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Edition 7 - Week of February 16, 2012
> Casinos in Indian River County: How is this possible? (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Shores pitches annexation to Island Club, Sea Oaks (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Eight years after hurricanes, legal storm still buffets Gables (BY MEG LAUGHLIN)
> South Beach gets to vote in November on new water provider (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Lagoon’s health rated top priority in survey (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Which way will Shores come down on water and sewer? (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 6 - Week of February 9, 2012
> County: No interest in new fertilizer regulations to protect the lagoon (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Vero water workers, not managers, face cuts (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> One third of our schools are below Florida’s median (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Golf carts and cars: Where fun and safety intersect (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Brown charged with new $90,000 theft from crash victim’s estate (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Sebastian Inlet dredging will also help Ambersand Beach (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)

Edition 5 - Week of February 2, 2012
> FPL hoping to close purchase of Vero electric in 24 months (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> South Beach may vote on water-sewer (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores to Vero: Water deal doesn’t wash (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Local schools rank behind some small, very poor counties (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> The troubled lagoon: Half of dolphins sick and dying (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> County administrator frustrated by vote on impact fees (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)


Edition 4 - Week of January 26, 2012
> Ocean and Cardinal Drives: Updating the vision (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Marine Bank wins a victory as state regulators back off (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Bob Bauchman’s return to Vero (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Shores nearing key water-sewer vote (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> City moves to stabilize dunes under boardwalk at Conn Way (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Richard Brown agrees to give up license to practice law (BY EILEEN KELLEY)

Edition 3 - Week of January 19, 2012
> Marine now is fighting state as well as federal bank regulators (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Swan, Harpring vie for top elections post (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> At Beachland, one child in three gets a subsidized lunch (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Shores near key vote on water contract (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero utility panel seems no rubber stamp (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 2 - Week of January 12, 2012
> Marine Bank mounts vigorous defense against FDIC charges (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> More refunds of old impact fees coming (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Bodega Blue owner had heart attack; new details emerge (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Lee, retiring, offers Vero help – gratis (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Glenn Heran: Never intended to volunteer for FMPA (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> ‘Optimization’ plan to keep Vero utility afloat springs major leak (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Gene Epstein: Consummate volunteer and philanthropist (BY JOSEPH W. FENTON)

Edition 1 - Week of January 5, 2012
> Scott guts water protection funding, endangering lagoon (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Bodega Blue’s future in doubt after death of owner in Bahamas (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero city workers get demerits for using sick time (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Legislature to tackle redistricting when 2012 session opens (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach renourishment about to resume (BY EILEEN KELLEY)


2011 ARCHIVE

Edition 52 - Week of December 29, 2011
> Charlie Wilson’s war: Proving that you can ‘fight County Hall’ on impact fees
(BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> The riverfront gateway to Vero’s future (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Betsy DeVos: ‘I did not want a place in Florida, but we fell in love with Windsor’
(BY LINDA MARX)

Edition 51 - Week of December 22, 2011
> Cash now king when buying island homes (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Vero lawyers gone bad - Another off to jail while wife goes free (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beachside bank robber turns out to be legendary ‘Scruffy Bandit’ (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Accused Vero art thief loses bid for more freedom (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Solari: Get Piper’s audited financials (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)

Edition 50 - Week of December 15, 2011
> Who knew? The Sultan’s stealth takeover of Piper (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Brown withdraws guilty plea (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Impact fee refunds big issue for county (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Vero’s finance and utility panels get extreme makeover (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores to pick up water-sewer issue in late January (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores is facing another tough budget year with tax revenue continuing to fall (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 49 - Week of December 8, 2011
> Florida home prices seen poised to rise (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Alarm salesmen anger neighbors in aftermath of tragic burglary (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Interim police chief so far gets plaudits (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Unfunded pensions still issue in Shores (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Hilary Weston’s Windsor:‘Vision come true’ (BY LINDA MARX)
> Commission chairmanship an honor, but... (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> What did Vero Beach get for a half million dollars? (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 48 - Week of December 1, 2011
> How Vero solved horrific murder (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Island’s big political donors pour money into ‘super-PACs’ (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Election supervisor: Contest to watch (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> McMullen: Quitting to take on sheriff (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> 2012 campaign maneuvering well underway (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> County Commission incumbents so far unopposed (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)


