The Press Journal on Sept. 3, 1972, reported that the fishing pier on North State Road A1A in Vero Beach -- open to the public in the early 1950s -- has been closed to the public and open only to ...

The storm came ashore as a hurricane around 3 a.m. just south of Vero Beach ... off the beach overnight, causing high surf that damaged the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier.