Three years ago on 13th Avenue, Marine veteran Jeff Palleschi opened 21st Amendment Distillery. Today, it's the ultimate neighborhood sanctuary, a joint with good bourbon, serious soul, and an unwritten rule that local veterans never walk alone. And if Bourbon isn't your thing, they now serve beer and wine. The Wall of Honor, the cigars shipped to Marines overseas, the "21 Salute" bourbon bankrolling the WWII Tribute on Veterans Memorial Island, Jeff hands over the keys to wh

Mark your calendar: Friday, Sept. 11, 8:30 a.m. at the Indian River County Fairgrounds & Expo Center. This is the Sheriff's Office's 25th year holding this ceremony, a span long enough that a child born the week of the 9/11 attacks turns 25 this year, old enough now to bring children of their own. The program hasn't changed: a multi-agency honor guard, a tribute from local fire rescue, the mournful call of the Vero Beach Pipes and Drums. Get there early, the fairgrounds fill

Somewhere between the last Bloody Mary brunch and the next barre class, Costa d'Este has found the missing link: yoga, mimosas, and kittens, in that order of increasing importance. On Saturday, September 12th at 10 a.m., the resort's Crystal Ballroom makes way for Paws & Pose, a rescue-yoga hybrid dreamed up by H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue. Thirty minutes of yoga, followed by 30 minutes of bottomless mimosas, then an hour of kitten cuddling. H.A.L.O. brings the kittens. You just b

Last year's Trashy Treasure Trophy winner was a one-pound "square grouper" of illegal drugs, hauled off Round Island and handed straight to the authorities. So, no pressure, but Indian River County: what have you got for us this time? On Saturday, September 19, Coastal Connections returns for its fifth year running the International Coastal Cleanup across 25 waterfront sites countywide, and after last year's record haul of 4,064 pounds of debris and 43,043 individual pieces,

This Saturday, get your kids on the lagoon! September 12 brings two youth events to the Indian River Lagoon, one built around hands-on science, one built around rod and reel. At the Environmental Learning Center, the Marine Resources Council's Youth Action Assembly runs 8:30 to 5:00. 7th - 12th graders from across the 156-mile watershed spend the day with scientists, then break into small groups to build real action plans on pollution, habitat, or policy. Down on the water, L

Never miss a Vero Minute! Some of you have been watching this one since 2019. You know every twist, every delay, every City Council meeting by heart. Others are just catching wind of it now and are, understandably, very curious what all the fuss is about. Either way, here's where things stand. If you've been tracking the slow march of the Three Corners project, waiting for this waterfront reboot can feel like watching paint dry. Seven years after the community engagement and

Set your alarm! Sunday, Aug. 30, 7:26 AM Three boosters of a Falcon Heavy ignite at once from Kennedy Space Center, a bigger show than anything we've seen leave the Cape lately, and NASA's biggest observatory since the James Webb. Here's what makes it worth the early wake-up. The Nancy Grace Roman Telescope carries a mirror the same size as Hubble's, but its camera takes in roughly 100 times more space in a single frame. Where Hubble picks off one target at a time, Roman swee

The Vero Beach Book Center just announced its fall lineup, and it's stacked! But if you've got a kid in the house, don't wait! This Saturday, August 29 at 11 AM, the Children's Floor hosts a Dog Man event tied to Dav Pilkey's world-conquering series, complete with a create-your-own-comic contest. Entries are due tomorrow, August 25, at the Children's Floor counter. From there, the calendar fills out fast. Chef Bobby Hicks kicks off September 19 with a talk on his debut cookbo

Now's the perfect time to get on the lagoon, and the Environmental Learning Center is leading the charge with guided kayak excursions this Saturday, August 22, and through September. ELC's guides take you through the surrounding lagoon and into the mangrove tunnels ringing their 64-acre island campus. Dolphins surface. Ospreys dot the tree line. And gear is included! Beyond the kayak tours, daily pontoon tours cruise past Pelican Island for manatees and dolphins, and guided n

source: Sony Pictures PUCKETT'S MOVIE PICKS Mark Puckett reviews Spider-Man: Brand New Day Having scraped together a billion dollars in under a week, the latest Marvel exercise arrives as a rare, thoughtful pleasure amid the franchise's recent mediocrity. Yet at two hours and twenty-five minutes, it suffers from a mild case of bloat. Nothing drags, strictly speaking, making it a good film, if not quite a great one. The editing is seamless, the casting entirely unoffending, an