Riviera Beach News

Plan a fun weekend right here! July 2, 2009 - 10:42 AM Palm Beach Post CBS 12 and the Palm Beach Post have partnered up to help you plan your weekend with a list of events happening in our area.

A man was found shot to death in a car that crashed into a fire hydrant Saturday night, authorities said.

A 15-year-old boy is charged with robbing a couple at gunpoint. Robert Lamont Felder, of Riviera Beach, clad in an orange jumpsuit indicating he was a juvenile, appeared this morning before Judge William Bollinger.

The city council approved a $2.2 million contract tonight for the second phase of improvements at the Dan Calloway Recreation Complex on West 10th Street.

Recent news has been grim on the streets just west of George Street Park. Anthony Holt, 21, was gunned down at West Fourth Street and Avenue J around 10:45 p.m. on April 23.

Riviera Beach police are cracking down on violent crime in the city. Police set up their mobile command center near George Street Park on Tuesday morning, the fourth stage of "Operation Safe Community." Police hope their increased presence will reduce crime and promote community awareness.

A morning grease fire at a senior retirement community sent residents scrambling for cover, but it wasn't because of the flames.

As Oren Monroe waits in his wheelchair, Riviera Beach Fire and Rescue firefighter Dave Weitzer brings him his dog tag and keys from his damp apartment Sunday morning at Villa Franciscan on the 2100 block of Avenue F in Riviera Beach.

Tyler McLellan was only 15 years old when he died. This weekend his family is remembering their son, and raising money to help out kids in South Florida.

Frustrated by the lack of specifics in a revised marina redevelopment plan, the city council Wednesday set a July 22 deadline for Viking Developers LLC and the Community Redevelopment Agency staff to deliver cost estimates and details of land swaps proposed for the marina district redevelopment.

Limited summer hours at the library will begin on Monday. The library will be open 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, until regular hours resume Sept.

Despite years of job losses with the decline of its major employer, the city of Flint can "absolutely" be saved, acting Mayor Michael Brown told CNBC last week.

More than 40 years after Anita Parrish graduated from what was then Bethune-Cookman College, she still tears up when telling the story of the school's founder, Mary McLeod-Bethune. The daughter of slaves, born on a rice and cotton farm, Bethune started the school in 1904 with $1.50 with the goal of educating young black women in Daytona Beach.

Palm Beach County Commissioners have approved a $1.4 million Change Order 1 in a contract with M&J Construction Company of Pinellas County, Inc - increasing the total contract value now to $4 million.

A National Football League star came back home to the Treasure Coast on Saturday to tackle the issue of nonviolence.

Three kittens trapped in metal piping under a Riviera Beach boat ramp were rescued Wednesday.

The city council took the following action tonight. All votes were unanimous unless otherwise noted.

Three dramatic rescues... Caught on tape... Animal control workers pull three tiny kittens... Out of a pipe.

The city violated the state's Sunshine Law by failing to keep written minutes of agenda-review meetings, a Palm Beach County judge ruled last week in a case brought by city activist Fane Lozman.

New City Manager Ruth Jones will be greeted with big expectations when she moves into her office at city hall on June 22.