A 34-year-old Vero Beach woman has been accused of defrauding an elderly man. She allegedly used his debit card to pay bills, order fast food and place 47 Amazon orders. The victim is an 89-year-old assisted living resident, and a military veteran.
Governor DeSantis is pushing an agenda to crack down on “puppy mills” along with proposing some other animal protection laws. While nobody gets excited about more regulations, some are necessary to have a functional society. We can all get behind an agenda that protects puppies.
Check out the restaurant specials running at some of your favorite Sebastian restaurants this week. Everybody appreciates a budget meal at this time of year!
While not in Indian River County, it’s close enough to warrant a little coverage. If you saw an F-16 jet flying south of here yesterday, you were not alone. The jet was scrambled as a small airplane violated airspace restrictions over Mar-A-Lago. This was one of several similar incidents in recent weeks.
In some other airplane-related news, there are some great flight deals from Vero Beach airport in December if you’re looking for a quick getaway. Vero Beach continues to add more flights to make it easy on us.
The Vero Beach High School football team has advanced to the state semifinals. They have had a great year and the wins keep coming.
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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.
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