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Romney, Gingrich Looking For Florida Prize

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:13:18 +0000

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on Jan.

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Palm Beach lawmakers hope to add gun restrictions to day care, gov’t buildings

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:07:25 +0000

TALLAHASSEE -- Two Palm Beach County lawmakers are pushing for the Legislature to reexamine a law that they passed last year that forced local governments to strike local gun ordinances from the books. The new law now allows people carrying concealed weapons to carry firearms into a day care and some government buildings. They are still banned from schools, universities, court houses and prisons. The measure proposed by Rep. Lori Berman , D-Delray Beach, and Sen. Maria Sachs , D-Delray Beach, would prevent the carrying of concealed weapons in childcare facilities and most city, county and school buildings in Florida "There is no reason, justification to carry a firearm into a child care center or into an office where citizens are serving their county or their city or their state," Sachs said. Palm Beach County Commission Chair Shelley Vana also appeared with the lawmakers at the press conference with the lawmakers to lend her support for the proposal. "We are 100 percent behind the bill that would take another major step in rectifying a tremendous wrong and helping local governments keep their citizens safe," she said. The measure is HB 1087 and SB 1340. Watch the press conference below:

Snow birds Return to South Florida

Beach Blogger — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:15:59 +0000

Palm Beach County businesses are already seeing an increase in traffic, as snow birds begin returning to South Florida.

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WPB going green for $6.8 million

Beach Blogger — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:19:27 +0000

All the city owned lights in West Palm Beach are set to get an upgrade for $6.8 million. The commission is looking to replace all of the city lights with LED lights to save money in the long run.

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Bomb squad called to Palm Springs home

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:06:08 +0000

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad responded Sunday afternoon to a Palm Springs home where the resident found what she believed to be a live grenade in her carport.

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BB profits from confiscated property

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:53:13 +0000

The sale of property confiscated after a crime helps boost Boynton Beach’s coffers.

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Man wounded, suspect arrested in Vero

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:34:22 +0000

A 41-year-old Vero Beach man has been arrested in the shooting of another man late Saturday night.

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PBC tourism dollars tick up

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:56:11 +0000

Bed taxes collected in Palm Beach County during the past year have risen from the previous year almost every month, meaning more people are staying in hotel rooms, paying a higher price for those rooms and boosting the local economy.

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New center for homeless families

Beach Blogger — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:43:13 +0000

A local organization, made up of volunteers and area churches and temples, is offering help for homeless families in Palm Beach County.

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Dogs left to die in Everglades

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:40:26 +0000

Domesticated dogs, abandoned by their owners, and left to die in the Everglades, are now being picked up by a South Florida no-kill rescue operation.

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