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County commissioners will consider a proposal for 1.8 million square feet of hyperscale data storage to be built west of Lion Country Safari on Southern Boulevard. Proposal moved forward on Thursday, Stet News reports.
Massive data storage facility on fast track
Palm Beach County Zoning Commission approves plans to allow nearly 1.8 million square feet of data storage on Southern Boulevard despite Arden’s objections.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
County commissioners will consider a proposal for 1.8 million square feet of hyperscale data storage to be built west of Lion Country Safari on Southern Boulevard. Proposal moved forward on Thursday, Stet News reports.
Tuesday is news day! This week from Stet:
🎾 The tennis shake-up rattling a tight-knit community
🚘 Congress ave extension opens
🗳️ Power shifts without a vote
🪢 When a familiar name lands in your inbox…look twice
🦪 Oysters cleaning canals
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🎾 The tennis shake-up rattling a tight-knit community
🚘 Congress ave extension opens
🗳️ Power shifts without a vote
🪢 When a familiar name lands in your inbox…look twice
🦪 Oysters cleaning canals
Get the stories👇
Break point
Season’s greetings, Stetters! For you today, West Palm Beach tennis players rally around longtime court operators; the county is about to open the Congress Avenue extension; more than 50 winners without a vote cast; a different kind of email scam; and shucked shells for the environment. 🎾 Players call fault
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December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Tuesday is news day! This week from Stet:
🎾 The tennis shake-up rattling a tight-knit community
🚘 Congress ave extension opens
🗳️ Power shifts without a vote
🪢 When a familiar name lands in your inbox…look twice
🦪 Oysters cleaning canals
Get the stories👇
🎾 The tennis shake-up rattling a tight-knit community
🚘 Congress ave extension opens
🗳️ Power shifts without a vote
🪢 When a familiar name lands in your inbox…look twice
🦪 Oysters cleaning canals
Get the stories👇
Barriers at Northlake Boulevard heading north on Congress should be coming down soon as county expects Phase 1 to be completed this month. As Stet News reports, Phase 2 is yet to start to link Congress to Alternate A1A.
Half-done Congress Avenue extension at Northlake opens this month
Road aims to relieve congestion on Northlake Boulevard, pave way for apartments on former mobile home park.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Barriers at Northlake Boulevard heading north on Congress should be coming down soon as county expects Phase 1 to be completed this month. As Stet News reports, Phase 2 is yet to start to link Congress to Alternate A1A.
Tennis players in West Palm Beach are upset after the city announced it was hiring USTA Florida, which would take over for two popular tennis center operators. Also, formerly free play may now be paid.
West Palm tennis center shake-up angers players
City awards contract to run renovated courts to USTA Florida, plan would end free recreational play.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tennis players in West Palm Beach are upset after the city announced it was hiring USTA Florida, which would take over for two popular tennis center operators. Also, formerly free play may now be paid.
At least 15 local artsts have forwarded the scam emails to council officials since Nov. 5.
‘There’s a scammer out there posing as the Cultural Council chair’
Local artists are being targeted by con artists using bogus emails from a Cultural Council for Palm Beach County official.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
At least 15 local artsts have forwarded the scam emails to council officials since Nov. 5.
Stringing together oyster chains, called vertical oyster gardens, can help clean area waterways. As Stet News reports, they're doing it in North Palm Beach.
Cleaner water on the half shell in North Palm
Volunteers gather to string together oyster shells to dangle beneath docks, revive aquatic life.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Stringing together oyster chains, called vertical oyster gardens, can help clean area waterways. As Stet News reports, they're doing it in North Palm Beach.
Palm Beach County municipal elections 2026: Which candidates have won without a vote being cast and which towns will have contested races.
Meet your candidates 2: Now unopposed winners total 46
Boynton Beach, North Palm Beach added to list of cities where candidates win without election.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Palm Beach County municipal elections 2026: Which candidates have won without a vote being cast and which towns will have contested races.
