Category Archives: Indian River County

Public Service Recognition Week 2017

Public Service Recognition Week is May 7-13, 2017 The week honors those career public servants that keep our local, county, state, and federal services running year in and year out. ...

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Threats to the Indian River Lagoon

An Environmental Situation in Indian River County Could Threaten the Indian River Lagoon The Indian River County Board of Commissioners acted to cease all out of county-septic haulers from using ...

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May is Mental Health Month

Recognizing Mental Health Month in Indian River County The Indian River County Board of Commissioners declared May as Mental Health Awareness Month.  According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, ...

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Health Care in Indian River

Indian River County- Health Care Florida is the home to many elderly Americans, with about 20 percent of its population 65 and older. It is also the state with the ...

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Indian River County Democrats Get a Jumpstart on 2018 Campaign

Indian River County Democrats Get a Jumpstart on 2018 Campaign Vero Beach, FL, April 27, 2017– Today, the Democrats of Indian River County kicked off their efforts for the 2018 ...

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Sabal Trail Pipeline Resolution – Summary of the Vote

Democrats of Indian River Adopt Sabal Trail Pipeline Resolution by Heather Mitts On Thursday evening, Patrick Zagorski and I presented a resolution about the Sabal Trail pipeline to the Democratic ...

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Film Screening in Celebration of Earth Day

A Plastic Ocean film screening In celebration of Earth Day, the Indian River Democrats held a screening of the film, A Plastic Ocean, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on April 20, 2017. ...

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Save Our Seas

Save our Seas published in the TCPalm, April 22, 2017 We are facing a huge problem with plastics in our oceans. This isn’t just a problem for surfers, fishermen, beachgoers, ...

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Vero Beach Vision Plan

Update on the Vero Beach Vision Plan

Vero Beach Vision Plan In 2004, the City of Vero Beach undertook a lengthy visioning process to develop a city-wide vision plan. According to the planning process documents, a “vision ...

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It’s Trump against the press

It’s Trump against the press, and against a precious freedom published in the TCPalm, February 24, 2017 On Presidents’ Day, 2017, I reflected on the wise words of former Presidential ...

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