Best of the Treasure Coast 2024
The Treasure Coast community voted for their favorite businesses to be named the Best of the Treasure Coast. We are happy to feature the winners who earned the “Best” in their categories.
GHO Homes specializes in open and airy main living areas, as seen in the Sage model. GHO HOMES
GHO Homes introduces Belterra
GHO Homes is proud to announce the opening of its newest luxury community in St. Lucie County — Belterra.
Future Plans
It looked more like a festival than serious city business. It was the day of the annual Citizen Summit when residents get to tell the city what their priorities are for the future. The festivities were to entice more people to show up.
Honors keep coming
Port St. Lucie confirms what we already knew by collecting a slew of awards and honorable mentions from organizations around the country.
Outdoor Expansion
The city’s Parks and Recreation Department is developing the often requested pickleball courts, bike trails, walking paths, community and neighborhood parks, and large regional parks for residents eager to spend more time outdoors.
Don't miss the many local fireworks displays and events on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4. There is Stars over St. Lucie in Fort Pierce, over the Indian River Lagoon at Marina Square; Freedom Fest in Port St. Lucie at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event Center; Boom On The Lagoon in Vero Beach at Riverside Park; Fireworks On The 4th in Stuart at Flagler Park; Freedom Festival & Parade in Sebastian at Riverview Park; and Freedom And Fireworks at Tradition Square in Port St. Lucie.
DATEBOOK- Summer 2023
Upcoming Events: May 1-Sept. 30, 2023
Learn from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute scientists and hear about their latest discoveries during the Ocean Science Lecture Series, every Wednesday at 4 p.m. Call 242.2293 for more information.
DATEBOOK- Spring 2023
Upcoming Events: March 1-May 3, 2023
The Fort Pierce Police Department uses technology and equipment officers could not have dreamed of 100 years ago. FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Centennial salute
In 1904, Fort Pierce had 1,000 citizens, a newspaper, hotels, a cattle company, five boarding houses, two boat building companies and doctors, but no police department.
In the 100 years of Lincoln Park Academy, one of the milestone events was the move in 1953 to its location on Avenue I and North 17th Street. JASON HOOK
The Best of the Best
By nearly any objective measure, Lincoln Park Academy is one of the best high schools in St. Lucie County and the state of Florida.
The Rev. Dr. Alvin E. Miller Sr. was an All-Ohio Valley Conference running back for Eastern Kentucky University and ran for more than 1,000 yards in the 1979 season and postseason. A delinquent middle school student in Fort Pierce, he became a successful high school graduate and collegiate scholar through the relentless efforts of his seventh grade teacher, Rita Marie Johnson. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
Life lessons
In second grade, Alvin Miller missed more than 90 straight days of school. He simply went AWOL when he realized he was out of his depth.
