The Town of Palm Beach is to be commended on passing a budget without a tax increase... The smaller budget is necessary because of a nearly 12 percent dip in taxable property values, which has reduced the town’s tax base, and because the council decided against increasing the property tax rate. But their cutback, laudatory …
If I Told You Where My Palm Beach House Is, I'd Have to Kill You
But now it can be known: Bernadette Casey Smith, daughter of the late former CIA director William Casey, has sold Estrella del Mar, her family’s North End oceanfront house at 1240 N. Ocean Blvd. for $6.8 million, according to a warranty deed filed Thursday afternoon. Most recently listed for $8.5 million, the 10,000-square-foot Spanish-style main …
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Worth Avenue Palm Trees Go to 9/11 Memorial
While New Yorkers fight over the mosque near Ground Zero, some palm trees that graced Worth Avenue are replanted in a 9/11 memorial in Palm Beach Gardens: The Christmas palms that once lined the three-block commercial stretch of Worth Avenue had been offered to any takers willing to pay for their removal by the contractors …
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Palm Beach Police Do Their Part to Combat Illegal Immigration
It may cause controversy in Arizona, but Palm Beach's finest keep rolling on: Palm Beach police captured seven illegal immigrants early Sunday morning near the intersection of South Ocean Boulevard and County Road. Police were alerted shortly after 2 a.m., according to Capt. Fred Hess. “They just landed from Haiti. No boat was found,” Hess …
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Donald Trump Doesn't Want to be a Part of Flyover Country
And he'll sue to stop it, too: Donald Trump is going after the county over its operation of Palm Beach International Airport and any expansion of the airport, which is located less than 3 miles west of the Mar-a-Lago Club. The suit also names airport director Bruce Pelly. The 68-page document, filed Monday, claims jets …
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Sometimes Permanence is a Liability: The Lesson of Meyers Luggage
The death of Palm Beach luggage dealer Edwin R. Meyers brings back some interesting memories of travel gone by. Meyers Luggage played a crucial role in my family's foreign travel, but my last encounter made me do something I never thought I would do. In the 1960's my parents did a great deal of travel …
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Crossing the Rainbow Bridge: A Pentecostal Saga
Back when I was growing up, we'd descend from Palm Beach and venture to the Florida Keys for vacation, navigating waters such as shown at the right. One of the more memorable side trips we took was a visit to a museum where artefacts from sunken Spanish galleons were on display. The Spanish were most …
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Illegal Immigration Hits Palm Beach
Literally, in this case: Security cameras alerted staff of the Sloan’s Curve Condominium at 2000 S. Ocean Blvd. to the presence of several undocumented immigrants who had entered the property early Wednesday morning. Palm Beach police apprehended 18 people — 13 suspected Chinese nationals and five Haitians — following a call around 4:15 a.m. from …
Trustworthy People Are Scarce: A Christian View
Helen Fealy at the Shiny Sheet observes the following: Who knew I had so much in common with the iconic Dr. Freud, the Father of Mental Heath and the pioneer of sexuality and gender behaviors. I share his opinion on humankind and ethics. To prove his point, we have Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, …
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An Episcopal Church Gets Its Roof Repaired. But Who Will Fix the Confirmation Class?
Well, at least at Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach: Construction is under way to replace part of the roof at the historic Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea. The roof covers the administrative offices and the choir room overlooking the courtyard and gardens. Advanced Roofing is the contractor. David Semadeni, a junior warden and a member of the …
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