Mangonia Park News

The closest the South Florida commuter rail system came was three years ago when lawmakers approved a measure that would have allowed the three counties Tri-Rail operates in - Palm Beach, Miami-Dade and Broward - to hold a referendum on a $2 rental car surcharge that would go only to keep the trains running.

By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE - Orlando's $1.2 billion SunRail commuter train is grabbing headlines, but there might be another big winner as a special session on transportation issues becomes more likely: Tri-Rail, South Florida's 20-year-old train system.

Palm Beach County commissioners will decide today whether to move forward with the purchase land for a new landfill or wait and see if they can swap property they already own for the dump instead.

A kitten was killed when someone shot him with a BB gun in a Mangonia Park neighborhood.

Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control says someone is using kittens as target practice.

Authorities say one person was fatally shot and another was stabbed in separate incidents in West Palm Beach.

Authorities have charged a 24-year-old Riviera Beach man with murder in the shooting death of a man in Mangonia Park last November.

A coalition of black elected officials is using its political muscle to push a controversial plan to build an "inland port" in the Glades.

Palm Beach County Commissioners have received and filed five standard development agreements, three of which are in Commission District Five, as follows: Pine Ridge at Delray Beach Master Association, Inc.

A disproportionate number of black people in Palm Beach County have tested positive for HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS.

The city council sitting as the Utility District board approved a rate increase for water and sewer service tonight that will raise a typical residential bill by $10 a month.

Leslie London of Vero Beach and friends. Customers are searching out the Giant Javas placed throughout Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast before the crack of dawn Friday.