Winter Beach News

The old saying "better late than never" applies to a Christmas gift Mary Beth Mauldin of Arkansas sent to her mother in Winter Beach, Florida.

Christmas prayer The Christmas Prayer TalkBack for people being laid off was very nice and with, finally, a true Christian spirit, but if you'r ... Solstice Oh, come on! Nobody has taken Christ out of Christmas.

Not only will this newest major four-lane route help Waterway Village residents reach their closest shopping to the east - a future Publix on U.S. 1 at 53rd - but Winter Beach area residents can get to the Indian River Mall quicker by taking 53rd Street to the west, County Commission Chairman Gary Wheeler said this week.

Members of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office investigate near a home in the 6800 block of 61st Court where an unidentified body was found Wednesday evening.

OUT OF BUSINESS: The Winter Beach Post Office, which closed recently, is the latest casualty in the fiscal crisis confronting the U.S. Postal Service.