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Ice Cream Memories
Reading Jerry Shaw’s story on the old Dairy Queen at Orange Avenue and 10th Street [Page 16] made me wonder why old Fort Pierce people have such fond memories of that little institution.
Then a two-word answer came to me: ice cream.
The scarcity of parking spaces along the streets of downtown Fort Pierce indicate a strong economic outlook for local businesses. With new stores continuing to pop up, downtown remains a thriving center of commerce for the city...
There’s hardly a person who lived in Fort Pierce between the 1950s and 1990s who doesn’t remember stopping off at the Dairy Queen — on the corner of Tenth Street and Orange Avenue — for a tasty ice cream treat.
Highway Museum opening may be pushed to fall
Anticipation that only the fruition of a long-held dream can have will spill over when the new Highwaymen Museum at 1234 Avenue D throws open its doors to welcome its first guests this summer...
On a recent flight from Miami to San Francisco, the pilot’s voice came over the intercom. Were there any medical personnel on board? “I looked around,” Fort Pierce’s Emma Rentzke said. “No one else was standing up.”
The man behind the Sabre Mochachino brand is as complex and interesting as the prints used for his clothing line. Known as Junior to his family and Vernon Braud [pronounced “bro”] for legal purposes, he prefers to go by Sabre Mochachino...
In the 13th century, St. Francis of Assisi founded a religious order devoted to acts of charity and service. More than 800 years later, a Treasure Coast retiree follows in his footsteps as a Secular Franciscan brother. “It’s not a group or organization,” Jeff Shultz explained. “It’s a lifestyle, a commitment to try to serve God.”
In the 1700s, New England ship captains announced their return home by spearing a pineapple on their fence post. It meant visitors were welcome to stop by to hear sea stories and see exotic souvenirs. Real pineapples gave way to architectural details incorporated in homes all along the East Coast to symbolize hospitality...
See what is happening for ocean lovers on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The first is a presentation, Eyes on the Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon — Hope and Gravity, at St. Lucie County Aquarium at 9 a.m. Call 462.3474 to register and get more information. The second event is a Harbor Branch Talk by Paul Willis, Seeds Aren’t Only for Plants — Fish Farms Need Seedstock Too, that begins at 4 p.m. in the Johnson Education Center. Call 242.2400 to register and get more information...
It has been said the sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset and that gives one hope the sun will set and rise again...
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