🦃 Talking turkey prices
🗳️ March elections take shape
📑 West Palm's waterfront wish list
🤝 Riviera picks a partner
🍽️ Farmer Girl's thanksgiving tradition welcomes all
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🗳️ March elections take shape
📑 West Palm's waterfront wish list
🤝 Riviera picks a partner
🍽️ Farmer Girl's thanksgiving tradition welcomes all
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Thanksgiving price check
It’s a special Thanksgiving week edition with Team Stet’s first supermarket price check. Also for you, another survey: Joel tracking down who’s filed for public office. Carolyn with the scoop on an idea to improve the West Palm Beach waterfront, and Riviera Beach’s big step forward on redeveloping the gateway to Singer Island. Plus, from Joe Capozzi, a story of kindness on Thanksgiving.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🦃 Talking turkey prices
🗳️ March elections take shape
📑 West Palm's waterfront wish list
🤝 Riviera picks a partner
🍽️ Farmer Girl's thanksgiving tradition welcomes all
And more! Join thousands of your neighbors, subscribe for free and get Stet delivered straight to your inbox 👇
🗳️ March elections take shape
📑 West Palm's waterfront wish list
🤝 Riviera picks a partner
🍽️ Farmer Girl's thanksgiving tradition welcomes all
And more! Join thousands of your neighbors, subscribe for free and get Stet delivered straight to your inbox 👇
Turkey prices are lower at Publix, Winn-Dixie but other Thanksgiving Day staples put Walmart, Aldi ahead in Stet News survey of grocery store prices.
Let’s talk turkey: Publix has cheaper birds but other items gobble up savings
Discounted turkey price can’t offset higher costs for potatoes, milk, eggs, butter or even a can of soup.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Turkey prices are lower at Publix, Winn-Dixie but other Thanksgiving Day staples put Walmart, Aldi ahead in Stet News survey of grocery store prices.
Free Thanksgiving Day meals are a tradition at Farmer Girl restaurant in Lake Worth Beach. Meet the man who started it.
Giving thanks to Farmer Girl’s Thanksgiving Day gesture: ‘It’s a beautiful thing’
In 1988, Pete Roubekas opened his Lake Worth Beach restaurant on Thanksgiving Day to serve free meals to the needy. His act of kindness blossomed into a Turkey Day tradition.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Free Thanksgiving Day meals are a tradition at Farmer Girl restaurant in Lake Worth Beach. Meet the man who started it.
While city elections aren't until March 10, the field is being determined in November. Here's who qualified to run — and who already has won — so far in the 2026 municipal elections, from Stet News.
Election roundup: Who’s running in your city
27 candidates sweep into office in uncontested municipal races, election isn’t until March.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
While city elections aren't until March 10, the field is being determined in November. Here's who qualified to run — and who already has won — so far in the 2026 municipal elections, from Stet News.
Mayor Keith James commissioned the community study to set a direction for the area between the Flagler Memorial and Royal Park bridges.
Find a better way to manage the West Palm Beach waterfront, report advises
Also: More shade, more fun and make it feel safer.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mayor Keith James commissioned the community study to set a direction for the area between the Flagler Memorial and Royal Park bridges.
The decision comes as the city is building a new water plant, police headquarters, fire station and reviewing proposals for restaurants, a hotel and retail and office space at its Marina Village.
Reshaping Riviera Beach: Council goes with Sonnenblick
City chooses team for massive redevelopment of public land, including new City Hall, sports complex and housing.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The decision comes as the city is building a new water plant, police headquarters, fire station and reviewing proposals for restaurants, a hotel and retail and office space at its Marina Village.
Hello, Tuesday! This week from Stet:
🏝️ Rebuilding a public oasis
🛣️ Gardens gets creative
🏗️ Developers face off in Riviera Beach
🐠 Northwood Village catches The Catch
🗞️ A new Stet initiative takes flight
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🏝️ Rebuilding a public oasis
🛣️ Gardens gets creative
🏗️ Developers face off in Riviera Beach
🐠 Northwood Village catches The Catch
🗞️ A new Stet initiative takes flight
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Rebuilding an oasis
Happy Tuesday! For you today, 31 million reasons to be excited about a Palm Beach public park, creative thinking in Palm Beach Gardens, developers compete for Riviera Beach property and The Catch restaurant comes ashore in Northwood. Plus, get a first look at an important project we’ve been working on this year. 🐚 A milestone at Phipps Ocean Park
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November 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hello, Tuesday! This week from Stet:
🏝️ Rebuilding a public oasis
🛣️ Gardens gets creative
🏗️ Developers face off in Riviera Beach
🐠 Northwood Village catches The Catch
🗞️ A new Stet initiative takes flight
Don't miss a single story, sign up today! 📨
🏝️ Rebuilding a public oasis
🛣️ Gardens gets creative
🏗️ Developers face off in Riviera Beach
🐠 Northwood Village catches The Catch
🗞️ A new Stet initiative takes flight
Don't miss a single story, sign up today! 📨
The housing project's approval is part of the city’s transformation into a boomtown.
$325 million Broadway project: Riviera Beach picks Forest Development
Five investors offered up to $4.5 million for the publicly owned property.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The housing project's approval is part of the city’s transformation into a boomtown.
With Phase 1 finished, the real work begins at Phipps Ocean Park
A $31 restoration is a grand vision for the Palm Beach jewel.
A $31 restoration is a grand vision for the Palm Beach jewel.
