J. McLaughlin shopping event benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters programs in Indian River County CEO Debbie Hawley and J. McLaughlin Assistant Store Manager Wanda Welch. Photo courtesy of Jayne Platts J. McLaughlin hosted a fundraiser benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee Counties at the Village Shops [...]
Island of possibilities Bob and Sharon Lowe of Lowe's International Realty Plus have lived on North Hutchinson Island for 45 years. ANTHONY INSWASTY Bob Lowe sold on North Hutchinson Island as longtime resident and successful broker BY JOE DESALVO The Lowes enjoy giving a miniature LED flashlight with their business name to each [...]
Paws and PALs honored with Dyer Difference Award Diana Ciemko, Mary Wood, Snow (dog), John Dyer, Tatiana Dyer, Cookie Pankiewicz. Ted Pankiewicz, Sr.,Ted Pankiewicz, Jr., Handsome (dog), Helena Voss, Cheryl Diedolf, Cheryl and Jim Wilson Jessica Pankiewicz was just 32 when she succumbed to complications of Devic's, an autoimmune disease. An animal lover [...]
FSBDC at IRSC Highlights Client Success Staff with Al Coffey, Owner of DragonFly Graphics. (Michael Spooneybarger/ Florida SBDC Network Headquarters) What started as a family business twenty years ago has grown to a recognizable and respected brand across the Treasure Coast. DragonFly Graphics, located off Bayshore in Port St. Lucie, Florida, understands [...]
Local Business Highlight: The Saussie Pig Owner Tashiema Brown and his son Tre'Bon provided by Leah Voss/TC Palm Tashiema "Beemer" Brown is doing the food truck thing in reverse. Instead of growing his business, he decided to downsize from brick-and-mortar restaurants to a food truck: The Saussie Pig. "Bigger isn't always better," [...]
FORT PIERCE — Philip Busch, president of Southern Eagle Distributing and the Peter W. Busch Family Foundation, presented a check for $15,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County, in support of the Youth of the Year Program. The Youth of the Year Program recognizes top achieving youths from each of the [...]
FORT PIERCE – Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company was featured in a New York Times article, Lifting the Second-Generation Curse, last week. Founder Marygrace Sexton and daughter Natalie (for whom the company was named when she was just an infant in 1990) are profiled among other family businesses striving to survive the statistical odds that [...]
Fresh fruits and vegetables are available for shoppers at Nelson Family Farms on Midway Road in White City. ED DRONDOSKI PHOTO BY CHRISTINA TASCON When Alfred and Hilda Nelson opened their first citrus grove in 1938, selling the fruit out of their front yard, they could not have imagined the success future generations would [...]