Joe Capozzi
For Sale: The Paradise Building in downtown Lake Worth Beach, home to Bamboo Room, Rudy's Pub
THE PARADISE BUILDING, home to two popular downtown Lake Worth Beach music venues, is for sale. The historic 1923 building at 17 S. J...
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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 23
- 8 min
Trash-talking garbage man on a mission to clean up after litterbugs, one bag at a time
JUST ABOUT EVERY day, Sam Farrell of West Palm Beach goes around town picking up litter. And while he’s at it, he talks a lot of trash....
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Joe Capozzi
- Jul 9
- 7 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Jun 19
- 5 min
Subculture Coffee, facing October eviction, gets new chance to extend Clematis Street lease
WEST PALM BEACH city commissioners, rejecting an earlier city staff directive, have agreed to negotiate a new lease that would allow...
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Joe Capozzi
- Jun 4
- 5 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Apr 26
- 8 min
Filmmakers get naked at Palm Beach County nudist resort to make a revealing documentary
FILMMAKERS IVETE LUCAS and Patrick Bresnan wore clothes the first day they visited Sunsport Gardens Family Naturist Resort in...
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Joe Capozzi
- Apr 19
- 5 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Mar 6
- 13 min
Jupiter board blocks construction plans on historic waterfront land, forcing a reckoning with past
ON A BRIGHT winter day, Charles Modica took in the view from a grassy mound overlooking the confluence of the Loxahatchee and Indian...
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Joe Capozzi
- Feb 14
- 4 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Feb 8
- 7 min
Cardinals, Marlins ready for construction 'headaches' with $108 million spring training makeover
BATTING HELMETS WON’T be the only hard hats worn around Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium over the next few years. The Miami Marlins and St....
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Joe Capozzi
- Feb 3
- 37 min
The Bicyclist and The Bridgetender: The happy life, tragic death and lasting legacy of Carol Wright
ON A WARM sun-splashed Sunday morning early last year, a familiar sound grabbed Ron Taylor's attention as he was about to pull into the...
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Joe Capozzi
- Jan 5
- 5 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Dec 20, 2022
- 5 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
Light Rail Transit pitched for Okeechobee Boulevard, State Road 7
IMAGINE A LIGHT rail transit line running 13.5 miles down the center of Okeechobee Boulevard from downtown West Palm Beach west to State...
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Joe Capozzi
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Oct 4, 2022
- 12 min
A homeless man dies, a Lake Worth Beach community mourns
HE WAS AS much a part of Spillway Park as the trees, birds, squirrels and snook. Just after sunrise every day for the past 20 years or...
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Joe Capozzi
- Sep 21, 2022
- 10 min
'Whoever thought a tree couldn't fly?' Green giant quite a showboat on move to new West Palm home
“LOOK AT THAT! Airborne! Whoever thought that a tree could not fly?’’ Oswald Oakley could not contain his enthusiasm, and no one watching...
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Joe Capozzi
- Sep 9, 2022
- 13 min
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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Joe Capozzi
- Aug 29, 2022
- 4 min
Cyclists eager to pedal the wide open bike lanes of new Southern Boulevard Bridge, opening Sept. 1
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...
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Joe Capozzi
- Aug 19, 2022
- 8 min
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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