The 30 units in the 3550 Ocean building all will have ocean views.
Rendering provided
By Dan Moffett
What may be the quietest real estate boom in Florida is soon to start shaking South Palm Beach to its economic core.
The developers of the muc
By Dan Moffett
After months of discussion, South Palm Beach Town Council members moved closer to giving themselves pay raises that would start next year.
The council, on a 3-1 vote at its Nov. 15 meeting, approved a proposal to have Town Attorn
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Samuel M. Faysal, who for many years ran a popular beachside restaurant and music lounge in his hometown of Revere Beach, Mass., before moving south to enjoy the sunshine and water with his wife, died Nov. 19.
Mr. Faysal wa
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach officials will consider what they want and what they need in a new Town Hall during planning sessions with architects this month.
The town’s only public building is a hodgepodge of additions and renovations that
By Dan Moffett
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Woodrow “Woody” Gorbach was 91 years old when he decided to enter the world of politics and claim a seat on the South Palm Beach Town Council, becoming one of the oldest elected officials in the state’s history.
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach residents are going to have to wait longer for their long-awaited beach stabilization project to begin.
Mayor Bonnie Fischer said county project planners have told her work on the town’s beaches won’t begin be
By Dan Moffett
During a contentious three-hour budget meeting, South Palm Beach council members decided to give residents a small dose of tax relief — roughly $40 per homeowner next year.
But the decision comes with consequences. The town runs
By Dan Moffett
Despite agreeing on terms for a new working relationship with Town Attorney Brad Biggs three months ago, South Palm Beach council members remain divided over whether he should keep his job.
Councilwoman Stella Gaddy Jordan sharpl
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach struggled more than its coastal neighbors to recover from the damage of the real estate crash during the Great Recession. For five years after the 2008 downturn, the town showed virtually no recovery at all.
But
By Emily J. Minor
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Antigone Diane Potonides, a seemingly shy woman with a penchant for outspokenness who delayed her own dreams before launching a career teaching English, died in her sleep at a local nursing home July 2. She was
By Dan Moffett
After hearing complaints from council members about poor communication, South Palm Beach Town Attorney Brad Biggs is proposing a new arrangement that will change how he does his job.
Biggs told the council to consider renewing hi
By Dan Moffett
Elected officials from six coastal communities will have some difficult decisions to make in evaluating the results of a study that examines the feasibility of creating a barrier island fire district.
The revised 130-page report
By Dan Moffett
Developer Gary Cohen and two of his lawyers spent more than an hour trying to persuade the South Palm Beach Town Council to vote on a charter amendment measure that might allow him to build his condo project 5 feet higher on the old
Lantana Cub Scout Alex Beardsley holds back a tear while remembering his grandfather,
Ed Beardsley, who served in the Army in Panama. Alex was part of a group
of Delray Beach Scouts that replaced a worn American flag at the intersection of A1A and At
Under the proposal, seven concrete groins will run perpendicular to the shor
stretching up to 75 feet out into the ocean. This conceptual drawing shows the groins uncovered,
but they will be buried under 7 feet of sand. The sand will gradually wash a
By Dan Moffett
By comfortable margins, South Palm Beach voters rejected a call for change from political newcomer Robert Gargano on March 15 and returned incumbents Robert Gottlieb and Stella Gaddy Jordan to the Town Council.
Gottlieb received
The presidential preference primary will take place on March 15, and the towns of Ocean Ridge, South Palm Beach and Lantana will also hold their elections on that date.
The municipal elections are nonpartisan, meaning voters of any party are
These three candidates are competing for two seats on the South Palm Beach Town Council. Each seat carries a two-year term
ELECTION RESULTS (unofficial)
Robert Gottlieb: 43.41% | 336 votes
Stella Jordan: 36.56% | 283 votes
Robert Gargano: 20.03%
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach council members are preparing to boldly go where no town official has gone before: five years into the future.
New Town Manager Bob Vitas is helping the council develop a long-term plan that tries to capture wha
Nearly 200 members of the Palm Beach County Classics Car Club brought their vintage treasures —
including the ’57 Chevy convertible below — to the Plaza del Mar shopping center in Manalapan
to help South Palm Beach celebrate its 60th anniversary. Her
