Alternative schools closing career training gap (The Palm Beach Post)
Palm Beach County high schools boast more than 100 career academies that offer career and technical skills to help students after high school, but alternative schools, which serve many students at risk of dropping out, offer few career training opportunities....more...Official withheld ties with engineer (The Palm Beach Post)
Powerhouse lobbyist Hugo Unruh and consulting engineer Dan Shalloway together have invested thousands of dollars in a Costa Rica cattle ranch, a business tie that Unruh never declared when he steered a lucrative government contract to a partnership that included Shalloway and former Palm Beach County Commissioner Warren Newell....more... Ex-Little League official arrested in N.C. (Florida Today)
A former treasurer of a suburban Boynton Beach Little League program embezzled almost $14,000 in league money before moving to North Carolina, authorities said. Dennis Walsh of Leland, N.C., was arrested Thursday by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, about two weeks after the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office issued a warrant for his arrest. He is being held on a grand theft charge in ......more... Palm Beach County metro report (The Palm Beach Post)
IN TRAFFIC...more... Foreclosure filings hint at turbulent times (The Palm Beach Post)
Foreclosure filings in Palm Beach County nearly tripled in August as the worst housing slump in 16 years continued to send shock waves through local households amid more evidence that severe economic problems could be on the horizon....more... PBC, TCoast foreclosures triple (The Palm Beach Post)
Foreclosure filings in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast tripled as the worst housing slump in 16 years continued to send shock waves through local households....more... IKEA sticks to fall opening in Sunrise (The Palm Beach Post)
Where are those blasted Billy bookcases, anyway?...more... Residential sales slump revives fear of 'R' word (The Palm Beach Post)
The "R" word seems to be on everyone's lips these days, and we don't mean "real estate."...more... West Palm Beach police chief nabs suspected shoplifter (The Daily Comet)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Police Chief Delsa Bush stepped out of her office for a salad. She ended up nabbing a suspected shoplifter. "It's no big deal," Bush said. "I'm a police officer first and secondly a chief and that's just what we do. It's been a while, but nevertheless, a cop is a cop....more... |