Hilliard Groves owner Buddy Johnson feted for service FORT PIERCE — Third-generation citrus grower Sherwood “Buddy” Johnson was inducted into the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame at Florida Southern College on March 6. Johnson, accompanied by his family, spoke to the audience about how he went from a small boy planting trees in his father’s [...]
FORT PIERCE — A team of four Indian River State College students has garnered national attention for an innovative project gathering data on pollution in the Indian River Lagoon. Team Lagoon has been selected as a top ten national winner in the National Science Foundation Community College Innovation Challenge. The competition challenges college students to [...]
PORT ST LUCIE — Rebecca Post, Vice-President of Business Operations at Post Insurance, is the winner of this year’s Communicator of the Year Award by the Treasure Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. Post was selected by a panel of judges in the ‘For-Profit’ category for her outstanding professional accomplishments, leadership development, and [...]
VERO BEACH — John’s Island Real Estate Company, exclusively serving John’s Island, is off to a remarkable start this year, with first quarter sales double that of 2013. With 23 properties placed under contract in the past two weeks, John’s Island Real Estate Company is on its way to hitting historical highs in sales. Despite [...]
BY CATHERINE ENNS GRIGAS Art and appliances may make strange bedfellows, but when it comes to the ongoing story of the Florida Highwaymen, selling paintings surrounded by washing machines and televisions doesn’t seem that unusual. The Jetson TV and Appliance Center flagship store on U.S.1 in Fort Pierce has, in the past four years, [...]
PORT ST. LUCIE – AV Homes was named a finalist in five categories for the 2015 Best of 50+ Housing Awards, presented at the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas in January. Both of AV Homes’ 55-plus communities in Florida – Vitalia in Port St. Lucie and Solivita in Kissimmee – were named finalists in [...]
PALM CITY – Harbour Ridge Yacht and Country Club has announced a 3-year, $11 million amenity enhancement program to build a new lifestyle center and renovate its famed Golden Marsh golf course. “Our members are responding to the national sports, fitness and wellness trends," said Herbert Heuchert, president of the board of directors, of the [...]
FORT PIERCE — The Board of Directors of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum has re-affirmed that Fort Pierce is the proper permanent location of the Museum and will not relocate. The reaffirmation was made in a board vote Feb. 18 after former longtime director Mike Howard of Vero Beach wrote an opinion piece for the [...]
VERO BEACH — Exemplifying the innovation, drive and persistence of successful entrepreneurs, Bobby and Marygrace Sexton will be recognized tonight with the Dan K. Richardson Entrepreneurship Program’s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Announcement of the award will be the highlight of the Entrepreneur of the Year dinner tonight at the Indian River State College [...]
FORT PIERCE — The Atlantic Classical Orchestra has announced that Artistic Director and Conductor Stewart Robertson has tendered his resignation from the ACO following the completion of the 2015 Concert Season. Simultaneously, he will discontinue his worldwide conducting activities because of health complications associated with Parkinson’s. The ACO has appointed a committee led by ACO [...]