2024 Environmental Stewardship Awards From composting food waste in the backyard to turning trash into art, restoring pine flatlands, creating an eco-tourism program, and shining a light on water quality issues that plague our river, Martin County citizens continue to serve as outstanding examples of environmental stewardship in action. Keep Martin Beautiful will be honoring [...]
Travis Childers named general manager for Piper’s Landing Yacht & Country Club Travis Childers has been named the new General Manager for Piper’s Landing Yacht & Country Club after an extensive executive search by the club’s leadership. He has succeeded Brian Reich, who was Piper’s General Manager for 17 years. Childers is an experienced country club [...]
Free Online Educational Resource for Women Entrepreneurs The Tory Burch Foundation Business Webinars presented by Bank of America is a virtual program featuring education on a range of entrepreneurial topics and a robust content library for on-demand learning. It is poised to be the largest, free online educational resource available for women entrepreneurs -- building on a [...]
Fort Pierce Mayor Linda Hudson is 2024 Home Rule Hero Mayor Linda Hudson of the City of Fort Pierce was recently honored with the 2024 Home Rule Hero Award by the Florida League of Cities (FLC), a collective voice for municipal governments in Florida. This recognition acknowledges Mayor Hudson's dedication and advocacy during the 2024 [...]
Journey: 450 Years of African American History showing at Sunrise Theatre Derek Boyd Hankerson of Hankerson Henry Productions announces an evening of Guest Speakers followed by the film showing of Journey: 450 Years of African American History on Thursday, May 2, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Sunrise Theater in Fort Pierce. Sunrise [...]
Special guided tour of Art of the Fantastic at Backus Museum The A.E. Backus Museum will host a special gallery program for the exhibition Art of the Fantastic: Imaginative Illustration from the Korshak Collection on Saturday, April 20 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Collector Stephen Korshak will share his deep knowledge and stories behind the art [...]
On The Water Poker Run coming soon The Fort Pierce Yacht Club Foundation, the charitable arm of the Fort Pierce Yacht Club (FPYC), invites you to participate in the annual charity On the Water Poker Run event, Saturday, April 27 at the Fort Pierce Yacht Club. Participants will enjoy a fun and challenging route, live country/southern rock [...]
Subaru helps tons of turtles make Coastal Connection Dyer Subaru Executive Manager Jonathan Hardie, Kendra Cope Bergman, Maddie Phelan, Celeste McWilliams, and John Dyer Thanks to a little love from Dyer Subaru, tons of sea turtles will be making a Coastal Connection. On Easter weekend, hundreds of runners will take part in the [...]
Portfolios designed to provide predictable retirement income "For many, the fear of outliving retirement assets can be overwhelming," said Head of Consumer Investments and Employee Banking & Investments at Bank of America, Matt Gellene. "Having a predictable monthly income replacement vehicle helps retirees enjoy this phase of life with greater confidence in their long-term financial security." To [...]
VB Nopetro brings new jobs Nopetro Renewables, a developer and operator of renewable natural gas projects across North America broke ground on a $40M facility in Vero Beach, named Vero Beach Nopetro. The facility is estimated to initially produce 3 million gallons of RNG a year and prevent 30,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions, equivalent [...]