Stet News👑 A federal judge has found that Wellington developer Glenn Straub and his attorney, Craig Galle, fabricated corporate operating agreements and meeting minutes to wrest ownership of the Miss America organization from Robin Fleming. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ordered Straub and Galle to pay Fleming’s attorneys fees. They are seeking nearly $4.9 million. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
👋 Chief Deputy County Administrator Todd Bonlarron retired last week after 30 years of service. County commissioners named the learning center at Green Cay Nature Center in his honor.
- Jonathan Brown, the county’s Housing and Economic Development director, has been promoted to deputy county administrator.
- Deputy County Administrator Patrick Rutter returns to the chief deputy administrator position he held from 2024 to 2025.
⭐️ A lender sued to foreclose on the G-Star School of the Arts property in Palm Springs. Stet reported last year on the efforts to oust G-Star founder Greg Hauptner. (WPEC)
🔎 Florida’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee, created two decades ago to investigate why Florida moms are dying during and after pregnancy, stopped releasing annual reports until pressed by the Florida Trib, a nonprofit digital news organization based in Jacksonville. It released narrowly focused reports for deaths in 2021, 2022 and 2023. (Florida Trib)
📜 Florida won’t enforce a plank of its constitution barring public money from going to religious institutions, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced last week. He declared the ban on state money for religious institutions a violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of religion. (Sun Sentinel)
⛱️ The Lantana Town Council is considering a multimillion-dollar renovation of Lantana Beach Park, but residents say they don’t want it to turn into another overdeveloped beachfront. (The Coastal Star)
🕯️ Richard Wille, Palm Beach County’s longest-serving sheriff until Ric Bradshaw, died on Easter morning at 97. He served from 1977 to 1995. (WPBF)
🇺🇸 Riviera Beach is one of 20 finalists in the 2026 All-America City competition. Finalists have distinguished themselves through their commitment to strengthening civic health and building trust, organizers wrote in Monday’s announcement. The winning city will be announced in June. Delray Beach won in 1993, 2001 and 2017. (National Civic League)
🦖 Harry’s Banana Farm, the Lake Worth Beach watering hole famous for its witty roadside marquee messages, removed a dinosaur statue from its roof after amassing $15,000 in code enforcement fines, prompting residents to worry that the city’s proud “Keep Lake Worth weird” vibe may be headed for extinction. (Lake Worth Beach Independent)
✍🏼 Former Palm Beach Post Editorial Board chief Randy Schultz retired after 12 years of covering Boca and Delray for Boca Magazine. (Boca Magazine)
🗳️ Polls are open from 7 am to 7 pm today in North Palm Beach as voters decide between Ron Okolichany and Kendra Zellner to fill the Village Council seat left open by the death of Kristin Garrison. (Stet News)
🎧 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, welcomes Alexandria Ayala, CEO of the Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County. A former school board member elected at 25, Ayala breaks down who is really homeless in Palm Beach County, why the official count of 1,300 dramatically understates the problem and how federal cuts and Florida’s anti-camping law are making a hard situation harder. (Listen now ; watch after 4 pm today)
