THE WHOOPING AND yelling by the women around the pool had been going on for an hour when suddenly the noise morphed into a primordial...

THE SNOOK ISLANDS in Lake Worth Beach are supposed to be an ecological gem of manmade mangroves, oyster reefs and wildlife along the Lake...

WHEN IT COMES to great places to ride a bicycle in South Florida, it’s hard to beat the scenic waterfront routes along State Road A1A and...

AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE played out in the sky above the Bryant Park shoreline in Lake Worth Beach on the Fourth of July. It did not...

EVERY DAY, HUNDREDS of cars roll through the cleaning bays at Mint Eco Car Wash on West Palm Beach’s south end. As their owners relax in...

LOCAL NATURE LOVERS usually can be found outdoors, hiking, biking and kayaking through more than 31,000 acres of wilderness in Palm Beach...

IN A MAJOR policy reversal, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw today announced his deputies will start carrying Narcan, the brand...

FROM FIRST DATES and family reunions to birthday partiers and summer vacationers, generations of local roller-skaters have been gliding...

BACK IN 1998, Palm Beach County took a chance on a new operator for food concessions at Carlin Park in Jupiter. Over the next 25 years,...

SHE WAS TENDING to some flowers in the front yard of her Brentwood home when the visitor arrived that Saturday morning. Her hair was...

THE NAME FLUNG from the ballpark's public-address system like a hanging curveball. "Now batting, the center fielder … Fidel Castro.” On a...

DOUG COVIN OF Jupiter was standing at the base of a 50-ft. strangler fig in his backyard Saturday morning when he heard the crack of a...

NALOXONE, THE LIFE-SAVING drug that reverses the effects of opioids and is commonly sold under the brand Narcan, is carried by sheriff’s...

SNORKELING AT THE Blue Heron Bridge, a world-renowned dive spot, will be a lot more challenging for a few months next year. Access to the...

A TENSE DEBATE over a shark fishing tournament set for July 9 has roiled fishermen and their critics into a feeding frenzy of death...

DO NOT SHOOT the bear. You don’t want to shoot the bear. The state wildlife officer could not have been more emphatic in his directive to...

AT THE “Fakahatchee Hilton,’’ solitude is a five-star amenity. There are no bellhops, no room service, no king beds with...

TO MUSIC LOVERS and hipsters of all ages, the back patio at Rudy’s Pub is a patch of heaven on earth, a safe place to dance under the...

THEIR ANGRY VOICES were loud. The signs they carried were even louder. Nearly 1,000 abortion rights supporters rallied in downtown West...

FLIP ON THE remote these days, the scrolling menu of television viewing options can seem endless. For Jeff Shores of Lake Worth Beach,...