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$5.4 million resurfacing project set to roll across downtown's main avenues after Lake Worth Beach Street Painting Festival
LAKE AND LUCERNEÂ avenues will be covered with colorful murals this Saturday and Sunday when more than 600 artists scrawl chalk...
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Feb 20, 20243 min read
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The Return of the Bridge Muses: Artist starts restoring two popular murals beneath Royal Park Bridge
THE ROYAL PARK Bridge muses are returning. Sean Yoro, the internationally acclaimed artist known as Hula, returned to downtown West Palm...
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Feb 11, 20242 min read
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ByJoeCapozzi.com wins three first-place awards in 2023 Florida Press Club competition
BYJOECAPOZZI.COM won three first-place awards and a second-place honor in the Florida Press Club’s 2023 Excellence in...
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Jan 30, 20242 min read
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Pop-up food charity relied on by thousands may be forced out of Lake Worth Beach over traffic issues
NO ONE DISPUTES the positive difference Restoration Bridge International makes every Saturday morning in Lake Worth Beach by handing out...
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Dec 3, 20238 min read
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Saying goodbye to the late 'Jack the Bike Man' — Celebration of life set for Sept. 19 in West Palm
A CELEBRATION HONORING the wonderful life of the late “Jack the Bike Man’’ wouldn’t be complete without a few bicycles, even if it is...
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Sep 14, 20236 min read
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Shot from the sky: Stunning landscape photographs captured from airplane window seats
Forget the aisle seat! When it comes to in-flight entertainment, it's hard to beat the stunning scenery outside the window of a jet...
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Jun 29, 20232 min read
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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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Jun 16, 20235 min read
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Why the beloved mural muse under the Royal Park Bridge disappeared — and when she plans to return
FOR NEARLY EIGHT years, she graced the wall under the west end of the Royal Park Bridge in downtown West Palm Beach, her unexpected...
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Jun 11, 20235 min read
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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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Apr 17, 202310 min read
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Jupiter board blocks construction plans on historic waterfront land, forcing a reckoning with past
ON A BRIGHT winter day, Charles Modica took in the view from a grassy mound overlooking the confluence of the Loxahatchee and Indian...
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Mar 6, 202313 min read
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The Bicyclist and The Bridgetender: The happy life, tragic death and lasting legacy of Carol Wright
ON A WARM sun-splashed Sunday morning early last year, a familiar sound grabbed Ron Taylor's attention as he was about to pull into the...
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Feb 3, 202337 min read
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Bridge tender avoids prison, pleads guilty in deal approved by family of the late Carol Wright
THE BRIDGE TENDER controlling the Royal Park Bridge drawbridge when a woman walking across fell to her death last year will avoid prison...
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Jan 10, 20233 min read
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Henry Flagler reimagined: Gilded Age Palm Beach gets colorful modern spin at LWB art exhibit
IMAGINE HENRY FLAGLER in Palm Beach today decked out in a striped Maus & Hoffman blazer or wearing a top hat with Lilly Pulitzer...
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Jan 5, 20235 min read
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Light Rail Transit pitched for Okeechobee Boulevard, State Road 7
IMAGINE A LIGHT rail transit line running 13.5 miles down the center of Okeechobee Boulevard from downtown West Palm Beach west to State...
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Dec 15, 20224 min read
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How Hurricane Nicole swamped a Shelby Cobra sports car replica
THE SIGHT OF a kayaker paddling past homes on a flooded street was surreal enough. But the most shocking part came as my video camera...
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Nov 17, 20224 min read
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'Whoever thought a tree couldn't fly?' Green giant quite a showboat on move to new West Palm home
“LOOK AT THAT! Airborne! Whoever thought that a tree could not fly?’’ Oswald Oakley could not contain his enthusiasm, and no one watching...
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Sep 21, 202210 min read
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Salvage crews remove abandoned yacht from Snook Islands Natural Area
SALVAGE CREWS FINALLY removed the hulking remains of a 33-foot yacht that had been precariously abandoned since June on rocks in an...
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Sep 13, 20222 min read
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Snook Islands turning into ‘Gilligan’s Island’ as boat graveyard threatens sensitive natural area
THE SNOOK ISLANDS in Lake Worth Beach are supposed to be an ecological gem of manmade mangroves, oyster reefs and wildlife along the Lake...
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Sep 1, 20228 min read
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Cyclists eager to pedal the wide open bike lanes of new Southern Boulevard Bridge, opening Sept. 1
WHEN IT COMES to great places to ride a bicycle in South Florida, it’s hard to beat the scenic waterfront routes along State Road A1A and...
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Aug 29, 20224 min read
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Popular car wash trying to clean up traffic mess on West Palm Beach's south end
EVERY DAY, HUNDREDS of cars roll through the cleaning bays at Mint Eco Car Wash on West Palm Beach’s south end. As their owners relax in...
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Aug 19, 20228 min read
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