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Palm Beach Town Council Group 1 candidates to face off at Feb. 23 forum
23+ hour, 19+ min ago (182+ words) The Palm Beach Civic Association will hold a public forum featuring Town Council Group 1 candidates John David Corey and Lew Crampton on Feb. 23 at The Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach. Crampton, the incumbent, is seeking his fifth term on…...
Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach plans massive redo
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (789+ words) Good Samaritan Medical Center is redoing its West Palm Beach campus with plans to build a new hospital and medical office tower, rental housing, two luxury condominiums, a hotel and a mixed-use complex along the waterfront. The project, estimated to…...
Jupiter man, 21, dies in motorcycle crash near Palm Beach Gardens
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (171+ words) A 21-year-old Jupiter man has died after his motorcycle overturned on Alternate State Road A1A on Feb. 15 near Palm Beach Gardens, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. Investigators identified the man as Jake D. Melvin. According to a sheriff's office report,…...
Trader Joe’s to anchor tenant plaza on West Palm Beach southern border
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (303+ words) Trader Joe's has revealed the worst-kept open secret on West Palm Beach's South End: the future location of its newest South Florida grocery store. Six months after confirming its plans for a store in West Palm Beach, the California-based grocery…...
Palm Beach Gardens may OK 432 new apartments including affordable housing units
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (366+ words) PALM BEACH GARDENS " A five-story apartment complex could soon rise at the site of a long-vacant parcel off Northlake Boulevard where a mobile-home park once stood. The Palm Beach Gardens City Council is expected to consider the Kolter Group's plans…...
Palm Beach State College to launch quantum computing program
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (506+ words) If all goes to plan, Palm Beach State College will start training students next year to support the emerging profession of combining subatomic particles with quantum physics to make computers more powerful than humanity has seen. PBSC recently won a…...
Palm Beach is closer to getting new monitors for Mar-a-Lago plane noise
1+ week, 1+ day ago (815+ words) Palm Beach is a step closer to having a second airport-noise monitor on the island, as overhead noise from airplanes diverted away from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club resounds over homes long exempt from the near-constant roar. Town Hall has…...
Feral cat population up 60%, Palm Beach Island Cats reports
1+ week, 3+ day ago (588+ words) The number of feral cats in Palm Beach took a huge leap last year, as a stalwart group of volunteers continues to to care for the population, according to the nonprofit Palm Beach Island Cats' latest annual report. David Leavitt,…...
House Democrats plan Epstein hearing in Palm Beach this April
1+ week, 3+ day ago (597+ words) Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say they will hold a public hearing in Palm Beach on April 14 as part of the ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse. U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the committee's ranking Democrat, announced the…...
Beloved Thai takeout, specialty market in West Palm evicted, closing
1+ week, 4+ day ago (663+ words) A gent from a gut-health website was offering to pay double for Friday afternoon's last two quarts of kimchi at Oriental Food Market. Owner Juree Mitchell, known as Julie to her regulars, wasn't having it; she was holding the order…...