Features

No one can be neutral about Cuba.

The name Jungle Trail conjures up visions of a narrow footpath through a dense tangle of vegetation dappled with sun and shade.

An estate-planning lawyer friend of mine and I were on the 11:10 p.m. train out of Grand Central in New York.

On the afternoon of her 44th birthday, Mary Beth McDonald waltzed into the radiology department at Indian River Memorial Hospital (IRMH) for a mammogram.

Most people have heard of the Iditarod and understand that, in some way, it involves dogs, sleds, mushers and Alaska in midwinter.

First there is always the double take.

A few days after Christmas, Helmut Swarovski is relaxing in the courtyard of his year-old Windsor home, awash in the bright Vero Beach sunshine.

There’s something about the bond between a human being and an animal that defies explanation.

Our section of the Treasure Coast is filled with hidden treasures that can take you by surprise.

H.B. Archibald, the keeper of the Bethel Creek House of Refuge, was casually traveling along the Indian River early on the morning of Oct. 28, 1887, when he noticed the masts of a ship in obvious distress, just 400 yards offshore.

Everybody wants to spend a sunny summer at the seashore

Scratch the surface of the good life in Vero Beach – say, by spending a few extra minutes with the next guest you meet at a weekend party – and the discussion is likely to turn to more than golf, boats and great weather.

John K. Moore, the man from Detroit who would become one of Vero Beach’s most influential bankers, might never have become a banker at all if his father hadn’t suffered a severe attack of island fever.

Future generations will probably never know the name Jackie Zorn.

Astronaut, test pilot, inventor, poet, one-time Congressional candidate and frequent golfer, Al Worden has literally been to the moon and back.

It is one of those ironies of life that journeys on dry land have afforded Steve McCulloch some of his most monumental experiences in a career devoted to marine mammals.

This year, in each issue of Vero Beach Magzine, we will follow the four $100,000 winners to see how they use their grant to transform our community. Below is an introduction to the organizations and what their Impact 100 grant will fund.

Indian River Impact 100 is a local organization comprised of more than 400 women who each donate $1,000 to be pooled together and given to local organizations in $100,000 grants.

From Pomeranians to poodles, our dogs are descended from one ancestor, the wolf, and the origin of our canine friends is still a hotly debated topic among the scientific set.

Indian River Impact 100 is a local organization comprised of more than 400 women who each donate $1,000 to be pooled together and given to local organizations in $100,000 grants.