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Vero Beach manufactured sub searches for squid in Japan
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VERO BEACH - A sleek and sophisticated diving machine built in Vero Beach is now prowling the waters of the Pacific Ocean searching for large ocean predators. The submarine vessel, the Triton 3300/3, is diving depths of about 3,000 feet about 550 miles south of Sagami Bay with a team of scientists an...
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Conservation center gets first OK from county
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - Conservation education in the south portion of the county got a boost after a close vote from Indian River County commissioners. A new conservation education classroom/library building could be under construction in the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area early next year after a p...
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Networking can be fun
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The art of networking, at the Blue Star Wine Bar, was the theme of the Cultural Council of Indian River County's quarterly get together last Thursday evening. Debbie Avery, left, Cultural Council special events coordinator, surprised Sherry Wilson of Main Street Vero Beach Studios by calling her raffle number in th...
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Golf, country club are first to highlight dolphin care
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - They're a little bit shorter, a little but chunkier, but every bit as charming as Flipper. The wild bottlenose dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon may look a little different than their oceanic counterparts, but their need for clean water and a safe swimming environment is just ...
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Man charged with murder
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VERO BEACH - The day after Douglas Frasier Jr. and another man burglarized Edward Lewis Gibson Jr.'s house, he and Mr. Gibson, his cousin, were to get together to supposedly commit a burglary or a robbery, a witness told authorities. That was the last time anyone saw Mr. Frasier until his decapitated body...
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Grades drop after rough test year
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - The state Department of Education released school and district grades late last week and as expected, some local schools saw a drop in their scores. As a result, the district received an overall score of "B." Superintendent Fran Adams said she was proud of the overall performanc...
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Beautiful barrels are functional, too
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Melanie Neach, Keep Indian River Beautiful Reuse Exchange Center manager, proudly displays her artistic abilities on a plastic barrel during the rain barrel workshop. The center, located on the east end of the Indian River Mall, offers recyclable and reusable items not found anywhere else in Indian River County....
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Vero program continues serving Haitians
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VERO BEACH - For the last several years, the Haitian Clinic program has sent volunteers, doctors and others to help provide medical treatment to thousands in Haiti. That effort won't stop or be hurt by the recent discovery that a Vero Beach man had bilked the o...
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Woman recalls being raped by serial killer
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In some ways, it doesn't bring much comfort to a former Vero Beach woman that she's a surviving victim of serial killers David Allen Gore and Frederick Waterfield. Even 36 years after Mr. Gore and Mr. Waterfield, his cousin, raped Angela Hommell, she said she still suffers from the traumatic event. What d...
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Putting on an air show
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Michael Bishop 12, gets big air from his skim board Thursday evening at the beach at Sexton Plaza....
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