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 West Palm Beach, FL
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Volunteers clash with PBSO, test limits of Lake Worth Beach ordinance open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

Is it a picnic in the park or an illegal food distribution?

Advocates for the unhoused test the limits of a controversial Lake Worth Beach ordinance, brace for a potential PBSO crackdown this Thursday in Bryant Park

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Lake Worth Beach commissioners, still feeling heat from public outcry, pledge refunds on controversial wrong-day trash fines open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘We got it wrong, we need to fix it’: $300 trash fines to be erased

Lake Worth Beach city commissioners pledge full refunds and promise electricity won't be disconnected at homes with unpaid citations

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Lake Worth’s Day of the Dead festival has a new location — and it’s not in a Lake Worth Beach open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

LWB Day of the Dead resurrected at West Palm Beach arts hub

After Lake Worth Beach canceled this year’s event, a co-founder is bringing a scaled-back celebration to The Peach Nov. 7.

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Lake Worth Beach picks a new permanent city manager open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

Lake Worth Beach picks Troy Perry for full-time city manager

Perry, the city’s interim manager since April, will negotiate a contract with the City Attorney after the City Commission’s 4-1 vote to offer him the job. Commissioner Anthony Segrich voted no.

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This Lake Worth Beach spookeasy serves boos! Bartenders swear there are spirits in The Library at Lilo’s — and not just liquid spirits 👻 open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

This spookeasy serves boos: The Library’s resident spirits are dying to greet you

Just in time for Halloween, a popular downtown Lake Worth Beach speakeasy shares a long-held secret: It’s haunted.

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Celebrity “McMansion” builder moving Florida offices to the old Mathews Brewing building in Lake Worth Beach open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘The McMansion Man’ moving Florida offices to Lake Worth Beach

Former Mathews Brewing space among three South H Street buildings bought by Farrell Building Company, founded by celebrity Hamptons developer Joe Farrell

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Changes are coming to a controversial clean-up plan that slapped unsuspecting homeowners with $300 fines for putting out vegetation and bulk trash on the wrong days. open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘It just smacks of being a money grab for the city’

Lake Worth Beach pledges to give credits, overhaul penalties after public backlash over $300 fines for vegetation and bulk put out on the wrong days

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Lake Worth Beach residents have been raising a stink about faulty sewer pipes causing foul odors in their neighborhood and spilling raw sewage on the streets. The city is about to launch a $486,000 fix.  lakeworthbeachindependent.co…

Something stinks in South Palm Park — and the city is finally fixing it

After years of plumbing issues and raw sewage spills, a two-week overnight cleaning project aims to restore critical pipeline capacity on Lake Worth Beach’s south end

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At Maya Fest on Saturday, PBSO’s Lake Worth Beach captain offered welcoming remarks as the agency tries to rebuild trust with a local Guatemalan community shattered by ICE raids open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

Choosing joy over fear at Lake Worth Beach Mayan festival

PBSO captain offers a message of unity Saturday, welcoming hundreds of Guatemalans to the 15th annual Maya Fest in a city targeted by ICE raids

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Critics worry Lake Worth Beach is turning into “Bennysville” after commissioners approve contract extension 7 years before the current lease expires. open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

Is Lake Worth Beach 'Bennysville'? Critics wonder after early lease extension OK’d

The new Benny’s on the Beach deal, approved by city commissioners Tuesday, seven years before the current lease expires, keeps the popular restaurant at the city pier until 2043

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Gulfstream Hotel slapped with $1.7M lien open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

$1.7M lien slapped on Gulfstream Hotel by Hogan Brothers Construction

Court filing precedes a public announcement by Restoration St. Louis that the Hogan contract was terminated, prompting a swift rebuttal from the contractor a day later

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Exclusive: Gulfstream Hotel renovation developer seeking new contractor to finish the job. substack.com/@joecapozzi/not…

Gulfstream Hotel construction contract terminated

Restoration St. Louis plans to hire new contractor in two weeks, still hopes to open historic downtown Lake Worth Beach landmark by end of year

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Lake Worth Beach rejects all four finalists, agrees to launch a new city manager search open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘These four men, as good as they are, aren't good enough’

Lake Worth Beach commissioners reject all four finalists, agree to restart the city manager search process with a new recruiting firm

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Scrutiny follows DC official seeking Lake Worth Beach city manager job open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

Scrutiny follows D.C. official in Lake Worth Beach city manager bid

As commissioners prep for a possible vote Tuesday, finalist Chris Rodriguez blames a "messy divorce” on a 2023 domestic violence arrest in which charges were later dropped and a 2024 protective order

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“In our darkest hour, we found strength in one another” — Lake Worth Beach observes 25th anniversary of 9/11 open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘In our darkest hour, we found strength in one another’

Rain gives way to reflection as Lake Worth Beach observes 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

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Speed dating for a city manager: Lake Worth Beach could choose a suitor Sept. 15. open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

'Speed dating' for a city manager: Lake Worth Beach nears final decision

After a two-day whirlwind of public meet-and-greets and marathon interviews with four finalists, commissioners want to hear from residents before a Sept. 15 vote

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Lake Worth Beach CRA director gets praise and another raise, boosting her salary to $270,300 open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘We would do anything to keep her’: CRA boss scores praise, 6% raise

Lake Worth Beach board rewards longtime director Joan Oliva with $270,300 salary two years after she was wooed by Boynton Beach

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Bell tolling and live artwork Friday as Lake Worth Beach observes 25th anniversary of 9/11 open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

‘Everything Changed’: Lake Worth Beach to mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Friday morning, the downtown Cultural Plaza will feature solemn bell tolling, veteran reflections and an artist creating a painting with help from the public

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As the 81st anniversary of V-J Day approaches, lawyers for Lake Worth Beach are in court arguing that World War II ended in 1952. open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

World War II ended in 1952, not 1945, Lake Worth Beach argues in golf course fight

Unusual history lesson is part of the city’s defense against a lawsuit filed by an Eden Place homeowner in July

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The Big Underwater Dig on the Lake Worth Lagoon is about to get started on the downtown Lake Worth Beach waterfront. Here’s what will happen and how the public will be affected. open.substack.com/pub/lakewo…

The Big Underwater Dig: Lagoon project to close parts of Bryant Park, beach parking lot

$1.5M horizontal direction drilling will prepare for new electrical lines from Lake Worth Beach mainland to the barrier island

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