Holly Baltz

Holly Baltz is an editor and a reporter at Stet News. Her 40-year career of award-winning journalism included 34 at The Palm Beach Post. Holly lives with her husband in Lake Worth Beach.

Some members of the Palm Beach County Health Care District Board and district officials from left: Commissioner Tammy Jackson-Moore, Chief Medical Officer Belma Andric, Commission Chair Patrick Rooney, District CEO Darcy Davis and Commissioner Tracy Caruso hear mental health crisis expert Margie Balfour on March 12. (Photo: Stet/Joel Engelhardt)

Cheaper help coming for mental health patients in crisis in Palm Beach County

March 23, 2026

by Holly Baltz

Two Waters Mental Health Center plans to take mental health patients instead of the most expensive care at ERs and the jail.…

Former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court Barbara Pariente speaks to the League of Women Voters on Feb. 18. (Photo: Holly Baltz/Stet)

Former Florida chief justice blasts Bondi

March 2, 2026

by Holly Baltz

Barbara Pariente of West Palm Beach calls U.S. attorney general an embarrassment.…

Mabel Rose Correal, who has a rare heart condition, on Feb. 15 after getting her respirator removed. She had been breathing with mechanical help since Dec. 13, the day she was born. The 2-month-old from Lake Worth Beach awaits a heart transplant at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. (Photo: Hanna Correal)

Heart baby Mabel Rose is breathing on her own

February 21, 2026

by Holly Baltz

Lake Worth Beach infant with rare heart condition formally approved for transplant.…

Mabel Rose Correal of Lake Worth Beach on Jan. 16 at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami. She has an extremely rare heart condition. (Photo: Hanna Correal)

‘Small but mighty’: This infant’s in the fight for her life

January 25, 2026

by Holly Baltz

6-week-old Mabel Rose Correal of Lake Worth Beach was born with rare, complex heart condition. She needs a transplant.…

Palm Beach County Commission, School District, Health Care District, Children’s Services Council

Palm Beach County officials talk DOGE, children’s health and welfare

December 15, 2025

by Holly Baltz

Also, children are being bused out of county for involuntary mental health treatment — that might end in March or April.…

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