Vero Minute

If planting a tiny forest has never made it onto your weekend plans, it should. I recently sat down with Missy Weiss, the new executive director of Pelican Island Audubon Society, and was fascinated to learn they give away native trees three times a week at its location on Oslo Road...for free! Here are just a couple reasons these native trees are so important, aside from providing habitat for our many native bird, butterfly and insect species: a shade tree can cut your cooling costs 30-50%,...

Everyone assumes the Youth Sailing Foundation is just for kids. It isn't, and the new building going up on the lagoon is about to make that very clear. Yes, junior sailing is still the heart of it. Put a kid out there and the phone stays on shore. There's no scrolling your way out of a capsize. Stu Keiller But the latest is the grown-ups who've gotten involved. YSF has spent the last five years building an adult sailing program, complete with a fleet of 19-foot Flying Scots you can rent like...

John and Heather Chianis It was movie night at Hogan Yards, complete with camp chairs sprawled across the turf lawn as eager spectators counted down to the eight o'clock screening of Twilight, when I sat down with John and Heather Chianis to get the origin story behind the hottest new establishment in town. They are couple behind Pepper & Salt BBQ. In addition to being the resident pitmasters, they're overseeing events and programming for all of Hogan Yards. So, first off, why pepper before...