Fort Pierce

The Highwaymen Heritage Trail Festival returns on Saturday, Feb. 18. The free event will feature the original and second generation Highwaymen artists, guided tours, food and craft vendors, kids zone, art contest exhibit and live jazz music at Moore’s Creek Linear Park on the corner of Seventh Street and Avenue D, behind the county building from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information visit https://cityoffortpierce.com/483/Highwaymen-Heritage-Trail-Festival or call 742.9833.

Things To Do – Fort Pierce Magazine

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 8, 2023
Post category:Datebook Fort Pierce

Upcoming Events: February-December 2023

Bryan Chauncey Mays of Fort Pierce plays several brass instruments, among them, the flugelhorn. Flugel means wing in German and refers to its shape. ANTHONY INSWASTY PHOTOS

The WANDERING MUSICIAN

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 7, 2023
Post category:Fort Pierce Fort Pierce Folks

Sometimes following a dream can lead someone to some mighty strange places. For Bryan Chauncey Mays, whose dream was to become a musician, it led to traveling the world, playing in every state except Hawaii, scuba diving in the Black Sea and spending four months in Alaska.

Amanda Beville serves up handcrafted ice cream and Italian ice at Cream Republic on South Beach in Fort Pierce. ANTHONY INSWASTY

The ICE CREAM CONCOCTOR

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 7, 2023
Post category:Fort Pierce Fort Pierce Folks

Tucked inside the breezeway of the Colonnades Plaza on South Beach is an old-fashioned ice cream shop that serves hand-crafted ice cream and Italian ice that tastes generations away from the commercial brands more commonly served by retailers.

Bob and Sharon Lowe of Lowe’s International Realty Plus have lived on North Hutchinson Island for 45 years. ANTHONY INSWASTY

Mr. North Beach- Fort Pierce Magazine

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 7, 2023
Post category:Fort Pierce Fort Pierce Folks

Most folks in their 80s living on North Hutchinson Island are well into retirement, enjoying natural amenities found on the beautiful stretch of the barrier island between the Indian River County line and Fort Pierce Inlet State Park.

The Fort Pierce Police Department uses technology and equipment officers could not have dreamed of 100 years ago. FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT

Centennial salute

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 6, 2023
Post category:Celebrations Communities Fort Pierce

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

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 3, 2023
Post category:Communities Education Fort Pierce

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

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 2, 2023
Post category:Communities Fort Pierce Inspirational

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.

The Restoring the Village Initiative erected stone markers on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in 2014, marking the north and south boundaries of Fort Pierce’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Pronouncing the area as the home of The Original Highwaymen, a noted group of black landscape artists, and the final home of famed writer Zora Neale Hurston adds a sense of pride in the neighborhood. ANTHONY WESTBURY

Rebirth of a neighborhood

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:February 1, 2023
Post category:Communities Fort Pierce

Larry Lee Jr. and Alvin Miller grew up in the Lincoln Park area in the 1960s and ’70s. They remember their neighborhood fondly as a place where everyone knew and looked out for each other.

Business is booming in the wintertime at downtown eateries and bars. Cobb’s Landing, at the Fort Pierce City Marina, recently added additional seating under the cover of a thatched roof to its waterfront restaurant. The dining area, created by Seminole Tiki Huts, was built in Seminole chickee hut style, with cypress wood framing and a thatching of sabal palm fronds. RUSTY DURHAM

Downtown Upswing

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:January 31, 2023
Post category:Economy Fort Pierce

Downtown Fort Pierce, like many other historical neighborhoods, is always in a state of flux. Businesses come in, some succeed while others fall by the wayside.

The 100-year history of Lincoln Park Academy, one of the first schools for black high school students in Florida, was discussed during a presentation at the Sunrise Theatre Jan. 14 as part of Indian River Magazine’s annual Treasure Coast History Festival. The session was hosted by Bernie Woodall, far left, and Veryl Moore, far right. Panelists were, seated from left, Samuel S. Gaines, Ernestine Trice English, Francenia Tripp Mimms, Dorothy Jackson, Harry Williams and Dave Perry. Woodall’s story on the school’s history begins on Page 22. GREGORY ENNS

It was a very good year …

Post author:Deborah Maldonado
Post published:January 28, 2023
Post category:Fort Pierce Publishers Note

1923 was a pivotal year for Fort Pierce and we’re happy to celebrate a few centennials.