This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about the top Treasure Coast news stories in 2014. Number 1 for the entire Treasure Coast was the mostly negative reaction to All Aboard Florida’s plan for a high-speed passenger train service between Miami and Orlando, The Federal Railroad Administration held three meetings on the Treasure Coast. More than 17 hundred attended. Almost all who spoke opposed the $2 billion project. In Indian River County, the sale of the Vero Beach electric utility to Florida Power & Light was jeopardized. Indian River Shores and the county threatened to pull customers outside Vero Beach away from the utility. St. Lucie County got good news. A site in Tradition was approved for the state’s seventh veterans nursing home. In Martin County, voters rejected a 1 percent sales tax for maintenance of roads, bridges and drainage. By 72 votes. I’m Paul Janensch.