Stet NewsWithin view of the Boynton Beach Library on a summer’s day in 1983, Christopher Wilder abducted Kristine Heck and her 10-year-old sister and took them miles away near Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach. Wilder, a millionaire and Boynton Beach resident, had kidnapped 12 women across the country, killing nine, in a nearly two-month rampage. But Kristine Heck lived to tell the tale. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
☀️ New College of Florida will pay $125,000 in attorney’s fees and require its trustees to use agency-issued phones to conduct official business to settle a 2023 lawsuit filed by the Florida Center for Government Accountability over the school’s failure to comply with state public record law. (Florida Trident)
👟 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has threatened legal action against the Life Time gym in Palm Beach Gardens over a complaint that it lets transgender women use the women’s locker room. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
📍 Jupiter Town Council is scheduled to begin sorting through 18 applications tonight for an open seat on the council. Read about the applicants here. (Stet News)
🚊 Brightline unveiled new, discounted commuter train passes after receiving criticism for raising prices on its previously announced commuter passes.
🇪🇸 Fan favorite Real Madrid has chosen the Gardens North County District Park for its practice venue before the 2025 Club World Cup. (FootBoom)
💸 Cost overruns at two affordable housing complexes are frustrating county commissioners, who reluctantly approved nearly $2 million to keep them on track. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🌎 Quote of the week: “We are literally at the epicenter of the real estate market in this country, and then, to top it all off, this site overlooks Mar-a-Lago, which is now maybe the best known home on Planet Earth.” — Harvey Oyer, arguing for developers in favor of an 18-story waterfront condominium near Southern Boulevard that won approval last week from the West Palm Beach City Commission.
