Recovery community protests at Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s executive offices near Downtown Palm Beach Gardens.
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Some picture dope fiends.
They beg. They threaten. They steal.
They don’t get their boat captain license at the age of 36.
They overdose and die and no one cares.
Continue reading “Reverse opioid deaths, carry Narcan, activists urge Sheriff Bradshaw at Gardens rally”With flyover out, planners propose ways to avoid left turns at critical western intersection.
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Years after local politicians scrapped plans for a Northlake Boulevard flyover at the Beeline Highway, the state has called for U-turns and an unusual lane configuration to smooth traffic flow at the major western intersection.
With construction expected to start in summer, the biggest change is how cars would turn without gumming up the intersection that funnels traffic in and out of The Acreage and nearby communities and handles truck traffic feeding the Port of Palm Beach.
Continue reading “State plans U-turns, crossover lane at Beeline-Northlake”A $7.2 million infusion from the American Rescue Plan moves up construction at PGA Boulevard and Interstate 95 by two years.
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The daily traffic snarl on PGA Boulevard at Interstate 95 took a significant step toward easing Thursday with the act of a local transportation planning agency.
State plans to improve traffic flow on the perpetually stalled southbound I-95 entrance ramp moved up two years with an infusion of $7.2 million from the American Rescue Plan approved by Congress in March.
Continue reading “Fix for PGA flyover logjam on fast track”Palm Beach North Chamber panel explores what has to be done to make sure ‘the people you see every day’ can afford to live here.
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As housing prices rise and supply dips, it’s becoming harder and harder for essential workers like nurses, teachers and police to find places to live in northern Palm Beach County.
That makes it harder for businesses to find employees.
And that’s one way that the area’s housing affordability crisis affects everyone, agreed four panelists Wednesday at the Palm Beach North Chamber’s “Business Before Hours” breakfast at the Embassy Suites hotel.
Continue reading “Housing affordability crisis: ‘A fundamental business issue’”Palm Beach County donated the land to Scripps Florida in 2006 to cement deal to bring Scripps to Abacoa.
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Second of two parts
It started as a deal-sweetener to ensure that Scripps Florida would be built at Abacoa.
Now the vacant 70 acres at Alton in Palm Beach Gardens could become a key piece of a deal worth hundreds of millions to convert Scripps Florida into a branch of the University of Florida.
Continue reading “North county growth: UF now holds key to 70 acres at Alton”University of Florida to pay $100 for all of Scripps Florida’s assets, including its three Jupiter buildings and 70 vacant acres in Alton.
First of two parts
Fifteen years ago, the state put up $310 million and Palm Beach County put up $269 million to bring The Scripps Research Institute to Abacoa.
Last month, Scripps agreed to hand it all over to the University of Florida for $100.
Continue reading “Exclusive: UF signs deal to take over Scripps Florida”Marcie Tinsley and Carl Woods reelected to the Palm Beach Gardens City Council as qualifying ends with no one opposing them.
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Two Palm Beach Gardens City Council members were reelected Tuesday without a fight when no one qualified to run against them.
Continue reading “No campaign, no votes, no problem: Two retain Gardens council seats”Kleinfeld co-owner Ronnie Rothstein on a recent visit tells how the show got its name and how he partnered with former “M*A*S*H” star Wayne Rogers to buy Kleinfeld.
When my daughter and I stood in the anteroom of the fabled Kleinfeld Bridal store in Manhattan and co-owner Ronnie Rothstein stopped by to chat, the last thing I expected to hear was his love for the city I’ve been calling home for nearly 30 years.
But there he was, unsolicited, reciting his adoration for Carmine’s on PGA Boulevard, the Publix on Donald Ross Road and the Whole Foods Market downtown.
Continue reading “‘Say Yes to the Dress’ store owner says ‘Yes to Palm Beach Gardens’”Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency Executive Director Nick Uhren resigns but won’t say why; board considers hiring former deputy Valerie Neilson.
As the federal government unleashes billions for transportation, the head of the countywide agency charged with prioritizing how all that money is spent has resigned.
Nick Uhren’s decision to quit the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency after eight years left the agency’s 21-member board scrambling Thursday to find a replacement for the $200,000-a-year job.
Continue reading “Who’s in charge? Resignation leaves transportation agency adrift”Two-week qualifying period begins Tuesday for Palm Beach Gardens City Council.
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Two of the five seats on the Palm Beach Gardens City Council are up for election on March 8.
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