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There isn’t anything John M. “Jack” Bradley likes quite so much as talking about horses.

William Tennison is pretty typical of most college students.

Vero Beach has much to offer its full-time residents and snowbirds: a perfect climate, fine American and ethnic restaurants, museums and theatre, the scent of orange blossom in the air, even wood storks that circle high on thermals or shuffle alongside our canals.

Maybe the last time you went fishing you wondered about that big white bird with long black legs that stood with you on the catwalk, solemnly watching your every move.

It’s 9:30 on an overcast Saturday morning at the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park.

The balmy breezes, warm climate and sea air of the Treasure Coast have nurtured many talents, but only a few with the creative force their peers label “genius.”

It was a television clip that lasted less than 20 seconds, yet as it was played and replayed on television stations across America, it haunted everyone who saw it.

In 1973, when Riverside Theatre was built, there were 43,700 people in Indian River County; John’s Island and the Moorings were still a gleam in their developer’s eyes and the only ways to reach the island were the drawbridges on State Roads 60 and 512, though the old wooden bridge at 512 was somewhat unreliable as it would periodically catch fire.

It’s mid-morning and Kathryn Wilson, seated at a desk piled high with scrapbooks, is taking a rare break from her busy schedule to talk about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA).

Cows are curious creatures.

Crossing the bridge from the mainland, looking down on Riverside Park, the white peaks of the huge meringue tent cut scallops against the night sky.

To many of us, the word “retirement” evokes thoughts of long and leisurely afternoons spent on the golf course or poolside.

Carmen, La Boheme and Madame Butterfly are world-famous operas and familiar favorites of area audiences thanks to members of the Vero Beach Opera Guild.

For a man destined to become one of the world’s great hurricane experts, Max Mayfield was born in an unlikely place: Oklahoma City.

One hundred years ago a woman named Henrietta Gattle had an idea.

Women, it is said, treasure gifts that come in small packages.

Cheri Rodolfo is one of the luckiest women in Vero Beach.

It is a place filled with architectural beauty, contagious kindness, unexpected laughter and quiet goodbyes.

Eugene Lyon doesn’t think of himself as a detective, yet he played a major role in one of the most intriguing real-life detective stories of the 20th century.

For as long as he can remember, Bob Weems dreamed of building a boat – one just like the wooden Chris-Crafts he saw every summer as a young boy when he and his family visited his grandparents on Shelter Island in New York.