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Ian and Nancy Beaumont. Photo by Steven Martine

Good Works with What’s Next Adventures

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With What’s Next Adventures, Nancy and Ian Beaumont create life-changing experiences aboard the Bahama Star
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David is a frequent exhibitor at local art shows and strolls, and his canvases, prints, and photographs of manhole covers decorate homes and offices in Vero Beach and beyond. Photo by Steven Martine

Inside the Industrial Art of David LoPresti

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Some artists look to the heavens or the horizon...
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Photo courtesy of Steel Tie Spirits

Distilleries Worth the Drive: South Florida

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Travel by tipple through the Sunshine State’s burgeoning craft spirits scene, heading first to South Florida
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Wildlife at St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park. Photo by Dale Erickson

Winners of the 2024 Photo Contest

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Local residents reveal why they’re captivated by Vero Beach
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Oar Stories from Vero Beach Rowing

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Vero Beach Rowing fosters confidence, commitment, and camaraderie
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Explore the Area

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A Passion for Patients

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Donating her medical services comes naturally to Dr. Nancy Baker.
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Kristen Johnson makes time to give this lucky pooch some love

Everyday Miracles at Local Animal Shelters

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Shelter workers face many challenges, but they wouldn’t trade jobs with anyone
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McKee Botanical Gardens waterlilies. Photos by JPR Images 2

Waterlily Celebration Returns to McKee Botanical Garden

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Enjoy the garden’s 80-plus waterlily varieties and vote for your favorite entry in the Seventeenth Annual Waterlily Photo Contest on June 18
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Propelled by an Atlas V rocket, an environmental satellite soars into space just after its 2016 launch from Kennedy Space Center. A joint venture of NASA and NOAA, it sends weather-related images back to Earth. The photo was taken from the end of Gifford Dock Road in Vero Beach. Photo by Sam Wolfe

Living Space on the Treasure Coast

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Proximity to Cape Canaveral’s launchpads makes Treasure Coast residents gravitate toward all things NASA and astronomy
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Opening Doors

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Sometimes uncertain times require a fresh approach, even to fresh produce. Brittany Swartz, manager of the Farmers Market Oceanside, created the Farmers Market drop off program to ensure that local artisans could get their products to customers, without anyone having to leave the safety of home.
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Cycling and Recycling

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Cycling is an excellent way both to explore and get exercise. In the Vero Beach community, it also provides the opportunity to give back.
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VERO STYLE

Fashion Forward with Jen Fourmont Brannen

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What does a woman do when her values are increasingly at odds with her career? When she seeks, but cannot find, high-quality swimwear that...
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World of Glass

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Meet Karen LaMonte, the artist behind the sculpture "Reclining Dress Absence" in the VBMA's permanent collection at VBMA.
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LOCAL FLAVOR

On the Menu at Curfew

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Chef Red Bellamy of Curfew in Vero Beach finds inspiration in everything from old cookbooks to Antarctic salmon
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Gastronomy in the Garden

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Chef Dan Overstreet prepares cuisine suitable to his surroundings at McKee Botanical Garden's Garden Café
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HOME GARDEN

Green Thumb in the White Sand

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The key to successful gardening in Florida is to cooperate with nature
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A Slice of Paradise

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These Connecticut empty-nesters found the perfect spot to build their dream home in John's Island. "We love the people and the relaxed, low-key vibe; we really just fit in here," Nancy Ozizmir says.
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LOCAL HISTORY

Exploring History

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The discrepancy in where Juan Ponce de Leon landed is significant — about 150 miles. Of interest to Indian River County residents is that, instead of four counties away, 20th century historian and navigator Douglas Peck estimates that the historic landing took place in the southern stretch of neighboring Brevard County, just a few miles north of what is now the Sebastian Inlet.
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The Gang’s All Here

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Over the years, while Vero Beach has been become home to thousands of solid citizens, it appears that it was also home to a few bad apples of the gangster variety also walked our streets decades ago. “Entrepreneurs” John J. Williams and Harry Roberts leased what would later become the Ocean Grill, but they hailed from the Chicago nightclub scene and its organized crime-affiliated gambling establishments.
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