hurdle in electric sale appears cleared
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VERO BEACH - Transactional attorneys representing Vero Beach in selling its electric utility are confident a sale will go through by 2014. One of the biggest challenges for the attorneys was finding an agreeable way to exit the city's current wholesale power contracts. Bas...
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Cause of fatal mobile home fire still unknown
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VERO BEACH - Investigators are still on the case after a mobile home caught fire last week in Vero Beach, leaving a woman dead. Lisa Hall, 34, died in her home on Aug. 13 as the structure went up in flames. She is survived by three children, ranging in age from 5 to 18, none of whom were at home at t...
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