Edition 47 - Week of November 24, 2011
> Slaying leaves Central Beach residents shaken (BY EILEEN KELLEY AND JOSEPH W. FENTON)
> ‘So damn random... So damn wrong’ (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Algonquin bid for Vero electric going nowhere (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Decision closer on impact fee refund (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)

Edition 46 - Week of November 17, 2011
> Mayor Turner: New era of city-county cooperation? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach erosion not as bad as feared (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Vero delegates helping elect new Episcopal bishop (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Deep Six divers see sharks needing protection (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)

Edition 45 - Week of November 10, 2011
> Voters overwhelmingly approve leasing power plant site, but mandate to sell Vero electric muddled with changes on Council (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Carroll wins; Winger ousts Brian Heady (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Annual 6-month fertilizer ban pondered (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beachside burglary suspect is arrested (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Fate of St.Ed’s site in Riomar is now up to Wells Fargo (BY EILEEN KELLEY AND STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Vero Police Chief Don Dappen out November 30th (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> O’Connor seeking ways to cut Vero employee benefit costs (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 44 - Week of November 3, 2011
> Golf cart used as getaway vehicle in island heists (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Free ambulance service comes to end in the Shores (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beaches lose backer in passing of Glynn (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Torrential rain brings back memories of 2004 (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Vero police chief seen fighting ouster (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Foreclosures in area surging under State Attorney General Pam Biondi (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)


Edition 43 - Week of October 27, 2011
> Piper’s jet dream crashes, and local job hopes plunge as well (BY JOSEPH W. FENTON)
> Feds: Accused Vero art thief stashed funds in Bahamas (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Tom Cadden takes lead in pushing ‘Vote Yes’ campaign (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> City, county at odds over old impact fees (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Development over Wabasso bridge ready to proceed (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)

Edition 42 - Week of October 20, 2011
> The Hatch saga:Walking off with a half-million (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Imagine: Kids learn about real world in their MicroSociety (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Shores to discuss water-sewer proposals on Monday (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 41 - Week of October 13, 2011
> Vero in the dark: Small storm, big blackouts - Vero electric’s bid to stay free of FPL not helped by response (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Turf war: Vero Art Club wants hold on land next to Museum for possible home (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Oslo boat ramp project backers target of probe (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Police propose doubling parking fines on Ocean Drive (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Weekend storm erodes beaches, stresses fish in lagoon (BY JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON AND EILEEN KELLEY)

Edition 40 - Week of October 6, 2011
> City employees are happy to work in Vero, but few want to live there (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Dick Winger: A ‘numbers guy’ with wrong numbers (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> New charge against Richard Brown: Stealing from St. Jude’s (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Heran creates PAC to push passage of utility referendum (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 39 - Week of September 29, 2011
> Vero employee health costs soar (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Art Club eyes own building near Museum (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> FMEA protects its cash cows (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> High life of accused Vero art thief appears to be unraveling (BY EILEEN KELLEY)
> Fed Cup tennis not coming here (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 38 - Week of September 22, 2011
> Legal expert: Shores would owe next to nothing for water infrastructure (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Ancient Vero bone to get DNA test at Smithsonian lab’ (BY SANDRA RAWLS)
> A ‘tremendous contribution’ to Vero (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Obama targets $1 million earners: Vero ranks 51 (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> The county and impact fees: ‘My head is spinning’ (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> New sediment samples to be tested for toxicity before lagoon dredging (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Orchid town hall now will remain on the mainland (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> News analysis: Heady and Carroll foes put up weak field (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 37 - Week of September 15, 2011
> Shores says Vero threatens suit over water-sewer (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Short-term rentals thrive in residential areas (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Sheriff: Metal theft now an ‘epidemic’ in county (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Shores Town Council approves 2 percent tax hike (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 36 - Week of September 8, 2011
> Former CIA No.2 sees nature of terrorism threat to U.S. changing (BY JOSEPH W. FENTON)
> At Ground Zero she tended to first responders (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Volunteer panels tell Vero Council to ‘cease’ sales talks (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Shores 2012 budget to be aired Friday (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 35 - Week of September 1, 2011
> The Museum of Art and the Art Club (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero electric value put at $185 million (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Consultants say Vero water system wins by ditching South Beach (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Impact fee refunds a big issue for County (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)
> Irene shrinks beaches, claims sea turtle nests (BY EILEEN KELLEY)


