Most folks head online or to the store when they want new clothes. They drive to the grocery store to restock the kitchen, park their cars in garages before heading inside to enjoy an evening’s rest.
It takes a special kind of discipline to wake up in time to watch the sun come up over that lucky spot on the water. Lucky for the fisherman, that is, not for the fish. But that’s exactly what countless men and women in Fort Pierce have been doing for generations.
Doretha Hair Truesdell’s dream of a beautiful museum filled with vibrant paintings by the 26 African American landscape artists known as the Highwaymen began in 2004, when the group was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
Heading east over South Bridge, you could miss one exciting place if you are not careful. It might be called Fort Pierce’s “best kept secret,” but Causeway Cove Marina manager Harold H. “Buzz” Smyth has dedicated himself to welcoming the community as well as its visitors.
At the dawn of the 20th century, Fort Pierce boasted two watering holes within walking distance of each other.
There are no free rides in life, unless you are a commuter who needs to get home from work.
Much of downtown Fort Pierce would still be recognizable to a cattle-driving settler or a yachtsman sailing the Indian River, back in the early 20th century.
Fort Pierce is now two steps closer to becoming the only Treasure Coast stop for the Brightline high-speed passenger railway service connecting Orlando to Miami.
Joe Semkow’s cover photo of The Cove, the Treasure Coast’s most popular spot for boating, got me thinking about the history of The Cove and the mangrove environs around it, surely one of the most beautiful and beloved spots on the Treasure Coast.
Code Blue The ominous sound of a Code Blue alarm sends student nurses flying to a patient's bedside in the simulated hospital on Indian River State College's Port St. Lucie…
