Vero Beach News

This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com - At the June 30th SunUp ARC Board of Directors meeting, Elizabeth Morgan and Paul Nezi were elected as new Directors.

The Indian River County's Adult and Community Education programs offer short-term and inexpensive job training, so that individuals can get job training without the long-term commitment to college programs.

A woman says a local deputy is her hero. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office says the deputy went inside a house filled to smoke to save the woman.

This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com - Perhaps you have seen them riding their bicycles two by two around town and wearing white shirts and ties.

The Vero Beach area is home to grove upon grove filled with a variety of citrus trees.

Michael's Table, a restaurant on Ocean Drive opened by local chef Michael Lander about 18 months ago, has closed and will reopen at another beachfront location before the 2014-15 season, according to the restaurant's Facebook page.

FILE PHOTO Treasurer Trevor Smith speaks during the Hospital District Board meeting at the County Administration Building in the Commission Chambers in Vero Beach in December.

Their job was exceptionally difficult this year since the entries were abundant and magnificent! The interaction of color theme was all about courageous experimentation and intellectual expansion, using and celebrating color.

The three recipients are pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees at the local UF campus, which is part of UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, serving the state with education, research and extension services.

Both north and southbound lanes on 20th Avenue are blocked at Sixth Street. The eastbound right lane of Virginia Avenue in St. Lucie County between 13th Street and U.S. 1 will be closed July 7-11 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for drainage improvements.

"I am willing to do whatever is needed," says Susan Marzano, discussing the many volunteer jobs she has taken on in the short time she has been in Vero Beach.

Photo provided: Daniel Fourmont, Rotary Club of Vero Beach's Rotarian of the Year, and John Meikle, past-president, present a check for $1,200 to Jim Parks, Gifford Youth Orchestra Board member.

Handheld candles glowed in Riverside Park in Vero Beach last week during a solemn vigil to remember the lives of four women found dead allegedly at the hands of men in their lives.

While the family prepares to say goodbye to Rios, who struggled most of his life with bi-polar disorder and schizophrenia, the man accused of strangling him at Aventura Hospital last week sits in Miami-Dade County jail.

This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com - Jalisa Q. Harris came back to her home town of Wabasso, Florida, to give back to the people who got her started toward success.

Waldo's is continuing it's tradition of Christmas in July! The 7th annual event is 10 a.m.-7 p.m. July 13 and will offer two new parties, including the 'Duck Pub Crawl' at 6 p.m. tomorrow, July 8. The Crawl starts and ends at Kilted Mermaid, with stops at Blue Agave, The Grove and The Stamp.

The Executive Board of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach: Billy Chavers, Paul Tripaldi, Trish Scattergood, Kathryn Barton, John Meikle and Brian Fredericks.

I was abandoned in a foreclosed home for more than three weeks. I was finally found and brought to the Humane Society at the end of May. I was starving and had an injury to my nose from trying to get out of the home.

An unidentified motorist died of injuries from a single-vehicle accident at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday along State Road A1A, police said Wednesday.

Investigation revealed that a 2011 Jaguar driven by Mr. Trevor E. Smith, 74 of Vero Beach,had been traveling north on A1A passing through the intersection of Bahia Mar Road.