Edition 34 - Week of August 25, 2011
> Can Vero actually divide its electric customers with FPL? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero water bid to Shores only matches County (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Mother upset over state not charging shooter of her son (BY JOSEPH W. FENTON)
>
Mucking it up: Dredging lagoon with no toxin testing (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)

Edition 33 - Week of August 18, 2011
> Summer travel: Is League of Cities confab worth cost? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero lab a player in battle with lionfish (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Museum of Art, Art Club still at odds over future (BY MARY SCHENKEL)
>
Are new reefs the answer to beach erosion? (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)

Edition 32 - Week of August 11, 2011
> John’s Island well a game-changer? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Big cuts at water district draw muted reaction (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Emily served as dry run for Vero’s new city manager (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Sheriff takes big lead raising campaign cash from island (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)

Edition 31 - Week of August 4, 2011
> Water wars: Beachside communities hit with big hikes in irrigation costs (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero electric staffers stone-faced at FP&L briefing (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero asks taxpayers to help set priorities (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Shores ponders a tax boost to fund pension liabilities (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Jafar Falasiri: From man of the year to man in big jam (BY A 32963 CORRESPONDENT)


Edition 30 - Week of July 28, 2011
> Vero’s electric rates again headed through the roof (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> O’Connor takes helm: ‘Electric is number 1 priority’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> $1.1 million question: Are 600 island residents owed refunds? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Fear seems operative word as county sits on huge surplus, but few object to budget cuts (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)
> Yellow Baron: Taking to the air in war on bugs (BY MIKE BIELECKI)

Edition 29 - Week of July 21, 2011
> County sits on huge reserves while imposing budget cuts (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)
> New Vero manager insists on police budget cuts (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Despite flawed Vero hiring process, finance director gets good reviews (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Tensions rising over future of old Dodgertown (BY DEBBIE CARSON)

Edition 28 - Week of July 14, 2011
> Stealth license plate cameras (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero police, after warning of cuts, seek budget hike (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero staff and consultants move to freeze out Council on utility talks (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
It’s official: First half real estate sales up blockbuster 44.5 percent (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)
> Redistricting could give Mayfield all of Indian River County (BY JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON)

Edition 27 - Week of July 7, 2011
> Mystery over why Vero hired Lawson continues to grow (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Marine Bank set to defend record before FDIC (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Partying youth tries to get in wrong house at 2:30 am (BY JOSEPH W. FENTON)
>
After the hurricanes, Vero’s paperwork disaster (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 26 - Week of June 30, 2011
> Island jolted by news of bizarre fatal shooting (BY LISA ZAHNER AND JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON)
> New Vero finance director leaves old job as state auditors move in (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Lifeguards: Tough, thankless job (BY JOSEPH W. FENTON)
>
Vero’s consultants rebuff county queries on water-sewer purchase (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 25 - Week of June 23, 2011
> From Windsor to Wabasso: The Gift of Hope (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Guns stolen in burglaries in Central Beach (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> No left turn? No one seemed to care (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Think it’s dry? Vero in midst of worst drought on record (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)
> Vero Council taking hard look at pricey consultants (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 24 - Week of June 16, 2011
> Live Oak Road residents seek to block traffic (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero turns to ‘greenmail’ in water wars (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Death of Vero Beach psychiatrist leaves patients scrambling (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
>
From running back to Wizard of Oz (BY RON HOLUB)
> Electric deal sputters while consultant tab soars (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 23 - Week of June 9, 2011
> The Roselyn G and an ‘Olde Pirate’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> The Browns: Was their stylish storybook existence too perfect? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Funding cuts threaten the future of Cultural Council (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 22 - Week of June 2, 2011
> Which course will O’Connor take on electric (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores water decision awaits new Vero study (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Officials cautious on new laws for senior drivers (BY JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON)
>
Brown to plead ‘no contest’ to original charges (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> John’s Island Foundation gives agencies $630,000 (BY MARY E. SCHENKEL)


Edition 21 - Week of May 26, 2011
> Vero Council can’t get water info from staff (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)
> Face to face with a ‘miracle’ (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
>
Second of a series: Aging puts brakes on some older drivers (BY JOE FENTON)
> Lawyer Brown facing two new felony charges (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores facing budget cuts or a property tax increase? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Utility deal sputters while consultant tab soars (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 20 - Week of May 19, 2011
> First of a series: Taking away the car keys (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Library, in transition, facing cuts (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
>
The Dodgertown on-again, off-again deal is on-again (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)
> SEAL Museum gets boost from bin Laden raid (BY JOE FENTON)

