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Sep 30, 20227 min read
Banned books required reading at new Lake Worth Beach book clubs for kids, adults
ONE DAY NEXT month, a group of children will gather in a cheerful reading room in downtown Lake Worth Beach to flip through the pages of...
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Sep 13, 20222 min read
Salvage crews remove abandoned yacht from Snook Islands Natural Area
SALVAGE CREWS FINALLY removed the hulking remains of a 33-foot yacht that had been precariously abandoned since June on rocks in an...
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Sep 9, 202213 min read
Short-term vacation rentals are illegal in Lake Worth Beach. So, why won’t the city crack down?
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...
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Aug 24, 20225 min read
As drones harass protected nesting birds, Lake Worth Beach considers flight restrictions
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...
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Aug 19, 20228 min read
Popular car wash trying to clean up traffic mess on West Palm Beach's south end
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...
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Aug 10, 20226 min read
Popular oceanfront cafe, at loggerheads with landlord in Jupiter, about to serve its last meals
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,...
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Jul 25, 20226 min read
This Fidel Castro just wants to launch missiles from the batter's box
THE NAME FLUNG from the ballpark's public-address system like a hanging curveball. "Now batting, the center fielder … Fidel Castro.” On a...
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Jul 15, 20225 min read
PBSO official’s ‘low shot’ during Narcan debate with county leaders decried by recovery advocates
NALOXONE, THE LIFE-SAVING drug that reverses the effects of opioids and is commonly sold under the brand Narcan, is carried by sheriff’s...
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May 17, 20227 min read
Party on the patio coming to an end? Rudy's Pub hoping Lake Worth Beach won't pull plug on back lot
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...
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May 15, 20222 min read
"Bans Off Our Bodies!" — Hundreds rally for abortion rights in downtown West Palm Beach
THEIR ANGRY VOICES were loud. The signs they carried were even louder. Nearly 1,000 abortion rights supporters rallied in downtown West...
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Apr 25, 20225 min read
Tunnel vision for downtown West Palm Beach: Bury Okeechobee Boulevard traffic underground
PALM BEACH COUNTY transportation planners are about to explore a bold plan to reroute a half-mile stretch of Okeechobee Boulevard through...
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Feb 11, 20225 min read
Remembering Sam Oser, the ‘Brad Pitt’ of local Democratic politics who held court at Dunkin Donuts
HE WAS THE “Brad Pitt” of Century Village, a beloved and influential Democratic power broker who held court in a Dunkin’ Donuts around...
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Jan 7, 202212 min read
City attorney's power struggle with Pahokee mayor plays out in toxic political theater, DOJ request
AT JUST ABOUT all municipal meetings in Florida, the city attorney sits quietly at the end of the dais, speaking only when asked by...
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