By Tao Woolfe
Boynton Beach has broken off negotiations with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to take over city policing, according to a statement issued Aug. 15, by Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw.
The Palm Beach County sheriff said the city cited “a
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By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach residents can expect to see some of their former police officers patrolling the town again as deputies by mid-November after they completed five weeks of training with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Maj. Chris
Sheriff Ric Bradshaw administers the oath of office to former South Palm Beach police officers at Town Hall on Oct. 1. The former South Palm officers are now deputies in District 19 of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office following the town’s decis
By Sallie James
Boca Raton Regional Hospital has finally officially merged with Baptist Health
South Florida.
The official merger was announced on July 1, more than a year after Boca Regional began
discussions with Baptist in hopes of elevating the hosp
By Dan Moffett
After running its own police department for more than a half-century, the town of South Palm Beach has decided to join forces with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
The Town Council voted 4-1 on June 18 to approve a draft contr
Who says it doesn’t snow in June? At South Palm Beach’s June 18 workshop meeting, I watched a town get snowed under so deep that resident “snowbirds” will see Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office cars and uniforms patrolling their 5/8ths of a mile stre
By Sallie James
Nearly a year after Boca Raton Regional Hospital said it would merge with Baptist Health South Florida, the hospital has named its new chief executive officer: Lincoln S. Mendez, the former CEO of South Miami Hospital, a Baptist prope
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By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach council members say they’re determined to get their debate over police services back on track after a raucous council meeting raised complaints
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By Dan Moffett
Lantana Town Council members are very pleased with the state of their Police Department.
So pleased, in fact, that most of them don’t e
By Dan Moffett
As one, the eight police officers in South Palm Beach have come forward and asked the Town Council to allow their department to join forces with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Council members say they are surprised. And they a
By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton and Boynton Beach chambers of commerce have merged, with Boca’s chamber taking over economic development efforts in Boynton.
The two chambers announced the merger on Jan. 24, and the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerc
By Sallie James
The beloved community hospital once known as “The Miracle on Meadows Road” is another step closer to a merger with Baptist Health South Florida.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Baptist Health South Florida agreed in December on a let
By Sallie James
A little more than a year after Boca Raton Regional Hospital celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2017, the medical facility once known as the “Miracle on Meadows Road” has announced it will enter discussions to merge with health care g
By Mary Hladky
After about two years of exploratory talks, Boynton Beach-based Bethesda Health and Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida have agreed to merge.
The agreement, announced on Oct. 2, calls for a two-year transition peri
By Mary Hladky
One year after announcing they were exploring a merger, WXEL-TV and WPBT2 have agreed to join forces.
The two public broadcasting stations will combine as South Florida PBS, reaching 2.42 million households from Key West to the S
By Mary Hladky
If all goes as hoped, two South Florida public broadcasting television stations will complete a merger plan by this fall.
The new entity, South Florida PBS, would bring together WXEL-TV, which serves Palm Beach County and the Tre
By Thomas R. Collins
Across the state and the country, cities are going to back to a principle that was taught in kindergarten: Sharing is good.
For everything from police officers to roadwork to water pipes, cities are teaming up with other government
By Thomas R. Collins
Barrier island towns, each trudging through their individual budget nightmares, have been batting around ideas for saving money that involve more than the usual cutting of library hours or eliminating a job or two.
The towns have b
