Blazing a trail of camaraderie at ‘Beachside Bonfire Fest’

As the season gets underway at the Polo Grounds west of town, with matches now through mid-April, there is an extra sense of excitement in the air. Besides horses thundering over the turf in front of hundreds of spectators on Sunday afternoons, a bunch of new homes are coming to the residential loop around the field that will bring the subdivision closer to buildout.

The night before 27-year-old Johnny Peters went missing, he enjoyed a casual meatloaf dinner with his brother Freddy and friend Steven Stewart at the Peters brothers’ Vero home, then the three sat around a fire pit in the backyard, with good vibes flowing. It would be the final time...

When Russell and Judith Powell decided it was time to look for a “winter hideaway,” they started their search in Vero Beach. Familiar with the area because Russell’s cousins lived in Fort Pierce, they found what they were looking for in The Moorings and bought a condo.

Grand Harbor debuted its remodeled beach club this week to a delighted crowd of 150 or so members and guests, continuing a community renaissance that began two years ago when members took over ownership of the club from the developer. Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club, the second-largest residential development...

Sooner or later we all have to deal the loss of a loved one and eventually our own death. For many, the diagnosis of a terminal illness can be one of the most difficult times in life and not knowing where to turn is a common fear. “I always tell...

When he learned that a working mother had lost a day’s pay after she brought her sick son to his office for an exam, Dr. Sydney Nichols knew there had to be a better way. “That’s when I got the idea for Mobile Virtual Providers,” he says.

VERO BEACH — A gas line leak led officials to evacuate several businesses on 22nd Street Wednesday, police said. The gas line ruptured from construction in the area, Vero Beach police said. The leak was in the 700 block of 22nd Street of Miracle Mile, officers said. “In an...

With an “inaugural celebration” involving banners, local dignitaries and other hoopla, Breeze Airways is set to begin its self-styled “nice” regular passenger airline service this weekend between the Northeast and Vero Beach, a destination the airline’s founder says he’s never visited but heard a lot about.

Jill Kerwick, whose artworks include oil paintings, quirky photo collages and a combination of the two, is the newest artist to join the Ocean Drive Gallery in Vero Beach. Kerwick utilizes her varied talents, among them painting, collage, photography, printmaking and set design, to create works that have a touch of surrealism and an open-ended narrative.

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A body was discovered buried near a berm off the side of State Road 60 Monday, prompting a criminal and death investigation, officials said. The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office was conducting the death probe, while the Broward County Sheriff’s Office was handling the criminal case.

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Deputies found a vehicle Monday they said was involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a woman seriously injured over the weekend. Sheriff’s officials said the vehicle was found at the suspect’s residence. It was unclear if the driver has been arrested. “We...