VERO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's 2nd Annual Indian River Nautical Flea Market and Seafood Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, January 15 and 16, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Software Radio Technology, a provider of marine identification and tracking technology, has announced that its AIS Class B standard technology has been approved for use in the US by the Federal Communications Commission.

By Eve Samples, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Oct. 3--After months of fruitless negotiations with Piper Aircraft Inc., Indian River County leaders learned Tuesday what it will take to keep the airplane manufacturer in Vero Beach: $16 million from the local community and $20 million from the state.

By ROBERT LIEBMAN FLORIDA seems to be a state of two halves. The Sunshine State's 250-mile-long east coast borders the cold and relatively rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and the similarly extensive western coast is caressed by the calmer waters of the Gulf of Mexico.