Make the personal public, coach urges nonprofits
Also at nonprofit chamber summit, Goldlaw founder presents $100,000.…
A $35 million brain center was closed for four months. We may never know why.
If you care, call FAU Vice President of Public Affairs Peter Hull at 561-297-1352 and let him know that the public would appreciate a public university that promptly replies to public record requests.…
Friends of Jupiter Beach keep it clean and dog-friendly
The monthly gatherings to collect trash on the beach reach a milestone next year. Friends of Jupiter Beach started with one woman’s idea and today inspires a tight-knit community. In 2024, the organization will mark 30 years. What happened: The threat in…
Inflatable canopy may be out at Tiger Woods-backed golf arena
TMRW Sports Group confirms it will rebuild in meeting with Palm Beach State College trustees.…
Tiger Woods’ golf canopy shredded after power loss, high winds
Construction disaster could delay January start date for golf league planned for Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens.…
Wetlands in peril: County in bidding war for Pal-Mar preserves
Private ownership, dispute over value jeopardizes county’s ability to salvage untouched properties on Martin County border.…
Riviera staffer: Calling out ex-NFL player led to demotion
In a new lawsuit, a 23-year city employee says she was moved to an office with no desk, no phone and no computer.…
Yarn bombing in Lake Worth Beach
Wielding crochet needles, artist Milena Arango created the public installation ‘Soul Talks with Palms’ A riot of joy has taken residence on a busy street in downtown Lake Worth Beach. What’s happening: Artist Milena Arango created the public installation “Soul Talks with…
Boatyard showdown: Safe Harbor Rybovich expansion depends on change of heart
Riviera Beach City Council voted 3-2 to move boatyard expansion forward but now a 4-1 vote is required.…
Uninsured Lake Worth Beach to appeal $7 million verdict
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story initially was published on Monday and a short version appeared in Tuesday morning’s Stet newsletter. We’re emailing it out today in case you missed it. After more than a decade of litigation, former Lake Worth Beach police…
‘Building pressurization is unstable:’ FAU evacuates $35 million Jupiter building
Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute could be closed for six months; FAU offers no explanation for abrupt evacuation.…
Local Arthritis Foundation settles in court, loses building
When Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody two years ago filed suit to block the sale of the West Palm Beach headquarters of the Arthritis Foundation, those with the debilitating disease and the doctors who treat them cheered. Those cheers evaporated this…
Riviera Beach’s $665 million rebuild: ‘This is our Everest’
City to ask voters to back $115 million in bond issues; lease land to pay for new City Hall.…
Public response to West Palm marina: It ‘stinks of rotten fish’
Mayor Keith James defends decision to negotiate lease for downtown Flagler Drive marina; says public will have ample opportunity to weigh in Six weeks after West Palm Beach city commissioners agreed to negotiate to build an 84-slip marina on the downtown Flagler…
Mayor blames administrator but Ethics Commission won’t drop case
‘That’s what this case really turns on … bad optics,’ Mayor Keith James’ lawyer argued. ‘There’s not a scintilla of evidence … that suggest that that friendship … translated to any corrupt purpose.’…
Exclusive: Security contractor Willie Perez in his own words
‘Part of my structure, of what I do and how I do it, is the ability to be able to understand the politics and the requirements in a city that wants security.’…
Exclusive: Documents shed new light on 3-year ethics probe into WPB Mayor Keith James
Former city administrator says in deposition he took the fall to ensure mayor’s benefactor kept no-bid security contract…
Get out of your car
An effort to ease the daily traffic crunch in downtown West Palm Beach by giving drivers more alternatives launched Thursday. Among its backers: Downtown’s biggest high-rise builder, the Related Cos., the city and the Downtown Development Authority, which provided $100,000 in seed money. Its…
8 free offerings you didn’t know you could get at your public library
Plus, a swanky local library with a gorgeous reading room. After a few Stet staff meetings in the friendly, air-conditioned confines of our local branch, we looked deeper and found so much to love. 1. Free lunch for children in the summer.…
Exclusive: City offers $1 million to retake Photo Centre spot
City officials haven’t said publicly what they want to put there but in legal papers, the attorney for the Photo Centre said officials wanted to get market-rate rents for the prominent Clematis Street location.…
The big money behind the big cuts in local news
And the big trouble it’s causing for all of us. By Pat Beall Beginning in 2008, in town after town, on topic after topic, news in Palm Beach County simply went dark. It wasn’t an accident. Traditionally, daily papers have played an…