Palm Beach County

First Condoms, Then The House

Source: Sentinel Shutting Down Delray Beach Office

A source at the Sun-Sentinel tells me that the newspaper's Palm Beach County office in Delray Beach is closing up this week. The bureau, which had 27 people last year but has surely shrunk a bit during recent staff cuts, is moving down to the newspaper's existing Deerfield Beach office. [ADDED] Mos ... More >>

Local Strippers Must Do More Stripping To Afford County Fee (For Stripping)

I realize it's tough to scrounge up money in this economy, Palm Beach County, but must you really take it out of the g-strings of our courageous strippers? Those hard-bodied girls and guys need that money to pay for college! To put food on the table for the cute little tyke whose daddy skedaddled! A ... More >>

Best Country and Western Bar

Plush Pony Lounge

Best Place to See Lake Okeechobee

Port Mayaca

Best Diner

Howley's

Best Road Race for Runners

Marathon of the Palm Beaches

Efon

Marathon of the Palm Beaches

Right Neighborly

With this much local good will, Centro has it made.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Bar in Palm Beach

Palm Beach County's got some serious diversity in the world of drinking. There's the blue-haired bars in Boca, the popped-collar joints on the island, Jamaican rum joints in The Glades, and the old-school rock bars east of the tracks on Clematis. Pick your favorite, and vote for it in the comments s ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Restaurant in Palm Beach

Palm Beach County has gone through one of the biggest restaurant booms in the U.S. lately: We're finally on the culinary map. From the tiny corner bistro where you've been a regular for years to the splashy newcomer cheffed by a big name, Palm Beach has enough good restaurants to keep us busy for a ... More >>

Fewer New Yorkers Are Flipping Us Off, State Considers Expanding Lanes for Range Rovers

Fewer outsiders are moving to Florida, and the biggest drop in newcomers is among New Yorkers. The number of New Yorkers registering to drive in Florida has dropped by 50 percent in recent years, leading to what I'm sure will be remembered as The Great New Yorker Shortage of 2009.It'd be easy to mak ... More >>

In Case You Missed It, This Week's Best News Video

Miami-Dade CorrectionsJenningsLake Worth Commissioner Cara Jennings apparently has some strong feelings about Israeli aggression in Palestine, because on Sunday, she headed down to the Israeli Consulate in downtown Miami, painted her face, climbed up on some stilts, and stood by the entrance, chanti ... More >>

Somong

Miami-Dade CorrectionsJenningsLake Worth Commissioner Cara Jennings apparently has some strong feelings about Israeli aggression in Palestine, because on Sunday, she headed down to the Israeli Consulate in downtown Miami, painted her face, climbed up on some stilts, and stood by the entrance, chanti ... More >>

Running, Good For Your Art

Miami-Dade CorrectionsJenningsLake Worth Commissioner Cara Jennings apparently has some strong feelings about Israeli aggression in Palestine, because on Sunday, she headed down to the Israeli Consulate in downtown Miami, painted her face, climbed up on some stilts, and stood by the entrance, chanti ... More >>

Timb the Ubiquitous

Social Anxiety (Self-released)

Prelude to a Butt Whippin'

The GOP eyes a George W. Bush victory in traditionally Democratic Palm Beach County. Here's why.

No Blues for Ouzo Blue

Photo from ouzoblue.comThey're dancing on the tables in Palm Beach Gardens -- literally -- with the debut of Palm Beach County's second Ouzo Blue. The first Blue set up in Lake Worth in January, bringing Greek faves from dolmades and spanakopita to moussaka and lamb kebabs, plus lots of table dancin ... More >>

Depressed Palm Beach County Wants New P.R. Campaign

Flickr user: thewentworths1Come back, tourists! We're not that depressing.The Palm Beach County commissioners voted this week to spend $3 million on a new advertising campaign to boost tourism. Meanwhile, in totally unrelated news, The Business Insider, an online publication, named West Palm Beach o ... More >>

Grand Jury Details Palm Beach County's Sins

Flickr user: HeneghanYour money, wasted by Palm Beach County officials.How corrupt is Palm Beach County government? A grand jury report released today counts the ways. From overpriced land deals to shady bond underwriting practices, to slush funds that allow public officials to spend millions on the ... More >>

Broward and Palm Beach Banks Slightly Better Prepared for Apocalypse Than Rest in Florida

Flickr User: jbenson2Geithner will spare us locals from his bank spreeWhen you fill out a deposit slip these days, it's hard to know whether you'll get the money back or if you're throwing it into a bottomless pit. So it should come as an enormous relief that a bank-rating firm, Bauer Financial, has ... More >>