Edition 19 - Week of May 12, 2011
> New details emerge in Richard Brown probe (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Can Beachland’s oak hammock be saved? (BY SANDRA RAWLS)
>
Negotiations for sale of ‘Big Blue’ begin – finally (BY JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON)
> Vero spurns the private sector in picking manager (BY STEVEN M.THOMAS)

Edition 18 - Week of May 5, 2011
> FP&L rejects Vero staff’s effort to rewrite Letter of Intent (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Regional water-sewer approach gets boost with 9-to-1 vote (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
The Paula Holden Sage saga: Vero designer, ex-clients clash in court
(BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> New vote snafu delays choice of city manager (BY STEVEN M. THOMAS)


Edition 17 - Week of April 28, 2011
> Vero water battle may shift to court (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Pay for new Vero manager an issue (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Heart transplant brings island family full circle (BY JOHN W. JOHNSON)
>
St. Ed’s honors five who helped save the school (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero beachside is rare bright spot in U.S. real estate market (BY STEVE THOMAS)

Edition 16 - Week of April 21, 2011
> Marsh Island backs off from bid to be annexed into Orchid (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero plans to hire consultants for new water study (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores Town Council to finally get water proposal from County (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
What did auditor really say about County water finances? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach debacle will see Phase Two end only half finished (BY STEVE THOMAS)

Edition 15 - Week of April 14, 2011
> Revelations seen killing Orchid annexation of Marsh Island (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero hunt for city manager: Govt. vs the ‘real world’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Public attitude toward FP&L sale: Hopeful skepticism (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Penalties for electric violations ‘confidential’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Adrienne Smith: ‘Restoring natural habitats (BY JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSON)

Edition 14 - Week of April 7, 2011
> Editorial: FP&L and the (no longer) impossible dream
> FP&L: Benefits to Vero Beach $14 million in first year alone (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> How does Vero now proceed on the FP&L electric offer (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
County threatens to give Vero notice of water-sewer switch (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Washington team eying move to Vero?


Edition 13 - Week of March 31, 2011
> Vero staffer’s double-dip prearranged (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores residents could save on water and sewer (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
United Way nears $2.4 million goal (BY MARY SCHENKEL)
> Heady takes OUC case to Tallahassee, gets nowhere (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 12 - Week of March 24, 2011
> Impact 100 to have 3 winners (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Price hikes for sand continue; progress lags (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> What’s Vero’s water system worth: Mayor Kramer says: ‘I have offer of $50 million’
(BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 11 - Week of March 17, 2011
> Without merger, big water and sewer rate hikes ahead (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Politicians get ‘high risk’ pension benefits (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> 11-page explanation for rehiring of city worker flunks math tests (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Weick emerges as key swing vote on new Shores council (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Famous ‘locker room’ at Big Blue to get overhaul (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 10 - Week of March 10, 2011
> Haiti free clinic has heart and soul in Vero (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> $280,000 more sought for beaches (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Just sitting around with nothing to do (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Challenges face new supervisor of elections (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 9 - Week of March 3, 2011
> Spa wars: Vero hotels vie in luxury rejuvenation (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> The Vitunac saga: Was he using the city legal staff to research his case? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Would you believe Vero is “leasing” one of its retirees at far more than his old pay? (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 8 - Week of February 24, 2011
> Fresh to your doorstep from Veggies of Vero (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> County demonstrates to Vero water and sewer utility solvent (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> State panel demands answers from Vero on electric utility (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
City bosses owed $1 million for vacations and sick leave (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 7 - Week of February 17, 2011
> Vero’s Al Wardon then and now (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero employees in for shock: Written performace reviews (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Rush to retire: Could it have anything to do with money? (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 6 - Week of February 10, 2011
> Nancy Prizito’s place filled with words (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> New daylight burglary spree hits the island (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Vitunac: Indispensible or uninvolved? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Retiring your way to higher pay (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 5 - Week of February 3, 2011
> Frustration between Shores and County on water deal boils over (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> The secret behind high electric bills: It was really cold (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vitunac is first on Vero Council’s hit list (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Former Vero City Manager John Little dies at 86 (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> No state millions for Vero beaches (BY IAN M. LOVE)


