A dirt bike robbery at gunpoint on Saturday evening ended in police action a day later. Two individuals, ages 18 and 12, were riding their dirt bikes near 23rd Ave SW & 15th St SW in Vero Beach when two masked robbers jumped out of the bushes with guns drawn. The robbers threatened to kill them if they didn’t give up their dirt bikes, so the dirt bikes were handed over.
The dirt bike owners followed the tracks of the stolen bikes to a house near 11th Terrace SW & 12th St SW. Last night, there were reports of law enforcement surrounding a house in that vicinity with guns drawn in an apparent standoff.
We will update you with more details as they become available.
Hurricane season officially ended yesterday. 2025 was the first year since 2015 when no hurricanes made landfall in Florida. We’ll take it.
Hopefully, next year will be equally calm. The folks who name tropical storms and hurricanes have already compiled their list of names for next year’s storms.
A 2024 law restricting minors’ access for certain social media platforms is now in full effect in Florida. Social media started as an innocuous “keeping up with my friends” sales pitch, and has turned ugly in recent years resulting in depression, eating disorders, suicides, murders, bullying and tampering with elections from foreign governments.
The Rowdy Rooster Bar & Restaurant in Vero Beach hosted about 200 people this weekend in support of Haylee, the daughter of Sergeant Terri Sweeting-Mashkow who was killed in the line of duty last week. The funds from the event are for Haylee’s College and Future Dreams Fund.
The Sebastian Chamber of Commerce is preparing for their annual Light Up Night. The official kickoff is December 5th when local businesses will offer extended hours, decorations and family-friendly activities.
In our household, we put up our Christmas tree one day before Halloween. When you have a toddler and need some negotiating leverage from time-to-time, you do what you need to do.
The Craft Brew Hullabaloo is happening this Saturday, December 6th in Sebastian. 25 breweries will be present in Riverview Park for the event offering their best brews for the local enthusiasts.
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More businesses in Vero Beach and Sebastian accepting bitcoin for payments every day. What was once dismissed as “funny internet money” is now becoming mainstream, with payments becoming available at our local businesses. Now that Fortune 500 companies are holding bitcoin in their corporate treasuries, perhaps it’s time for us to pay a little more attention to what is being heralded by some as the future of money.
Coinbase is a US-based company with an impeccable safety record (no hacks, ever). They connect to all major and minor traditional banks to make investing in bitcoin easier than ever. Even if you are still skeptical about bitcoin’s future (I know I am), it may still be wise to allocate some funds to bitcoin…just in case.
Coinbase is offering a special deal for the readers of this newsletter. When you sign up with this link and make a purchase of $20 or more within the first week, Coinbase will give you a free $30 credit to your account. You read that correctly. It’s free money.
The process is simple: Sign up with this link, verify your identity, hook up your bank or debit card of choice, purchase $20 of bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrency and you’ll get a $30 credit to your account. That’s it! It’s a no brainer if you’re even a little curious about it. With our national debt at all-time highs and growing every day with no plan to ever pay it off, it can’t hurt to diversify a little.
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