Irina Woelfle, Let's Talk Vero

During Tuesday's Indian River Board of County Commissioners Meeting, The Commission unanimously elected Deryl Loar and Laura Moss Chair and Vice Chair respectively. Other highlights included (with timestamps): A proclamation celebrating the life and legacy of Joe Idlette Jr. , a local civil rights pioneer, Korean War veteran, and son of a sharecropper who led peaceful school desegregation efforts and was the first African-American elected to the Indian River County School Board, serving for...

This past Monday, John Cotugno secured a fourth term as Mayor of Vero Beach, with Taylor Dingle being elected Vice Mayor. Cotugno was re-elected mayor in a 3-2 vote by City Council. Linda Moore , founder of Kilted Mermaid and the Downtown Vero Beach Mural Art Project , voluntarily stepped down from her role as Vice Mayor due to increased responsibilities outside of City Council before nominating Dingle to replace her, stating that she wanted to hand the role off to someone younger. Dingle...

Following the enthusiastic response to our “ Get to Know Your County Commissioners ” series, we’re excited to announce all videos in the Meet Your City Council series have been released. Just like the previous series, this new one, in conversation with Morgen Reynolds , aims to help you put faces to names and get to know your City leaders on a more personal level.   Remember, having a Vero Beach mailing address doesn’t always mean you’re a City voter—about 100,000 Indian River County...