North Palm Beach News

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WEST PALM BEACH METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 2:45 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT TO 6 MILES NORTH OF LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

Bard and Kara Rockenbach have listed for sale a four-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 501 Overlook Dr.

On Thursday, June 18th, just before 1:00 am, Fire Rescue and Palm Beach Sheriff's Deputies raced to the Touchee Hair Salon on U.S. 1 in North Palm Beach as the business went up in a blaze of flames.

Judy Hatfield, center, of Palm Beach rehearses with actor Barry Bostwick, right, as the student crew of G-Star School of the Arts prepares to film 'It's a Dog-Gone Tale.: Destiny's Stand.' INSIDE G-STAR SCHOOL G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting is the largest film and television production high school in the nation and ...

Palm Beacher Bobbie Lindsay sent me a note recently proclaiming the success of the first Lionfish Derby and Tasting in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.

New students at Palm Beach Atlantic University and Northwood University will receive copies of the Palm Beach Guide & Phonebook as part of their freshman orientation.

The royal poinciana tree in Bradley Park, circa 1992-93. Below: A postcard of Henry Flagler's former Royal Poinciana Hotel, which took its name from the tree.

DVDs for sale at a Riviera Beach thrift store caught the eye of a shopper who noticed some of them bore stickers identifying them as property of the Palm Beach County Public Library System.

A local couple took borrowing from the local library a little too far and were arrested Wednesday on charges of dealing in stolen property and theft.

Independent Health has launched a for-profit business aimed at capturing a part of the growing vitamin and supplements market.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT... LION COUNTRY SAFARI... NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT... TEQUESTA... ROYAL PALM BEACH... WELLINGTON... PALM BEACH GARDENS... AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

Elizabeth Doane came home to South Florida on Monday carrying an unusual souvenir from her trip to China: the face mask she was forced to wear during a week of quarantine.

One of the tragedies of the Bernie Madoff scandal is the demise of the $1 billion Picower Foundation, which for so long spread its wealth to so many charitable causes throughout Palm Beach County.

Fire hydrant, mailbox hit - Police on June 12 were called to the 1700 block of South Ocean Boulevard because a fire hydrant had been knocked off its base and a mailbox post broken after apparently being struck by a car.

The ordeal may soon be over for three local students and a businessman locked up in Beijing because of H1N1 fears.

A 3.4 percent drop in average taxable property values apparently won't translate into a tax cut for Palm Beachers.

Charging management with trying to bust their union, members of the Service Employees International Union filed charges today with the National Labor Relations Board against the owners of the Courtyard Gardens Rehabilitation Center.

Coin missing - Someone stole a $100 Liberty gold coin worth $23,000 from an unlocked display case at the Arcade Currency Palace Wednesday.

Health officials out of the Palm Beach County Health Department stated that they think some of the boys were already sick before leaving for their camping trip, and that they ended up passing it on to others during the trip.

A 46-year-old West Palm Beach accountant has been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus and is in a Chinese hospital.