Morning Juice: Swine Flu Claims Casualty in PBC; Budget Talks Get Rowdy in Pembroke Pines

​Here's what's going on this morning in Broward and Palm Beach counties:A 33-year-old woman from Palm Beach County has died from H1N1, despite having none of the conditions that suggest she should have been at greater risk. So doctors are warning the public to get treatment in cases in which his o ... More >>

Man Jailed for Illegal Use of a Dairy Case

​ ​ ​A 56-year-old man is in Palm Beach County lockup on a $1,500 bond for illegal use of a dairy case or egg basket, possession of a stolen shopping cart, and indecent exposure. Ernest Wend, whose address is listed as "at large," was arrested Saturday at 8 a.m. by Pal ... More >>

Hey, Laser Geeks: Stop Playing Star Wars at the Palm Beach Airport

Flckr user: pedrosimoes7Keep your lasers out of my eyes!​More than 20 times in the past year, pranksters have shone a green laser beam into the cockpits of planes landing at Palm Beach International Airport, attempting to blind the pilots. No planes have crashed, but at least one pilot was injured ... More >>

Palm Beach Cops Finally Nab Serial "Withdrawal Bandit"

Withdrawal Bandit: A familiar face​Serial bank robbery was one of South Florida's favorite new sports this summer, and the game turned out to be surprisingly polite and thankfully bloodless. Police announced today that they've taken one pair of our local Bonnie & Clydes off the street. An unus ... More >>

Why Palm Beach Should be Glad Kucinich Isn't Coming to Dinner

Flickr user: SEIU InternationalGuess who's not coming to dinner.​Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman known for his love of television cameras and his quixotic presidential bids, will no longer be the keynote speaker at this Saturday's Palm Beach County Democratic Party dinner. He canceled the gi ... More >>

Sweet Bronco

Flickr user: SEIU InternationalGuess who's not coming to dinner.​Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman known for his love of television cameras and his quixotic presidential bids, will no longer be the keynote speaker at this Saturday's Palm Beach County Democratic Party dinner. He canceled the gi ... More >>

Sweet Bronco

Flickr user: SEIU InternationalGuess who's not coming to dinner.​Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman known for his love of television cameras and his quixotic presidential bids, will no longer be the keynote speaker at this Saturday's Palm Beach County Democratic Party dinner. He canceled the gi ... More >>

Art Around the World

Flickr user: SEIU InternationalGuess who's not coming to dinner.​Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman known for his love of television cameras and his quixotic presidential bids, will no longer be the keynote speaker at this Saturday's Palm Beach County Democratic Party dinner. He canceled the gi ... More >>

Best Of Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll: Best Restaurant in Palm Beach

​Tell us what is the best restaurant in Palm Beach County in the comments section below.Need some suggestions? Click here to view our restaurant guide with critics' picks.Previous Readers' Poll posts are running through May. Cast your vote for Best Burger, and Best Restaurant in Broward.And click ... More >>

Foreclosures Down in Broward, Up in Palm Beach

Flickr: Quint Cobb​An otherwise rosy real estate picture for South Florida's tri-county area was thrown out of whack by a devastating report of foreclosure actions in Palm Beach County.Real estate analysts at Condo Vultures found that foreclosures in January 2010 dropped by 23 percent in Broward C ... More >>

’Tis the Fest Season

Flickr: Quint Cobb​An otherwise rosy real estate picture for South Florida's tri-county area was thrown out of whack by a devastating report of foreclosure actions in Palm Beach County.Real estate analysts at Condo Vultures found that foreclosures in January 2010 dropped by 23 percent in Broward C ... More >>

Daybreak

Flickr: bananaman33428In a Palm Beach County state park, a double-crested cormorant's water landing.​

Palm Beach Elections Officials Embarrass County Once Again

It's a return to 2000.​The Palm Beach County election nightmare of 2000 -- all those hanging chads, butterfly ballots, Pat Buchanan votes, and silly canvassing-board photos -- seems to have taught elections officials nothing. The county's Supervisor of Elections Office still could not count all th ... More >>

In Boynton Today? $5 All-You-Can-Eat Lunch at Sweet Tomatoes

Teaming up with the United Way of Palm Beach County, Sweet Tomatoes, the cafeteria-style restaurant favorite of seniors and college kids everywhere, will open their newest store with a $5 all-you-can-eat lunch today.The value-priced Sweet Tomatoes chain offers a 45-feet-long salad bar, with a variet ... More >>

Sky Magazine Gives 32-Page Wet Kiss to Palm Beach County

Sky magazineYou might need a shower after reading this.​Palm Beach County, we hardly knew ye. Mesmerized by the hundreds of empty condos, parade of jail-bird politicians, foreclosure crisis, and pill mills, we've overlooked your many charms. Thankfully, Delta's Sky magazine dedicated 32 glorious p ... More >>

