Homeless advocates call for 'no-brainer' changes to ‘ridiculous’ PBC cold-weather shelter rules
THE DAY BEFORE the official start of summer, Lake Worth Beach city commissioners will spend time thinking about winter — specifically,...
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Apr 17, 202310 min read
Jack The Bike Man racing against deadline, needs millions for renovations to new home
THE CLOCK IS ticking on Jack The Bike Man. “Jack The Bike Man,’’ as Samuel H. Hairston III is known around West Palm Beach, says he is...
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Dec 25, 20222 min read
It's 41 degrees. The only place to sleep is outside. 'It's unconscionable,' homeless advocate says
IT WAS 41 DEGREES at 6 a.m. on Christmas Morning and Josh, a homeless man in Lake Worth Beach, was still wide awake from a sleepless...
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Dec 23, 20227 min read
A family's immaculate connection to 'The Immaculate Reception'
IN A FRIENDSHIP spanning five decades, you’d think you know just about all there is to know about someone. That’s how I felt about Joe...
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Dec 17, 20223 min read
Boca Raton Bowl: College football players happy to be tackled by Lake Worth Beach surf
THE UNIVERSITY OF Toledo's football team visited Lake Worth Beach on Saturday afternoon and took arguably their biggest pounding since...
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Dec 14, 20226 min read
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer has a very shiny connection to Lake Worth Beach
JENIFER GILLEN IS about to spend her first Christmas in her new home. And for perhaps the first time in her life during the holidays, the...
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Oct 19, 20228 min read
They put the fright into Fright Nights — Proud 'Family of Freaks' celebrates 20 years of scares
THERE’S A LAWYER, an armored truck courier and a Starbucks barista; a first-grader, a fashion model and a firefighter; a Chipotle cook,...
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Dec 8, 20214 min read
Unplugged Homeless Artist All Charged Up After Grinches Pull Plug On Lake Worth Beach Holiday Tree
FOR MOST OF the year, artist Hernan Lopez has enjoyed the perks of painting from his makeshift oceanfront studio in a shaded public...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
How A Lake Worth Beach Dive Bar Brightens Christmas for Thousands of Needy Children
EVERY DECEMBER FOR the past 24 years or so, on the last day of school before Christmas break, thousands of Lake Worth Beach kids walk...
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Nov 29, 20212 min read
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How Lovely Are Thy Empty Heineken Bottle Branches!
MOVE OVER, SANDI. Downtown West Palm Beach has already had an iconic Christmas tree. This one’s not made of sand like the city’s 10th...
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