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Will taxpayers back upgraded neonatal unit?

While fewer than 1 in 20 infants born locally will need a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, having an ...

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Chagas: Is this parasitic disease a problem here?

The Centers for Disease Control on Sept. 9 declared Chagas disease endemic in the United States, and University ...

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Planned medical school here hinges on training slots

A Virginia-based medical school’s plan to develop a Vero Beach campus hinges on approval by the State of ...

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New VA clinic: Work finally begins, with spring opening targeted

The long-awaited Veterans Administration outpatient clinic in Vero’s main medical corridor will not open this month as scheduled, ...

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Cleveland Clinic Foundation launches affordable workforce housing project

Cleveland Clinic Foundation is evaluating a short list of developers to construct affordable workforce housing on nearly 14 ...

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Will hospital get taxpayer help for maternity care?

The Hospital District deferred a decision last week on subsidizing maternity care at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, ...

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Senior driver to serve time for death following 2021 Vero Christmas parade

On Dec. 4, 2021, throngs of people young and old were dispersing at the end of the annual ...

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Shores aggressive in lowering town property tax rate

The Indian River Shores Town Council has voted to reduce the town’s property tax rate and its operating ...

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Shores fears Vero may turn to steep utility surcharges

Should property tax reforms sweep across Florida next year and city governments scramble to replace lost revenue, Indian ...

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Vero resident will fill vacant seat on 19th Circuit Court

Seasoned federal prosecutor Michael David Porter, a seven-year Vero Beach resident, hopes to be on the circuit bench ...

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Concerned Veroites ask: Is this what we want here?

Vice Mayor Linda Moore, under investigation by the Florida Attorney General for adult-themed entertainment at her Vero Beach ...

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Hospital District increases budget again, by $2.2M

Property owners hoping to see their tax bill from the Hospital District decrease in the fall as a ...