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Drivers slammed with top-3 US rates under Florida PIP, but will lawmakers act?
Florida drivers now face the third-highest insurance bills in the nation, two new surveys show, as lawmakers consider again in 2019 whether to repeal a no- → Read More
Drivers slammed with top-3 US rates under Florida PIP, look out Lake Worth, Wellington, others
Florida drivers now face the third-highest insurance bills in the nation, two new surveys show, as lawmakers consider again in 2019 whether to repeal a no- → Read More
NEW: Wellington's top five stories of 2018 ... and what to look for in '19
1. Palm Beach Central High School shooting: Gunfire erupted outside a Palm Beach Central-Dwyer pre-season high school football game Aug. 17, sending → Read More
Jingle hell: Scam calls hit record levels in 561 area code this holiday season
In the 561 area code, scammers and spammers are ringing in the holidays with the dominant share of more than 272 million robocalls so far in 2018, blowing → Read More
Loxahatchee Groves leaders fret about distrust, misunderstanding on cop ballot wording
LOXAHATCHEE GROVES – Council members publicly expressed worries that voters might misinterpret language about forming a police department to go on ballots before town voters in March.“What makes these things fail is not just distrust but misunderstanding of what it means,” council member Anita Kane said Tuesday evening.The measure asks voters to decide whether to remove from the town charter a… → Read More
Fantastic idea or not needed? More than 150 debate Wellington's plans for village center
WELLINGTON — A public input meeting on still-evolving plans for the village’s center drew more than 150 residents, gathering in groups at half a dozen tables and letting fly with opinions from enthusiastic to skeptical.“I think it’s fantastic,” said Steve Cagnet, a retiree who lives along Lake Wellington. He said at Monday evening’s meeting he liked the thought of lakefront boardwalks, a cafe or… → Read More
JUST IN: Citizens approves rate hikes that now exceed $3,000 in Palm Beach County
The price of the average homeowner policy in Palm Beach County will bust through the $3,000 mark under 2019 premiums approved Wednesday by the board of → Read More
Loxahatchee Groves spars with PBSO over police services
LOXAHATCHEE GROVES — The town once billed as “Florida’s Last Frontier,” incorporated in 2006 as Palm Beach → Read More
Boynton Beach police investigate shooting that sends man to hospital
A shooting Sunday evening sent a man to the hospital with injuries, Boynton Beach police said.Police received a call shortly after 6 p.m. about a shooting in the 3100 block of Mahogany Drive in Boynton Beach, a police spokeswoman said.He was taken to Delray Medical Center for treatment for his injuries, officials said. There was no immediate word on his condition. → Read More
Wellington: 34 car burglaries. An overnight stakeout. Here's what happened next.
Austin George Smith, 24, was arrested this month in connection with a string of burglaries in Wellington. → Read More
Pedestrians face growing and fatal risks on Palm Beach County streets
Officials acknowledge a problem and are studying ways to curb the toll. → Read More
Thanksgiving travel: Plunging gas prices set up heaviest expected traffic since 2005
The good news for Palm Beach County drivers this holiday week: Gas prices have been deflating faster than a punctured Barney parade balloon.The downside: → Read More
Palm Beach County growers triple acreage for this type of rice
Florida Crystals' acreage in medium-grain has tripled to meet demand → Read More
Gillum brings 'count every vote' message to Boynton
BOYNTON BEACH -- Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum tweeted Monday President Donald Trump sounded “nervous” in calling for an immediate end to → Read More
Builder tied to KC Chiefs kicks off Royal Palm Beach senior facility
ROYAL PALM BEACH — Companies including one tied to the owners of the Kansas City Chiefs football team are teaming up for what they call the → Read More
Royal Palm Beach adds stormy exceptions to tougher tree rules
ROYAL PALM BEACH – The village has taken a big step toward tougher rules to protect and replace desirable “canopy” trees, but officials decided to allow certain exceptions — such as when trees are damaged by a named storm, lightning or a vehicle accident.In those cases, businesses and homeowners are only on the hook for “one for one” replacement of 31 kinds of newly-designated “specimen” tree… → Read More
Pittsburgh victims honored on Wellington stickball league's opening day
WELLINGTON – First came seconds of silence. They were for victims of Pittsburgh’s synagogue shooting rampage.Then came the ceremonial first → Read More
Royal Palm Beach leaders brace for 'panic' over proposed tree rules
ROYAL PALM BEACH – Who will speak for the trees? The village council is poised to take a shot Thursday.It’s the biggest proposed makeover of → Read More
Royal Palm Beach leaders gird against 'panic' over proposed tree rules
ROYAL PALM BEACH – Who will speak for the trees? The village council is poised to take a shot Thursday.It’s the biggest proposed makeover of → Read More
Jupiter officials: Apartment still failing to comply with affordable housing rule
JUPITER – Builders in Palm Beach County increasingly promise affordable “workforce housing” for teachers, police and other employees to get projects approved or building limits eased.But Jupiter’s first extended whirl with the concept has produced continuing clashes over how to set rents, with town officials maintaining residents have been overpaying by hundreds of dollars a month in some… → Read More