Lisa Zahner

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Lisa Zahner, Staff writer, Vero Beach 32963 Media Group, specializes in coverage of Vero Beach city government, politics, elections and utility issues.

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Prison likely for ex-church worker in Holy Cross theft

1 week ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Former Holy Cross Catholic Church business manager Deborah True now faces a decade in state prison, followed by 20 years of probation during which she will be expected to pay the church back $698,000 in purloined funds donated by parishioners to the Central Beach church.
Orchid woman pleads guilty to A1A vehicular homicide

1 week ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

A day that began with Orchid resident Elizabeth Jewkes-Danielsen pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the May 10, 2022, death of an elderly John’s Island resident took a bizarre turn a few hours later Monday and ended with her husband Paul Danielsen facing a possible criminal charge for not disclosing information about the couple’s drinking before the fatal crash.
No wonder Vero didn’t want us to see audit report

1 week ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

The City of Vero Beach finally filed a copy of its 2022-23 audit report findings and audited financial statements with the Florida Office of the Auditor General on Monday – five days later than city officials claimed – beginning the process of regaining access to state funds.
Orlando Health adds 28 to Sebastian staff

2 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital has filled a number of vacant positions by picking up 28 employees from a Brevard hospital that its parent company also acquired as part of the $439 million deal that brought Orlando Health to Indian River County last fall.
Orchid resident finally set to go on trial for vehicular homicide in A1A death of islander

2 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Orchid resident Elizabeth Jewkes-Danielsen, 63, charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the death of John’s Island resident Christopher Ingraham three years ago, is scheduled to finally go on trial this coming Monday in Judge Robert Meadows’ courtroom.
Tom Cadden, former Shores mayor and force in local politics, dies at 91

2 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Tom Cadden, 91, who led Indian River Shores for 11 years during two stints as mayor and turned the tiny town into a force to be reckoned with in county politics, died peacefully at Cleveland Clinic Vero Beach Hospital on March 31 after an extended illness.
Holy Cross theft suspect signals change of plea

2 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Former Holy Cross Catholic Church administrator Deborah True was expected to change her not guilty plea on first-degree felony theft charges today, avoiding what could have been an arduous airing of the beachside church’s dirty laundry going back more than a decade, with potentially hundreds of local victims testifying about stolen donations.
Eroded beach designation puts Shores in line for help

3 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Indian River Shores was formally notified by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection last week that a 2.9-mile stretch of oceanfront from John’s Island Club to Mariner Village finally has been declared “critically eroded,” making it easier for the town to receive emergency help the next time a tropical system chews up the beaches.
Fiscal follies: Now Vero owes $2M to cops’ pension fund

3 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

Vero Beach officials boasting in a City Council meeting and on social media earlier this month of the city’s “strong and liquid” financial reserves and lack of money problems has since led the city’s own Police Pension Fund to put Vero on notice it owes it more than $2 million in overdue pension contributions, including $140,000 in interest.
Will Hospital District have to find new ways to fund its operations?

3 weeks ago | veronews.com | Lisa Zahner

The county Hospital District has begun to contemplate the potential need for major changes in how it is funded and operates should Floridians choose to eliminate or drastically cut property taxes a year from November. Gov.