Edition 4 - Week of January 27, 2011
> Cadden, Haverland emerge as winners in Indian River Shore’s no-vote-needed Council election (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero Council may hire consultant and hold off on new City Manager (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Ira Hatch relocated to Panhandle, where he still operates a laundry (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
Who’s stirring pot in Riomar over future of St. Ed’s land (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> North county beach restoration to resume Feb. 7th (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 3 - Week of January 20, 2011
> Land Trust hopes to save Indian River Shores wildlife habitat (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Details emerge on death of woman outside Carrabba’s (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Vero’s hopelessness at financial analysis (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 2 - Week of January 13, 2011
> Sheriff: Hit-and-run probe botched (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vitunac: No Council member read the $2 billion electric contract (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Three Aves at last on track (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 1 - Week of January 6, 2011
> A sad tale of our times: Death outside front door of Carrabba’s (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> New Vero Council finds ousting entrenched staff is not so easy (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Harassment, slurs draw slap on wrist (BY LISA ZAHNER)
>
2010: The year when apathy was torn asunder (BY LISA ZAHNER)


2010 ARCHIVE

Edition 40 - Week of December 23, 2010
> Shores residents may have real Council election (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Smithsonian bone casts now in Vero (BY SANDRA RAWLS)
> Change comes again to Vero’s Surf Club Hotel (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 39 - Week of December 16, 2010
> Seems like nobody wants Big Blue (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero: Rate cuts to pump millions into economy (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> 7th grader seeks to restore oyster beds (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Mayor Kramer’s ‘Plan B:’ Vero stays in electric biz (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 38 - Week of December 9, 2010
> Shores appears to have deep-sixed water consultant (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Power plays: New cast, same old story (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero Beach has a new Santa (BY CLAUDIA BALINT)

Edition 37 - Week of December 2, 2010
> Shores is seeking bid from county on water, sewer (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> ‘Lepto’ bacteria threatens dogs, humans (BY ALINA LAMBIET)
> Delay on new fields puts Dodgertown’s future in jeopardy (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Pops’ Lockhart returns with a BBC cast (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 36 - Week of November 25, 2010
> Heady: Man of principle or professional contrarian? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero police step up beachside patrols; no new burglaries (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Mushroom man Mike Johnson (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 35 - Week of November 18, 2010
> Three way water-sewer talks may ultimately end in consolidation (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Orchid puts hold on annexation of Marsh Island (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Central Beach on alert after home burglaries (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> ‘Everything you dream of for your kids’ (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 34 - Week of November 11, 2010
> Vero City Council takes on new look (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> County hopes to strike water, sewer deal with the city (BY IAN M. LOVE)

What goes on inside the Vero Beach power plant?
>
Probers investigate claims of racial harassment and theft (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Tape suggests employees seek to abort sale to FPL (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 33 - Week of November 4, 2010
> A Clean Sweep! Insurgents win all 4 Vero Council seats (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> New electric consultant fee outrage awaits new Council (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Conflict? What conflict?
>
Invoices indicate Vero paid for work done for Shores (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Shores holds up pay while demanding explanations (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 32 - Week of October 28, 2010
> Same consultants advise Vero, Shores on water (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Walley in Wonderland (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Orchid Council moving to annex Marsh Island (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Charter high: Vero’s best kept education secret (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 31 - Week of October 14, 2010
> Defending criminals and chimps (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> School Board race focus of beach interest (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Consultants driving Shores toward water and sewer deal with Vero (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 30 - Week of September 30, 2010
> Sand castles: Vero 25 years after Marriott (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero’s first great debate set for Emerson Center (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> No lifeguards for Treasure Shores (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Trash wars: Indian River Shores dumps pickup changes (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 29 - Week of September 16, 2010
> Tom White: ‘I may want to come back’ (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> School bells may ring once again in Riomar (BY DEBBIE CARSON)
> Price tag on Vero’s electric operation upped to $400 million (BY LISA ZAHNER & IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 28 - Week of September 2, 2010
> Schools handling of harassment allegations cause for concern (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> A look at what a future in prison holds for Ira Hatch (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Sheriff says budget cuts mean back to basics (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 27 - Week of August 19, 2010
> Messages to Judge: If Hatch’s sentence is cut short by death, we will not complain
(BY LISA ZAHNER)
> St. Ed's launches new era with unified campus (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Cloudy skies: Piper again is seen struggling (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 26 - Week of August 5, 2010
> Cutting Vero’s budget by squeezing theatre, museum (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Gloria Estefan’s unique oceanfront estate gets break on assessment (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach project gets mixed reviews (BY IAN M. LOVE)