With Phase 1 finished, the real work begins at Phipps Ocean Park
A $31 restoration is a grand vision for the Palm Beach jewel.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
With Phase 1 finished, the real work begins at Phipps Ocean Park
A $31 restoration is a grand vision for the Palm Beach jewel.
A $31 restoration is a grand vision for the Palm Beach jewel.
What's all that construction work at Military Trail and Kyoto Gardens Drive in Palm Beach Gardens? It's workers adding a lane to the bridge at the FPL office campus without rebuilding the bridge. Read more from Stet News.
Not a bridge too far: Gardens widens span without rebuild
By adding a pedestrian-only connector, Palm Beach Gardens opens space for additional lane on Kyoto Gardens Drive.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What's all that construction work at Military Trail and Kyoto Gardens Drive in Palm Beach Gardens? It's workers adding a lane to the bridge at the FPL office campus without rebuilding the bridge. Read more from Stet News.
“It's not just about the buildings. It's the whole environment that matters."
Danielle Del Sol takes over at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
The Phipps Ocean Park restoration is one reason she said 'yes."
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“It's not just about the buildings. It's the whole environment that matters."
The Phipps family's holdings included 28 miles of oceanfront between Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach.
Meet the Phipps family, Palm Beach benefactors
Their gift of 18 oceanfront acres for a Palm Beach park ensures paradise in perpetuity.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Phipps family's holdings included 28 miles of oceanfront between Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach.
After leaving Lake Park, The Catch Seafood & Sushi considered Palm Beach Gardens before landing in West Palm Beach's Northwood Village.
The Catch prepares to open in West Palm’s Northwood Village
Sushi and seafood to be featured as husband-and-wife team plan December opening.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
After leaving Lake Park, The Catch Seafood & Sushi considered Palm Beach Gardens before landing in West Palm Beach's Northwood Village.
Tuesday is Newsday! Your weekly pulse check – growth and change edition:
🌆 West Palm Beach leads county growth since 2020
✈️ New flight paths, new frustrations
🚔 Riviera Beach makes way for a new police HQ
🎨 Artists find a creative home in Lake Park
And more, this week from Stet 👇
🌆 West Palm Beach leads county growth since 2020
✈️ New flight paths, new frustrations
🚔 Riviera Beach makes way for a new police HQ
🎨 Artists find a creative home in Lake Park
And more, this week from Stet 👇
Where we’re growing
Welcome back. For you today, West Palm Beach sets the population pace, but residents want fewer jets overhead; Riviera Beach water park site to become police headquarters; and artists nest in Lake Park. But first: Thank you on this Veterans Day to everyone who served. ⏫ West Palm leads county’s growth since 2020
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November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Tuesday is Newsday! Your weekly pulse check – growth and change edition:
🌆 West Palm Beach leads county growth since 2020
✈️ New flight paths, new frustrations
🚔 Riviera Beach makes way for a new police HQ
🎨 Artists find a creative home in Lake Park
And more, this week from Stet 👇
🌆 West Palm Beach leads county growth since 2020
✈️ New flight paths, new frustrations
🚔 Riviera Beach makes way for a new police HQ
🎨 Artists find a creative home in Lake Park
And more, this week from Stet 👇
The new studio brings more attention to Lake Park as a place where creative people can find others who share their spirit.
Artists band together to open in Lake Park
After closure of Zero Empty Spaces in Palm Beach Gardens, five artists team up to find their own space.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The new studio brings more attention to Lake Park as a place where creative people can find others who share their spirit.
The police have been operating in leased space since last year when they left the police station that was part of Riviera Beach’s aging municipal complex.
Riviera Beach approves new police headquarters
The center will rise on city property that was home to Barracuda Bay water park.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The police have been operating in leased space since last year when they left the police station that was part of Riviera Beach’s aging municipal complex.
Since the Secret Service changed flight patterns at PBIA whether President Trump is home or not, departing planes have filled the airspace — and the sound waves — over West Palm and Palm Beach neighborhoods not accustomed to the constant noise.
Secret Service flight rules alarm PBIA neighbors
Even when President Trump is out of town, planes must fly northeast over once-quiet residences.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Since the Secret Service changed flight patterns at PBIA whether President Trump is home or not, departing planes have filled the airspace — and the sound waves — over West Palm and Palm Beach neighborhoods not accustomed to the constant noise.
Population estimates updated: Some Palm Beach County cities make huge gains, some decrease since the 2020 U.S. Census.
West Palm leads county’s growth since 2020
Some small towns have lost population since the U.S. Census, new population estimates show.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Population estimates updated: Some Palm Beach County cities make huge gains, some decrease since the 2020 U.S. Census.