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Meet the shark attack survivor who opened a shark-themed vacation rental in Lake Worth Beach
GETTING ATTACKED AND nearly killed by a 12-foot bull shark would seem like a terrifying experience most survivors would prefer to forget....
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Jul 9, 20237 min read
Homeless advocates call for 'no-brainer' changes to ‘ridiculous’ PBC cold-weather shelter rules
THE DAY BEFORE the official start of summer, Lake Worth Beach city commissioners will spend time thinking about winter — specifically,...
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Jun 16, 20235 min read
Why the beloved mural muse under the Royal Park Bridge disappeared — and when she plans to return
FOR NEARLY EIGHT years, she graced the wall under the west end of the Royal Park Bridge in downtown West Palm Beach, her unexpected...
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Jun 11, 20235 min read
Fantasy Hurricane League helps blow away stressful storm season realities with Cat 5 amusement
IT’S DRAFT DAY and “Bob from FPL” is on the clock with the first pick. With the concentration of an NFL general manager, Greg Mihalko...
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Jun 4, 20235 min read
Mathews Brewing prepares to get cooking this fall with sister restaurant in Lake Worth Beach
SINCE ITS TAPS started flowing in 2017, Mathews Brewing Company has established itself as a popular South Florida destination with...
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May 21, 20234 min read
Benny’s owner threatens to leave Lake Worth Beach over rent fight: ‘We don’t deserve to be evicted.’
THE OWNER OF Benny’s on the Beach, the popular oceanfront restaurant in Lake Worth Beach, is threatening to leave over the City...
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Apr 19, 20235 min read
Jack The Bike Man racing against deadline, needs millions for renovations to new home
THE CLOCK IS ticking on Jack The Bike Man. “Jack The Bike Man,’’ as Samuel H. Hairston III is known around West Palm Beach, says he is...
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Apr 17, 202310 min read
Music Worlds Are Colliding! Rudy’s Pub, Propaganda co-hosting Lake Worth Beach indie festival
IF YOU KNOW anything about South J Street in downtown Lake Worth Beach, you know that its two main live music venues cater to vastly...
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Apr 3, 20235 min read
Love-for-Lit Story: How political challenges to books gave a big boost to LWB Little Free Libraries
THE BOOKS ARRIVE daily, dropped off in boxes at Mary Lindsey’s front door by an Amazon, UPS or U.S. Postal Service truck. ‘‘Every day, I...
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Mar 11, 20235 min read
Airbnb ban? Lake Worth Beach prepares for possible crack down on illegal short-term rentals
LAKE WORTH BEACH is taking a serious look at reviving a seldom-enforced municipal law that could effectively shut down hundreds of...
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Feb 14, 20234 min read
Goodbye, Fourth of July fireworks, hello, drone show? Lake Worth Beach may consider it
LAKE WORTH BEACH city commissioners are open to the idea of replacing the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks display with a colorful...
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Jan 16, 20235 min read
Henry Flagler reimagined: Gilded Age Palm Beach gets colorful modern spin at LWB art exhibit
IMAGINE HENRY FLAGLER in Palm Beach today decked out in a striped Maus & Hoffman blazer or wearing a top hat with Lilly Pulitzer...
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Jan 5, 20235 min read
How Hurricane Ian inspired Benny’s on the Beach to add a second LWB restaurant
NOT LONG AFTER Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest Florida in late September, the owners of Benny’s on the Beach in Lake Worth Beach...
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Jan 2, 20234 min read
It's 41 degrees. The only place to sleep is outside. 'It's unconscionable,' homeless advocate says
IT WAS 41 DEGREES at 6 a.m. on Christmas Morning and Josh, a homeless man in Lake Worth Beach, was still wide awake from a sleepless...
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Dec 25, 20222 min read
Lake Worth Beach commissioners splash swimming pool consultants over shallow design 'misstep'
THE CONSULTANTS WERE 20 minutes into a presentation of their latest designs for a $12 million public oceanfront swimming pool when Lake...
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Dec 20, 20225 min read
Boca Raton Bowl: College football players happy to be tackled by Lake Worth Beach surf
THE UNIVERSITY OF Toledo's football team visited Lake Worth Beach on Saturday afternoon and took arguably their biggest pounding since...
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Dec 17, 20223 min read
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer has a very shiny connection to Lake Worth Beach
JENIFER GILLEN IS about to spend her first Christmas in her new home. And for perhaps the first time in her life during the holidays, the...
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Dec 14, 20226 min read
You may be shocked (pun intended) to learn how often iguanas cause power outages in Lake Worth Beach
IGUANAS ARE DESTRUCTIVE critters, known for eating our favorite flowers, defecating at will around swimming pools and digging burrows...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
‘A gift to you:’ AIDS Quilt panels in Lake Worth Beach include new one tuned with music
ONE OF THE newest panels in the AIDS Memorial Quilt comes with, of all things, a QR code. Scan the code with your smartphone and you’ll...
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Dec 1, 20223 min read
Oceanfront swimming pool: Two new designs to be considered by Lake Worth Beach Commission Dec. 6
LAKE WORTH BEACH city commissioners will consider two designs for a new oceanside municipal swimming pool to replace the 51-year-old pool...
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Nov 27, 20223 min read
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