Edition 25 - Week of July 22, 2010
> Rare armed robbery jolts Ocean Drive (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> FP&L and Vero: Hard to tell what they are saying in private (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> After the Hatch plea, what’s next? (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 24 - Week of July 8, 2010
> Biggest loser: Schlitt cash kept Hatch's Ponzie scheme afloat (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Here’s Marjorie (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 23 - Week of June 24, 2010
> Dragonfly joins Gulf battle (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Hatch partner rebuffs bid to spread blame (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Eisenmenger's meandering courtroom style (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 22 - Week of June 10, 2010

New twists in the Ira Hatch fraud saga

> How he wound up defended by a top criminal lawyer who receives no fee
(BY LISA ZAHNER)
> How witnesses say he used escrowed client funds as his private piggy bank
(BY LISA ZAHNER)
> How his family lives like millionaires on $1,500 a month from Social Security
(BY LISA ZAHNER)

> Vero admits electric rates will never approach FPL (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 21 - Week of May 27, 2010
> Hatch fraud trial hinges on investigators (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> H.Randal Brennan: The lawyer with a Heady assignment (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Rowing with the ancient Mariners (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> The St. Edward’s Society: Helping scholarship kids imagine the unimaginable
(BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 20 - Week of May 13, 2010
> More than 100 island victims await start of Ira Hatch trial (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Sand trucks gone, but will return (turtles willing) in November (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Wilson's signature saga (BY LISA ZAHNER AND DEBBIE CARSON)

Edition 19 - Week of May 6, 2010
> Councilman Heady sues Vero in U.S. District Court (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach replenishment to end Friday with work uncompleted (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 18 - Week of April 29, 2010
> New electricity mantra: Show us the numbers (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach work half done, but bonus near for contractor (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> The case of the police call that came unglued (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 17 - Week of April 22, 2010
> More banking changes for Vero Beach (BY IAN LOVE)
> Beach project falls behind; Marbrisa, Baytree at risk (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 16 - Week of April 15, 2010
> Feud between Wheeler and Flescher takes an ugly turn (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Tea Party expects big crowd Friday at Holman (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> We all paid to kill watchdog on electric bill (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Island group hails beach work (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 15 - Week of April 8, 2010
> Piper sales -- and jobs -- take off (BY IAN LOVE)
> Ex-Mayor joins race for Vero Council (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Charlie's guerrilla boot camp (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 14 - Week of April 1, 2010
> Deal on beaches may save jobs of 2 commissioners (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> No good news for Vero Council on 2011 budget (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Rising again: Indian River Neighborhood Association (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 13 - Week of March 25, 2010
> St. Edward’s declares ‘victory’ in drive to get out from under crushing debt
(BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Charities doing more with less in challenging times (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 12 - Week of March 18, 2010
> Beachside hotels filled with visitors (BY ALINA LAMBIET & MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> City of Vero may have found an out on water and sewer (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Replenishment of beaches slips behind schedule (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 11 - Week of March 11, 2010
> Beach replenishment costs go ‘up and up and up’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero finance chief bails on 2011 budget (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Ron Rennick catches fossil fever (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 10 - Week of March 4, 2010
> Elizabeth Brooker Ready to take on Old Boys' over Vero utility (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Rare edition: Vero Beach Book Center (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero polo thrives at Pointe West (BY MICHELLE GENZ)


