There has never been anyone in Indian River County quite like Freddie Woolfork . He was the Gifford kid who went out into the world, earned his degree from Florida A&M, saw his options and then chose, very much on purpose, to come home and widen the horizon for everyone coming after him. At the Gifford Youth Achievement Center , he helped turn a fragile idea into the “miracle on 43rd Avenue," founded in 1998 to boost the low 25% graduation rate for Black students in the area,

Step into DuBose & Sons on Old Dixie and it’s immediately clear. With maps, photographs and posters on the walls, and a family who can walk you through Vero’s past intersection by intersection, the shop feels like a compact, working museum of Vero Beach history. The line runs back to 1912, when J.C. DuBose opened his first jewelry store and later moved to a remote little place called Vero, long before “Beach” appeared on the sign. Over the decades, the family expanded to se

Vero local Barry Nordstrand didn't set out to make a movie, but to do something interesting with the historic ski lodge he owns.

Jason Beal’s story starts on Jungle Trail. Jason Beal His great‑great‑great‑grandmother and widow of Moses Beal , Adeline Beal , moved from the Ocala area to the Orchid Island side of the Indian River in the 1890s, working that sandy ground first with vegetables, then with citrus as groves spread along what became Jungle Trail. By the 1920s, that rough track was the growers’ road—about eight miles of hard‑packed sand that citrus families across Orchid Island used to haul fru

We couldn’t let this week’s Vero Minute pass without honoring Ray McNulty , who passed away on February 18.   An award winning and celebrated journalist, yes, but his real genius was in those opinion pieces that landed like news.   His “My Vero” columns had the snap and certainty of a straight report, sourced, detailed, full of who said what and who did what, and then, before you knew it, you were deep inside his very specific take on what it all meant. When Ray weighed in, i

She is a regular at Riverside Theatre’s Live in the Loop, where her shows range from solo sets to lively performances with her bands, JERZI and Ubae Groove.

Mural by Christopher Sweeney If you don’t know Linda Moore personally, you’ve seen and felt her impact. She’s the co-owner of Kilted...

Matt Tanner leads with purpose and delivers with results. Since stepping into his role as Executive Director of United Against Poverty in...

Known around town as The Captain, Morgen is the driving force behind the exciting changes happening downtown and on Main Street.

For too long, Vero Beach has carried the nickname "Zero Beach"—a nod to the lack of young energy in a town known for being "for the newly...

Brooke Malone has never been one to sit still — especially not when the Indian River Lagoon is in trouble. So she did what any...

Carter "Big Boy" Andrews isn't an award-winning fisherman and TV personality by choice – he's the victim of an all-consuming obsession...

The Community Church of Vero Beach is entering an exciting new chapter with the arrival of Rev. Dr. Jacob W. Kines as its new Senior...

Michael and Jamison Kelley Michael Kelley isn’t one to draw attention to himself, but his presence in the community is hard to miss. As...