There Are Too Many Naked People in Loxahatchee Groves

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia CommonsCheers to you too, naked man!​SunSport Gardens has a problem -- there are too many naked people running around their community.The problem isn't the fact that residents are nude -- it is in fact a nudist camp -- but that a Palm Beach County resolution says they h ... More >>

Umi Fishbar Grill Opens in Palm Beach Gardens

Umi Fishbar's Bahamas roll​One of Palm Beach County's best-known restaurateurs has teamed up with one of Palm Beach County's best-known chefs to create a contemporary, Asian-esque eatery in the space once home to Noche restaurant-niteclub in Palm Beach Gardens.  Carmine Giardini and chef John ... More >>

Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille: Seven Questions for the Food Blogger / Stylist

Aran Goyoaga​Pastry chef Aran Goyoaga has become the blogosphere's IT girl during the last two years for her food blog, Cannelle Et Vanille (Cinnamon and Vanilla). Her flawless styling, recipes and photography have been featured everywhere from In Style magazine to Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP, Sav ... More >>

ArtiGras Sixth-Annual "Red, White, and Zin" Gourmet Food and Winetasting Thursday

Nicole Danna​This Thursday, you can eat, drink -- and get a glimpse of some spectacular art -- all for a good cause.How? Simply attend the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce's sixth-annual "Red, White, and Zin" event, a gourmet-food- and winetasting event to be held January 27 fro ... More >>

Even Though It's Not a City, Forbes Ranks Palm Beach County No. 8 on 'Most Miserable' List

Family Man Studios from Flickr.comCould you be happy here? According to Forbes.com, Palm Beach County is a miserable place.​Are you miserable, Palm Beach County? According to this month's Forbes.com list, you should be. Even though it's not a single city -- more like 223 census-desi ... More >>

Third-Graders Who Bombed The FCAT Still Going On To Fourth Grade

hepburnpage.comWelcome to fourth grade!​According to state education rules, around 3,350 third-graders in Broward County and 2,400 in Palm Beach County are supposed to be repeating the grade due to their FCAT reading scores -- which they won't, thanks to a few "loopholes."By state standards, t ... More >>

Hideous Giant Squid Found Off the Coast of Jensen Beach

howstuffworks.com​Ever wonder what a 23-foot-long disgusting giant squid looks like?Absolutely repulsive is what it looks like.We got a hold of a photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken somewhere between the discovery of the squid off the coast of Jensen Beach, ... More >>

Palm Beach County Brush Fires Are Out; Now Let's Blow Up Some Fireworks

aspieweb.net​Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, the State Division of Forestry says there are no more brush fires in Palm Beach County, thanks to a few days of rain.The Palm Beach County fire marshal put a burn ban on the eastern half of the county that does not include a ban on firework ... More >>

Dirty Martini in Palm Beach Gardens

aspieweb.net​Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, the State Division of Forestry says there are no more brush fires in Palm Beach County, thanks to a few days of rain.The Palm Beach County fire marshal put a burn ban on the eastern half of the county that does not include a ban on firework ... More >>

Livid Records' Fifth Anniversary at Green Room, October 22

aspieweb.net​Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, the State Division of Forestry says there are no more brush fires in Palm Beach County, thanks to a few days of rain.The Palm Beach County fire marshal put a burn ban on the eastern half of the county that does not include a ban on firework ... More >>

Do That Conga

aspieweb.net​Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, the State Division of Forestry says there are no more brush fires in Palm Beach County, thanks to a few days of rain.The Palm Beach County fire marshal put a burn ban on the eastern half of the county that does not include a ban on firework ... More >>

West Nile Virus Apparently Still a Thing -- Case Confirmed in Palm Beach County

kintera.com​Palm Beach County's health department is reporting that a woman has acquired the West Nile virus -- the first case in the county in five years.The county issued a "mosquito borne disease advisory" yesterday when the case was confirmed, after the woman was diagnosed with the disease by ... More >>

Legislators Trying for Gun Bans in Government Buildings and Daycare Before "Catastrophe"

imfdb.org​There's currently a list in the Florida Statutes of 15 places where you can't bring a concealed weapon. A pair of state legislators would like to make that 17.Last year, the legislature passed a law that would impose fines on counties and municipalities that tried to write up their own g ... More >>

The Killbillies at South Shores Tavern, December 28

imfdb.org​There's currently a list in the Florida Statutes of 15 places where you can't bring a concealed weapon. A pair of state legislators would like to make that 17.Last year, the legislature passed a law that would impose fines on counties and municipalities that tried to write up their own g ... More >>