Edition 9 - Week of February 25, 2010
> Hacked!: A beachside resident’s emailed plea for money to get home (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero seen facing big cut in municipal employees (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> The Pied Piper of Miracle Mile (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 8 - Week of February 18, 2010
> Designer Paula Holden Sage's downward spiral (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero plan to cut services unsupported (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Are green jobs the future of Indian River County? (BY IAN M. LOVE & DEBBIE CARSON)
> Sea turtles key to future of sand trucking (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 7 - Week of February 11, 2010
> Beach replenishment: One ugly surprise after another (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Referendum could put Vero out of electric business (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Alan Polackwich: From banking to county attorney (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 6 - Week of February 4, 2010
> The ties that bind: Vero still tied to FMPA power contracts until 2043 (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> ‘Final’ power contract was not so final (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Psst. Anyone want to buy $1.2 million worth of oil? (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 5 - Week of January 28, 2010
> Does Vero Utilities see fewer future customers? (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Sand trucking to cost us extra $1 million (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Riverside Bank cops plea on Kay Clem’s bank account (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 4 - Week of January 21, 2010
> Nominee with most votes passed over for Council (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> The final days: Ira Hatch and the looting of Coastal Escrow (BY THOMAS B. COLLINS)
> Vero Council not told FPL was runner-up (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> PIPER SPREADING ITS WINGS (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 3 - Week of January 14, 2010
> Vitunac: ‘Material’ changes made to utility contract (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Debbie Mayfield goes to war (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero beachside hotels prepare for influx of baseball fans (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 2 - Week of January 7, 2010
> State Atty. Ill-equipped for electric probe (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> County upping heat on electric issues (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 1 - Week of January 1, 2010
> Changes made in Vero electric contract (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> State attorney denies probe was ‘whitewash’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 38 - Week of December 17, 2009
> Grand Jury decides to not pursue electric probe (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Consultant bills surprise only to public (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> James Gibson: The ‘father’ of Vero Beach architecture (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 37 - Week of December 10, 2009
> Vero electric consultants paid millions (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Wilson out; Council openness out too (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Humiston Park renovation is nearing completion (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 36 - Week of December 3, 2009
> KEPT IN THE DARK (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Philanthropist Dick Stark: Making a difference in Vero (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Beach residents get first peek at Vero Man fossil (BY SANDRA RAWLS)


Edition 35 - Week of November 26, 2009
> Charlie Wilson’s War (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Grand jury is probing Vero electric contract (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 34 - Week of November 19, 2009
> FPL to Vero: ‘We want to be of help’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Beach replenishment politics: Sand miners pay to play (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 33 - Week of November 12, 2009
> Chinese drywall found on island (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Kevin Sawnick: ‘It’ll definitely be interesting’ (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 32 - Week of November 5, 2009
> St. Edward’s presses ambitious fund-raising effort (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Charlie Wilson, Brian Heady win election of surprises (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 31 - Week of October 29, 2009
> St. Ed’s adjusts to challenging times (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Vero Council’s brain brownout (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Coming soon (hopefully) to a beach near you (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 30 - Week of October 15, 2009
> From Panama City Beach to the Vero Beach barrier island, with love (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Ira Hatch finds Christ; client funds still lost (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Stephen Faherty’s fight to break the choke hold of Vero Utilities (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Goodbye Vero Beach Inn; Hello Surf Club (BY ALINA LAMBIET)

Edition 29 - Week of October 1, 2009
> Oceanfront real estate sales heat up (BY LISA ZAHNER & MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> C L O S E D ! For $7.8 million in taxes paid... (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Vero Beach City Council candidates offer views on key issues (BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)
> County: Worries over wear on bridges and roads from sand trucks are unwarranted (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 28 - Week of September 17, 2009
> Are you ready for this? 26,000 more are coming (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> H1N1 flu pandemic could stress Vero health system (BY LISA ZAHNER & ROB STEIN)

Edition 27 - Week of September 3, 2009
> FINALLY! Fresh Market opens in Vero Beach (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Epic fossil carving to be auctioned in Vero (BY SANDRA RAWLS)
> New rate shocks await snowbirds (BY A STAFF WRITER)
> Can Joe Baird emerge from a summer cloud? (BY LISA ZAHNER)


Edition 26 - Week of August 13, 2009
> Vero snowbirds summer on Nantucket (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Inside story: Vero and the Orioles (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Power plant not villain in soaring rates (BY LISA ZAHNER & MILTON R. BENJAMIN)


Edition 25 - Week of July 30, 2009
> Bank crisis touches hospital (BY IAN M. LOVE AND MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Vero Council ignores high electric bills (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Hotels help shops survive Vero summer (BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICK)
> Greenway planned south of 17th Street bridge (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 24 - Week of July 16, 2009
> Electric rate shock stuns island (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Burglaries have Central Beach on alert (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 23 - Week of July 2, 2009
> After 40,000 Vero eyes - A fresh start for Dr. Paul Minotty (BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN)
> Claims of big savings from Vero city health clinic start to look anemic
(BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)
> Vero Beach electric bills soar; municipal utility is now ‘broke’ (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Piper Aircraft seeks to hire engineers for the PiperJet (BY IAN M. LOVE)


