St. Lucie Medical Center nurse Barbara Edwards was one of five employees recognized nationally during HCA’s Awards of Distinction ceremony held in Nashville June 8. Edwards, a medical surgical nurse, received HCA’s Excellence in Nursing Award, which was established this year to honor outstanding HCA nurses who demonstrate excellence in professional mentoring and compassionate care. [...]
Coldwell Banker Paradise has announced that Patricia Cappello is the new director of sales training Cappello has sold millions of dollars worth of real estate on the mainland and beachside of Vero Beach since 2004. She recruited a group of real estate professionals into a Buyer’s Agent team, specializing in extraordinary customer service for FHA, [...]
The St. Lucie County Tourism & Venues office, the City of Fort Pierce and Indian River State College have partnered to launch three live web cams in Fort Pierce. Each of the three web cams capture live scenery in locations that feature waterways, activities and conditions that will appeal to potential visitors to the area.
VERO BEACH — Ophthalmologist Robert M. Reinauer, M.D., has joined New Vision Eye Center. In his role at the Vero Beach eye center, Dr. Reinauer will provide comprehensive eye care with a focus on the surgical care of the retina, including retinal detachments, as well as medical treatment of dry and wet macular degeneration and [...]
FORT PIERCE — Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company’s Florida Strawberry Lemonade will be available at Publixes throughout the southeast beginning on May 23. The fresh-squeezed juice, available in 16-ounce containers, will be available at all Publix locations in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The company’s orange juice, in 64 and 16-ounce containers, [...]
A new board and officers have been installed for the 2015-2016 term at the Vero Beach Art Club. Rita Ziegler swore in new president Sue Dinenno, vice-president Rebecca Van Cordt, and treasurer Judy Mercer who joins current treasurer Fran San Miguel and new board members Nancy Reeves and Dawn Mill join returning members Deirdre Bugbee, [...]
BY SUSAN BURGESS Douglas Moore stood in the parking lot of Cindi’s Pet & Aquarium Center, a few feet from the Florida East Coast Railway tracks. About a year ago he opened a letter that changed the future of his 25-year-old business. “I received a letter one day from All Aboard Florida,” he says. “It [...]
STUART — Treasure Coast Hospice recently received two Hospice Honors recognitions for 2015. Recipients of this prestigious honor include: TCH St. Lucie Home Team and TCH Martin Hospice House. The Hospice Honors were established by Deyta, a healthcare data management service, and recognize hospices that continuously provide the highest level of satisfaction through their care [...]
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 [...]