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Palm Beach County housing crisis squeezing blue-collar workers out of two Hispanic cities
GREENACRES — Welcome to a land where time stood still, whose problems capture Palm Beach County's crucial question — Who can afford to live here? — and whose future raises issues about its blue-collar workforce. Few parts of the county have changed as much in the past 30 years as Greenacres and Palm...
Palm Beach County News: Biden out of race, Tiger Woods update, Florida sues moving companies
Looking for the top stories featured on the July 25 episode of our Palm Beach County News in 90 Seconds? See the story blurbs/links below. Biden exits 2024 presidential campaign. What will impact be for Florida Democrats? ...
Condo law after Surfside collapse forces sales as deadlines loom: The Flagler House saga
Michael Milillo thought his home in the Flagler House condominium in West Palm Beach would be his last. Coastal breezes drift through the 74-year-old’s unit hugging the Lake Worth Lagoon, where his view includes sand-fringed Fisherman’s Island and the salmon-colored tower of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. He and his wife bought...
Resident drivers “can’t afford” to live in their own homes with new $50 a day truck parking fines
Truck drivers say fines from a newly enforced truck parking ordinance are making living at their own homes unaffordable. After a long battle with the county, long-time trucker residents of Loxahatchee and The Acreage, Florida in Palm Beach County are no longer permitted to park their commercial vehicles at their own homes, disrupting their long-standing way of life.
Palm Beach Co. now enforcing semi-truck ban in Acreage, Loxahatchee
LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A new county ordinance is now in effect in Palm Beach County, and some semi-truck owners are not happy about it. They were hoping some other solution could be worked out. Some people who own semi-trucks who live in the Acreage and Loxahatchee say Palm...
Emergency meeting in Riviera Beach over water contamination concerns
Riviera Beach residents will get to sound off Wednesday during an emergency meeting about the problems with their drinking water. The meeting will be at the Riviera Beach Marina Event Center, located at 190 East 13th Street, at 5 p.m. For several months, WPTV has been tracking and holding those...
Housing crisis hits healthcare workers in Palm Beach County: A call for change
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — It’s a problem hitting close to home for many of us. Hardworking individuals like teachers and hospitality workers are already struggling to make ends meet. But they’re not alone. CBS12’s Katie Bente spoke with the director of a local nursing home,...
Palm Beach asks Secret Service to explain road closure near Trump's Mar-a-Lago
Three days after a Secret Service-initiated indefinite road closure took effect on South Ocean Boulevard next to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach officials have asked the agency for an explanation. In a letter sent Monday, July 22, to Thomas F. Huse, chief counsel for the U.S. Secret Service, the town asked the...
West Palm Beach gets new non-stop destination: Buffalo
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A new destination is coming to Palm Beach International Airport later this year and it will take off just in time for Dolphins fans wanting to see a road game. The airport revealed Thursday that JetBlue will start a new non-stop route to...
'It was covered up': Residents lash at Riviera Beach Council over water quality scandal
There’s more anger and scrutiny in Riviera Beach over contamination in the city’s water system, after an emergency meeting raised more questions than answers. Last week, the City removed the utility district director, Michael Low, on the back of a county health department investigation over alarming failures to deal with E. coli in the water system. It had emerged in January that, after finding traces of the bacteria, the contaminated water was not retested nor was the public made aware for seven months.
New Tuition Free Charter School
The Arc of Palm Beach County debuts Bodwell Academy, a tuition free charter school that will serve students aged 3 to 22 with varied levels of intellectual and orthopedic disabilities. Bodwell Academy is a $2.5 million expansion of The Arc’s Courim Center in Riviera Beach. The remodeled facility provides six individual classrooms for preschool, middle school, and high school students, […] The post New Tuition Free Charter School first appeared on Palm Beach Florida Weekly.
Both Conn's HomePlus in Palm Beach County closing soon
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Both Conn’s HomePlus stores in Palm Beach County will soon close as the home furniture and appliance chain revealed a plan to shutter nearly every location in Florida. Both the Boynton Beach and West Palm Beach stores are among the 18 locations...
Riviera Beach employee morale report revealed more trouble with utility district
Thirteen current and former workers were interviewed for an independent investigation on working conditions, and six of them said the utility district put clean water and public safety at risk.
Dass for Port of Palm Beach commissioner, Group 2
In the Democratic primary for Port of Palm Beach commission Group 2 race, incumbent Varisa Dass faces a challenge from Jeffrey B. Jackson, a retired commander in the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and Kelly Fleury, a political newcomer. The Palm Beach Post recommends voters choose Dass. She's more qualified and has a better understanding of the office's demands. ...
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