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Walk to educate, support autism research
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - The leading autism science and advocacy organization will be making strides in Vero Beach next week. Autism Speaks will host the fourth annual "Treasure Coast Walk Now for Autism Speaks" in Riverside Park in Vero Beach on April 21 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The funds raised at the ev...
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Area beach needs votes for distinction
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - Ambersand Beach isn't the most popular beach in Indian River County, but it is getting some national attention. Located just 6 miles north of County Road 510, within the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Ambersand Beach is a quiet beach accessed between two residential areas, ...
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Pastor used to campaign for tougher sentences
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - If one had suggested a few years back to the Rev. Louis Tropf that he would be the chaplain at the Indian River County jail, he likely would have vehemently disagreed. For one thing, he was a militant atheist. And if that wasn't enough to dispel the not...
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Building a pachyderm paradise
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Mike Barongi, chairman of the board of the National Elephant Center, addressed dignitaries and guests at the new site in Fellsmere last Wednesday....
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Cinema goes 'ape' for fundraiser
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Going to the movies usually means filling up on hot, buttery popcorn and sharing a few laughs with friends, but the Majestic Theatre in Vero Beach is adding an outward focus to moviegoers' experience next week. The movie theater is hosting a movie s...
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Historian honored in parade
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Ruth Stanbridge waved to the crowd as this year's 2012 Fellsmere Day grand marshal. Fellsmere celebrated its 101st birthday last Saturday with a parade, music, food and fun....
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Center carries cardiac care closer
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SEBASTIAN - Heart health care in Sebastian just got a few beats stronger. Sebastian River Medical Center in Sebastian hosted the grand opening of its new cardiac catheterization lab on April 4. Hundreds of area residents entered the facility and toured the newly renovated space that will accommodate ...
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Counties support Crime Stoppers
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TREASURE COAST - Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers may be able to offer larger rewards in heinous crime cases and increase its crime prevention efforts as a result of help from local law enforcement agencies, its director said last week. Ed Glaser, executive director of Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers, said the...
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Council wants to slow residential traffic
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VERO BEACH - When driving through residential streets of Vero Beach, council members do not want people putting the pedal to the metal. The Vero Beach City Council gave preliminary OK to reducing speed limits in city residential ar...
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In the parade
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Fellsmere celebrated its 101st birthday Saturday with a day of fun and games. Last year's Mr. and Miss Fellsmere 2011, Ulises Sanchez, left, and Remington Haverson, both 7, tossed candy to the crowd who lined CR 512 to watch the parade....
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Skydiver dies from head injuries
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SEBASTIAN - A skydiving instructor who was diving with 13 other skydivers died from blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy determined last week. Jason Mills, an investigator with the Sebastian Police Department, said Jason Eisenzopf, 30, was pronounced dead on April 30 at Holmes Regional Medical Center in M...
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