Make the personal public, coach urges nonprofits
Also at nonprofit chamber summit, Goldlaw founder presents $100,000.…
Superyacht boatyard promises Riviera Beach $300 million infusion
Safe Harbor Marinas has been snapping up vacant lots east of Broadway.…
Palm Beach County is growing, but it’s not crazy growth
West Palm Beach clocks in as our fastest-growing city.…
Sober lies
Enjoy these May breezes. For you today: Was sober home doctor framed? Federal flood insurance rates rise with the tides, construction chaos at a busy Gardens street corner and turtles in the news. Today’s newsletter is a 5½-minute read. First up: Sober…
Disgraced Palm Beach doctor claims lying sober home mastermind put him away
One-time colleagues Mark Agresti, the doctor, and Kenneth Bailynson, the sober home operator, duke it out in criminal court. A federal judge showed no mercy last year when he sentenced Dr. Mark Agresti to eight years in prison after the once-respected psychiatrist…
Five-star debacle: The Palm Beach International Film Festival that never was
Bankrupt promoter lures filmmakers; no movies screened, tempers flare, drama ensues. Turning to filmmaking to fill his empty days during the pandemic, William McNeice was ecstatic when his third movie was accepted into what was billed as the 28th annual Palm Beach…
Benny's on the Beach by the numbers
Looking at the lease negotiations for Lake Worth Beach’s landmark pier. It may be too soon to know if Benny’s on the Beach will pack up the linens and silverware and make good on Lee Lipton’s threat to leave his oceanfront eatery.…
New apartment buildings augur change in city’s oldest Black neighborhood
The Grand and Flagler Station start welcoming renters in the Northwest Neighborhood just north of Banyan Boulevard. Over the past 120-plus years, West Palm Beach’s Northwest Neighborhood never has had two apartment buildings as big as the two that are opening within…
Outrage over the 500 block of Clematis
More than 30 people urged the mayor to reconsider his decision to reopen it to auto traffic on weekends. Dozens of people filed into the West Palm Beach City Commission chambers Monday to protest Mayor Keith James’ decision to end the permits…
No homes on submerged lands off Singer Island, federal judge rules
Ruling hands Fane Lozman a defeat but Lozman, who has twice taken Riviera Beach to the U.S. Supreme Court and won, is going for a three-peat By Jane Musgrave Five years after Fane Lozman embarrassed Riviera Beach — again — by notching…
Five minutes with pro golfer Jeffrey Cunningham
Cardinal Newman High School graduate and professional golfer Jeffrey Cunningham is part of the future of golf. Cunningham was a standout player at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is the son of the pioneering Black doctor Pamela Jeffrey Cunningham, who died in…
West Palm Beach golf course was key to drive for desegregation
The remade center there, called The Park – West Palm Beach, is set to open this month. An ambitious project to reimagine West Palm Beach’s public golf course as a beacon of outreach for the game is being built on the commitment…
So much to see at the Society of the Four Arts on Palm Beach
And a lot of it is free. I love to take out-of-town company to the Society of the Four Arts. Why you should go: Visitors are always curious about Palm Beach, and the Four Arts is remarkably accessible. To me, it represents…
West Palm Beach’s loss could be West Palm Beach’s gain
Court ruling opens the door for negotiations with a potential operator of the Sunset Lounge. Through its own actions, West Palm Beach found itself with a newly renovated $20 million restaurant and nightclub in the Historic Northwest Neighborhood and nobody to run…
First Amendment at center of fight over anti-Semitic flyers
Days after a Wisconsin man was cited over anti-Semitic flyers tossed into yards in West Palm Beach, officials in his home state last week dropped 23 similar charges he faced for distributing vitriolic tracts in Kenosha neighborhoods. The decision, which angered faith…
Stocks of banks with Palm Beach County branches are recovering
First Republic Bank is the exception. Happy Bank-Stock Bounceback Day to all who celebrate. Bruised but standing, 11 banks with local branches lost an average 22.3 percent in share price between Wednesday the 8th, the day before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, and Monday…
Related buying block in Northwest Neighborhood
We love property records because they don’t deal in rumor and innuendo. So it’s a fact that Related Cos. out of New York has dropped $15 million to buy most of a large block in the predominantly Black Historic Northwest Neighborhood, just…
🏦 Checks and balances
Good morning, Sunshine! For you today, (most) banks get their footing, Related extends its reach in West Palm Beach, a magical quiz, Owls for the win, and a Florida rambler. Today’s newsletter is a 5-minute read. 💵 First up: Bank holiday Happy…
West Palm Beach real estate mystery solved
We here at Stet love a good mystery. And what’s better than a secret Delaware-based corporation investing $14.5 million in one of our community’s most vulnerable neighborhoods? Could the new investor make good on decades of attempts to stabilize a predominantly Black…
Exclusive: West Palm Beach sues to oust Palm Beach Photographic Centre
After 15 years, the city argues the center has defaulted on its lease and must vacate the prime Clematis Street location at the foot of the city library. Nearly 20 years ago, West Palm Beach successfully courted the Palm Beach Photographic Centre…
Panama Hattie’s transformed: Developer Dan Catalfumo’s Ritzy vision
Former Panama Hattie’s site to be home to 106 condos priced as high as $7.2 million and now sporting a Palm Beach Gardens address. Recessed LED lighting casts a warm glow on the cream-colored porcelain flooring. Earth tones dominate the walls, sofas…