Mary Schenkel

Local students were encouraged to set their sights on the future at the Community Outreach Celebration and River Hoops Rally hosted by Crossover Mission, in partnership with Indian River State College, at its impressive Center for Excellence facility.

The Riomar Country Club overflowed with appreciation for all current and prior members of the armed forces at the second annual Boots on the Beach fundraiser to benefit the nonprofit Boot Campaign, which provides individualized, life-improving care to struggling military members and their families.

The Senior Resource Association has recently acquired three programs previously administered by the nonprofit Senior Collaborative – the Navigation database, Senior Expo and UPSLIDE programs. The change took effect as of Oct. 1.

At a time when many developers are, to coin Joni Mitchell, “paving paradise” to put up parking lots and zero-lot-line housing developments, Tony and Ximena Cho are taking a decidedly different approach. The couple are co-founders of the 40-acre ChoZen Eco-Retreat & Sanctuary, a tranquil oasis alongside the St. Sebastian River.

The Indian River County Library system has joined libraries around the world as an affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, the flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation, which now mails more than 2 million free books each month to children up to age 5, regardless of family income.

Artists from around the state submitted a record number of 301 entries for consideration for the recently opened Best of the Best Juried Exhibition at the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery in Fort Pierce. The show, the longest running juried exhibition on the Treasure Coast, is on display through Nov. 15.

Twenty-eight middle school students were celebrated at the launch of “Write in the Middle, Summer Camp Reflections,” a new book featuring their works. The book is compiled of 58 stories … Read More »

At the third annual Hidden Faces event, the Heritage Center was filled with a congenial mix of supporters and members of the Source, a Christian-based nonprofit that serves the poor and the homeless.

Gastronomy, defined as the study of the relationship between food and culture, could also describe the new exhibition at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, Roadside Reverie: Glass Works by John Miller. The engaging exhibit of 40 large-scale glass sculptures, on display through Jan. 5, evoke the era of drive-ins and diners with colorful Pop Art foodstuffs and assorted automotive elements.

The rapid response by the United Way of Indian River County to the devastation brought about by the tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton has been a fitting example of its … Read More »