CIVIC ASSOCIATION
VIDEO NEWSCAST
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Presidential Visit This Weekend in the Town of Palm Beach:
Friday, 3/22 - Sunday, 3/24
The President is in Town from Friday through Sunday. Roadblocks went up at 5 AM Friday morning around Mar-a-Lago, closing A1A (Ocean Blvd.). Heads of state from five Caribbean countries are meeting with the President so be prepared for unannounced traffic interruptions from motorcades.
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Caribbean Leaders to Meet President at Mar-a-Lago on Friday
More international summitry is coming to Mar-a-Lago. The White House announced late Tuesday that President Donald Trump will meet Friday at his Palm Beach estate with leaders of The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.
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Palm Beach Civic Association's
75th Anniversary Gift to the
Town of Palm Beach
To celebrate our 75th Season, the Palm Beach Civic Association Town Beautification Committee is donating 75 cocoanut palms to the Town of Palm Beach. Each tree costs $1,500, which includes a maintenance endowment fund. Please donate to this great cause. You can donate by credit card or mail.
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Danielle Moore Remains Palm Beach Town Council President
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In front of about 100 people, the Palm Beach Town Council re-elected Danielle Moore as president and Margaret Zeidman as president pro tem on Tuesday. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Lisa Small also swore in Julie Araskog, Ms. Moore and Mayor Gail Coniglio to new terms on the council.
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Palm Beach Sets April Meeting
to Discuss Pay, Benefits
for Town Employees
The Town Council has set an April 4 meeting to focus on ways to boost employee pay and benefits to make Palm Beach more competitive with other public employers in the local market.
The meeting was initially set for April 5th, but was move to April 4th at 10:30 AM.
The council had planned the meeting for April 1, but decided Tuesday it needs a few extra days after hearing highlights of a consultant's 80-page report, which is full of statistical charts comparing the town to 26 other municipalities and other public employers in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
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Town Retirement Board Identifies Compensation/Benefit Problems and Makes Process Recommendations
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The Hon. Maggie Zeidman
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On March 15th, the Town Retirement Board met and Town Councilwoman Maggie Zeidman presented an overview of town employee compensation and benefit problems. Click the link below to see the presentation.
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Palm Beach Revises Restrictions for Private Club in Wake of Lingering Concerns by Neighbors
Faced with lingering concerns from neighbors of the Carriage House, the Town Council on Tuesday revised a few of the more than 30 operating rules for the private club.
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Royal Park Bridge to be
Repainted in 2022
The Royal Park Bridge will get a fresh coat of paint in three years, the Florida Department of Transportation said. The removal and replacement of the existing paint is scheduled for the spring and summer of 2022.
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Palm Beach Residents Want Town to Turn Down New Bright Lights in Neighborhood
Residents in some areas of the far North End have been urging the town to turn off their street lights so they can sleep better at night. New LED street lights, installed six weeks ago, are much whiter and brighter than the halogen lights they replaced.
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Palm Beach Committee Eyes
'Green Initiative'
Palm Beach's Green Initiative - its effort to cease using herbicides and pesticides on public properties - is marching forward. The Town Council's Public Works Committee, made up of Towncouncil members Maggie Zeidman and Bobbie Lindsay, its chairwoman, heard a progress report at its meeting this week.
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Town Council to Appoint Member(s) to the Investment Advisory Committee
The Town of Palm Beach is seeking to appoint three (3) members to the Investment Advisory Committee effective March 2019. Currently, there are (3) members whose terms will expire on May 2019 and all are eligible for reappointment.
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CIVIC ASSOCIATION
DIRECTORS IN THE NEWS
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Palm Beach Society: Tiefels Honored with United Way de Tocqueville Society Award
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Norma and Bill Tiefel are wonderful people - philanthropic, kind, and friendly people. And now, they are officially "Distinguished."
The couple were honored Monday night with the Distinguished Citizen Award, the highest honor of the Town of Palm Beach United Way.
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Wednesday, March 27, 9:00 AM
Architectural Commission Meeting
Town Council Chambers
Thursday, March 28, 12:00
Civic Association Directors Luncheon
Directors Invitation Only
Norton Museum of Art
Thursday, April 4, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Ordinances, Rules, and Standards Committee Meeting
Town Council Chambers
Thursday, April 4, 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Special Town Council Meeting
Town Council Chambers
Friday, April 5, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Cup of Joe with Bo:
South Undergrounding Utilities Community Update Meeting
South Fire Rescue: Meeting Room
Friday, April 5, 9:00 AM
Pre-Development Review Committee Meeting
Town Council Chambers
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Tax Collectors Chase Rich New Yorkers Moving to Low-Tax States. Auditors Inspect Cell Records, Even Your Dog's Vet Bills
The cat-and-mouse game between state tax collectors and wealthy New Yorkers who are moving to Florida has reached new levels - and gone high tech. New federal tax laws limiting the deduction of state and local income taxes have created incentives for wealthy New Yorkers to move to Florida or other lower-tax states.
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New Norton Director Seeing Early Boom in Attendance
Elliot Bostwick Davis, the new executive director of the Norton Museum of Art, reported outstanding attendance since the renovated museum reopened last month during her introduction to the community Thursday at the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce breakfast at The Breakers.
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VIDEO NEWSCASTS
THIS WEEK IN
PALM BEACH
See all the video versions of This Week in Palm Beach.
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House Cuts Tourism, Economic Development Money
The tourism-marketing agency Visit Florida would only be funded for three months, while Enterprise Florida wouldn't get any state money as part of a budget proposal released Tuesday by a House panel for the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
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Florida Lawmakers Begin Cracking Down on Polluters
The crowd packed into a committee room in the basement of the Florida House office building burst into applause last week after Rep. Randy Fine finished delivering an impassioned speech about preventing sewage from spilling into waterways.
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FRIENDS OF
PALM BEACH
Keeping Our Beaches Clean
Beach Clean-Up
Date:
Saturday, March 23rd
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location:
Mediterranean & N Ocean Way
All supplies will be there. Iced water and snacks too.
CONTACT
Diane Buhler
561-507-0345
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What the New El Niño Forecast Means for Hurricane Season
The long-forecast El Niño finally emerged full-fledged in February and now forecasters are giving it a 60 percent chance to persist through summer.
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Here Are the 2019 Hurricane Names
Hurricanes used to be named after the saint's day on which they occurred. United States Weather Bureau forecaster Ivan R. Tannehill described in his 1938 book "Hurricanes" that Hurricane Santa Ana struck Puerto Rico on July 26, 1825, the Feast of St. Anne. Now, an international committee oversees the naming of hurricanes on a six-year-long repeating list.
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Palm Beach Officials Will Remove Pieces of Derelict Boat
Palm Beach officials say they are finally ready to remove the last bits of an abandoned boat that since January has been left to slowly disintegrate on the beach near Mar-a-Lago.
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