FELLSMERE The day didnt go exactly as planned for Treasure Coast Motor Sports grand re-opening of MESA Park with its first mud-bogging races. Only a fraction of the trucks expected to show, showed. But there was an impressive crowd nonetheless, according to organizers. Staff video by Keith Carson. Read more at bit.ly
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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY With the close to gator season one more day away, Mayor Susan Adams and her friends spent the night before Halloween searching one last time for a monster. They piled into a pontoon boat and set off across Blue Cypress Lake baited three buoys and sat back and waited. Id never done it before, Susan said of gator hunting before this season. By no means am I an expert gator hunter. I dont even pretend to be. Im probably one of those weekend warriors that the real gator ...
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Congressman Bill Posey tours the petroalgae Fellsmere facility with company founder John Scott and Bill Grieco, vice president of engineering, who outlined for Posey the process of growing, harvesting, and processing the algae to produce a bio crude product that can be processed by existing oil refineries into fuel. Staff video by Keith Carson. View photos at bit.ly
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Vero Beach's Bob Carlton, guitar; and Isaac Taylor, on banjo; Sebastian's Joe Falzone, in yellow with guitar; Bo Frazer, on mandolin/fiddle; John Suitch, on bass; and Robert Feathers, lead guitar in white; play during a blue grass jam session at March Landing Restaurant. Staff video by Keith Carson. See photos here: bit.ly
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FELLSMERE -- More than 50 young people ranging in age from 6 to 18 competed in the the Fellsmere Junior Rodeo Buckle Series Saturday on the grounds of the Fellsmere Riding Club Rodeo Arena on North Willow Street. Staff video by Keith Carson. Read more at bit.ly See photos and buy prints at bit.ly
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FELLSMERE Mud-bogging will be returning to MESA Park after Fellsmere City Council agreed to a 90-day trial run. The decision came after a heated debate between motorsports enthusiasts and residents concerned with noise. Staff video by Keith Carson. Read more at bit.ly
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FELLSMERE -- Tucked away on the far end of his house is a narrow darkroom crammed with chemicals, equipment and stacks of aging photographs from early Fellsmere. Korky Korker has a penchant for all things Fellsmere and history and has developed a knack for acquiring hundreds of old photographs to preserve for posterity. Staff video by Keith Carson. Read more at bit.ly
