Orchid News

A roofing employee died Tuesday after a 30-foot fall from a building under construction, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office said.

JUAN DALE BROWN/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Dickerson Florida Inc. of Fort Pierce began dredging on a $1.3 million project to deepen the Sebastian Inlet and remove sand from a 42-acre depression that traps sand before it can ooze into the channel.

The St. Augustine Archaeological Association and the Florida Public Archaeology Network will host an evening lecture today by James M. Davidson, titled, "African Identity in the New World: Spirituality and Secular Life at Kingsley Plantation, Fort George Island, Duval County, Florida ." Davidson, a member of the faculty at the University of ... (more)

Orchid Mayor Richard Dunlop and Indian River Shores Mayor Tom Cadden are expected to meet with county beach advisers in coming weeks to help choose a computer model that could show how various anti-erosion structures could work on the county's beaches.

At its first hearing on the 2011-12 budget, the Orchid Town Council decided Tuesday to keep the current tax rate the same for next year.