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Hurricane Milton: Trump's Mar-a-Lago should be safe, with anchors stuck to coral reef
With Hurricane Milton approaching Florida's Gulf Coast as a major hurricane, tropical storm-like conditions are expected from Wednesday night, Oct. 9, through Thursday in Palm Beach County, home of former President Donald Trump’s famous Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. While Trump and his family will not be in Palm Beach as the storm moves through...
Palm Beach Gardens raises firefighter salaries, shortens work weeks to attract new recruits
PALM BEACH GARDENS — The city’s fire department is preparing to hire 33 new firefighters, reduce employee working hours and give raises to its personnel. The City Council in September approved a new three-year contract for firefighters and paramedics, which will cost more than $5.8 million over the length of the contract. Starting...
What Happens to a Landfill in a Hurricane?
In the coming days and weeks, as Floridians and others in storm-ravaged communities clean up from Hurricane Milton, trucks will carry all manner of storm-related detritus — chunks of buildings, fences, furniture, even cars — to the same place all their other waste goes: the local landfill. But what about the landfill itself? Does this gigantic trash pile take to the air and scatter Dorito bags and car parts alike around the surrounding region? No, thankfully. As Richard Meyers, the director of land management services at the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, assured me, all landfill waste...
Hurricane Milton: Community lakes levels rising, but drainage district doesn't fear floods
Two communities in southern Palm Beach County — Lake Charleston and Boca Chase — received special permission from the Lake Worth Drainage District to release water from their lakes into district canals ahead of Hurricane Milton. Executive Director Tommy Strowd said the district agreed to allow the discharges because Lake Charleston in suburban...
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