Manager gets pay boost — Manalapan Town Manager Eric Marmer will get a $40,000-a-year raise beginning Oct. 1, pushing his annual salary to $235,000, town commission members decided on June 23. Commissioners made no comments about Marmer’s performance
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By Brian Biggane
Acknowledging that its Town Hall has been deteriorating in recent years amid anticipation of a new building to replace it, the South Palm Beach Town Council authorized Town Manager Jamie Titcomb to begin the repair and renovation pro
Town Hall update — The future of the South Palm Beach Town Hall remains in limbo, but Town Manager Jamie Titcomb shed some light on its status after the April Town Council meeting.
Titcomb said the last time the council received a report on the statu
Overflow crowd welcomes new council as incoming mayor lays out his agenda
Council members (l-r) Adrian Burcet and Sandra Beckett, Mayor Rafael Pineiro and members Fran Attardi and Ray McMillan attend the first council meeting after an election in wh
No more dog ban — The first official action initiated by newly elected South Palm Beach Vice Mayor Fran Attardi was a proposal to remove the ban on dogs on Town Hall property, including signage. The ban had been in place since 2023.
Attardi said earl
Manager gives Town Hall update — Although the future of a new Town Hall may be affected by South Palm Beach’s March 10 election, Town Manager Jamie Titcomb delivered an update on the latest news about the project and a new timeline at the Town Counci
Town Hall plans stay the same — After architects gave one last go at coming up with ideas to shrink the size of South Palm Beach’s new Town Hall, council members voted unanimously to keep with the earlier plan.
The Town Council, seemingly alarmed tha
Manalapan commissioners moved ahead with a plan to explore building a new Town Hall at the corner of Ocean Boulevard and Ocean Avenue.
At the Sept. 8 commission meeting, they heard from eminent domain attorney Doug MacGibbon, who has been hired to ex
By Hannah Spence
The clock is ticking for South Palm Beach to devise its plan for where town offices will operate and council meetings will take place while a new Town Hall is under construction.
Although Town Manager Jamie Titcomb is confident that
By Brian Biggane
Over the past three years, the South Palm Beach Town Council has consistently planned to construct its new Town Hall with structural insulated panels (SIPs), a modern approach council members have said would enhance the town’s reputa
A preliminary design shows a two-story Town Hall. The council also looked at three-story proposals. Rendering provided
By Hannah Spence
The South Palm Beach Town Council decided at its May meeting to construct a two-story Town Hall instead of a thre
Dog ban persists after split vote — Both the beginning and the end of the South Palm Beach Town Council meeting in March featured moves to rescind an ordinance adopted in September 2023 prohibiting dogs from being on Town Hall property.
Council membe
By Joe Capozzi
The election of Carolyn Cassidy as the town’s newest commissioner is just one of several key Ocean Ridge leadership changes in the works.
After Cassidy is sworn in on April 3, the Town Commission will still have three top positions at
By Joe Capozzi
South Palm Beach officials are getting a head start exploring options for drinking water after the town’s franchise agreement with West Palm Beach expires in 2030.
One alternative, outlined in a recent water supply evaluation, is to ge
By Joe Capozzi
The latest renderings of a new or expanded South Palm Beach Town Hall received mostly positive reviews April 29. Architects offered rough estimates of $5.6 million to build a new two-story structure and nearly $4.2 million to renovate
By Joe Capozzi
South Palm Beach is basking in South Florida’s “extremely hot” real estate market, with robust condominium sales last year promising a significant boost in tax revenue in the coming budget year, Town Manager Robert Kellogg said.
A “who
By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan town employees could see a pay boost soon as commissioners seek to be more competitive attracting new police hires and to stanch the flow of town workers leaving for better paying jobs elsewhere.
Town Manager Linda Stump
By Joe Capozzi
With a unanimous vote Nov. 29, the South Palm Beach Town Council extinguished the idea of including a fire station in plans for a new or renovated Town Hall.
The vote was met with cheers from more than 20 residents who attended the m
By Joe Capozzi
Now that the Town Council has hired another architect to draw up options for a new Town Hall, South Palm Beach officials want to get input from residents in a series of public meetings.
“There are going to be public hearings for every
By Joe Capozzi
Anyone, including the public, must now wear a protective mask when entering Ocean Ridge Town Hall.
The Town Commission agreed to the policy Sept. 7 at the request of Vice Mayor Susan Hurlburt.
An earlier effort to approve the same mas
