13 Jun Five ways we can build more affordable housing

With all due respect for our County Commissioners, throwing money at the affordable housing crisis is the wrong approach. Alternatively, cities and counties across America have adopted policies to address similar problems while targeting multiple related concerns like mental and physical health declines, global warming, pollution’s threat to clear air and water and pedestrian safety....

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02 May Avenir returns ranch to nature

The wading birds exploded from the grassy wetlands like confetti from a popped balloon. Gawky wood storks and great blue herons with sparks of pink roseate spoonbills circled and swooped, then settled again in a prey-rich pond in the far western reaches of Palm Beach Gardens....

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21 Feb Palm Beach pushes for right to regulate pesticide use

Citing the harm to human and environmental health from the over-application of toxic pesticides, herbicides and fungicides on the island, the Town Council has approved a resolution to push for the right to regulate the use of these chemicals....

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05 Jan County OKs lease to restore JFK bunker

More than four years after a piece of Palm Beach history closed to the public, officials have agreed to a set of terms that would see the county take over the bunker built for President John F. Kennedy and other historical properties on a portion of Peanut Island....

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