Edition 22 - Week of June 18, 2009
> Summer tragedy! Rosenberg's die in accident in Dominican Republic (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Vero Beach City Council Profile: Debra Fromang (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Replenishment of Vero barrier island beaches is again uncertain (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Piper CEO Jim Bass to resign from Vero aircraft company as of June 26
(BY A STAFFWRITER)

Edition 21 - Week of June 4, 2009
> University of Florida: Epic carving on fossil bone found in Vero Beach (BY SANDRA RAWLS)
> Saint Edward’s Appoints Michael Mersky as Head of School (BY A STAFFWRITER)
> Not-so-public meeting yields little new on Vero employee health clinic
(BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)


Edition 20 - Week of May 21, 2009
> Vero Beach tourism down in 2009, but better than expected (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> New Asian owners injecting cash into Piper Aircraft (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Indian River County seen skeptical on idea of employee health clinic
(BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)

Edition 19 - Week of May 7, 2009
> Impact 100 awards $205,000 in grants to Vero Beach non-profits (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Pops concert marks glorious end to Vero Beach social season (BY LINDA CLARK)
> Craig Callan is back on job at Vero's Holman Stadium (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Piper Aircraft sold to Asian investors; Company to stay in Vero (BY IAN M. LOVE)


Edition 18 - Week of April 30, 2009
> Ensuring the future of St. Edward’s (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 16 - Week of April 16, 2009
> Professional baseball on verge of return to Vero Beach's Dodgertown (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Vero Beach officials skip bidding for city employee health clinic - Seek to award $500,000 contract to hand-picked vendor (BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)
> In search of Miss Vero - Irreverent blog gains serious following (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 15 - Week of April 9, 2009
> Vero moves ahead on controversial clinic - City Council kept in dark on details
(BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)
> Amazing act of generosity produces new art for museum (BY MICHELLE GANZ)

Edition 14 - Week of April 2, 2009
> No football, no baseball, no progress (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Helping John Replogle and others lead a happy, independent life (BY SANDRA RAWLS)


Edition 13 - Week of March 26, 2009
> Rising on Vero’s south beach: Dream home or nightmare? (BY MICHELLE GENZ)
> Richardson Award to Father Murphy (BY LARRY MACKE)

Edition 12 - Week of March 19, 2009
> To Stanford and back: John Orcutt’s ‘incredible’ journey
(BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN & IAN M. LOVE)
> If you are looking to sell some old gold (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 11 - Week of March 12, 2009
> Tom White’s FAST travels on tax dollars (BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)
> Major league baseball may soon return to Dodgertown (BY IAN M. LOVE)


Edition 8 - Week of February 19, 2009
> Stanford accused of $8 billion fraud (BY A STAFF WRITER)
> In tough times, Piper vital signs seem strong (BY IAN M. LOVE)

Edition 7 - Week of February 12, 2009
> Beachland facing possible teacher cutbacks (BY ELLA CHABOT-REMINGTON)
> St. Ed’s tennis star No. 1 in Florida (BY RON HOLUB)

Edition 6 - Week of February 5, 2009
> Pelican Island: No longer invisible (BY WARREN KAGARISE)
> Dodgertown seen great for college ball (BY IAN M. LOVE)

> The Hills: Good Samaritans by example (BY SANDRA RAWLS)


Edition 5 - Week of January 29, 2009
> A fairwell to Darby Educator, counselor and friend (BY LISA ZAHNER)
> Honoring the Block philanthropic legacy (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

> Nursing pay above median at Indian River Medical Center (BY MLTON R. BENJAMIN)

Edition 4 - Week of January 22, 2009
> Challenging times for St. Edward’s (BY WARREN KAGARISE)
> Golden Sands Park set to open in days (BY A STAFF WRITER)

Edition 3 - Week of January 15, 2009
> Beachside still a haven from serious crime (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Snowbirds migrate to marina (BY WARREN KAGARISE)

> Wanted: 25 philanthropic women (BY LISA ZAHNER)

Edition 2 - Week of January 8, 2009
> Orioles’ demands revealed; Council says: ‘No way’ (BY MARY BETH MCDONALD & IAN M. LOVE)
> Far larger crowds expected for Treasure Coast Wine Festival (BY MICHELLE GENZ)

Edition 1 - Week of January 1, 2009
> No taxpayer millions for Piper Aircraft this year (BY IAN M. LOVE)
> Vero Beach employee clinic seen unlikely to cut health costs (BY MARY BETH MCDONALD)

> Exercise in the New Year: Boxing to box step (BY MICHELLE GENZ)