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One of the many things that separates me from my contemporaries was the fact that I played soccer in junior high (that designation dates me!) and high school. Today soccer is de rigeur for people growing up in these United States, but until, say, the late 1970′s that wasn’t the case. A good deal of …
Category Archive: The Palm Beach Experience
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Dec
15
2011
Publix: Still the Event of the Season
Some things don’t change in Palm Beach: Before sunrise Thursday, just a handful of customers were waiting outside the new Palm Beach Publix, scheduled to open at 7 a.m. By 6:50 a.m. the crowd had grown to about 50 people. That’s when store manager Nick Abiusi decided to let the throng in, handing them the …
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Nov
17
2011
Certified for Occupancy: Will the Re-Opening of the Palm Beach Publix be the Next “Event of the Season?”
Publix has cleared yet another hurdle in its process to re-open its Palm Beach store: The new Palm Beach Publix was issued a conditional certificate of occupancy Wednesday from the Town’s Planning, Zoning and Building Department. The store was inspected Tuesday and late last week. “This essentially means that the project is substantially complete,” said …
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Oct
13
2011
Book Review: Laurence Leamer’s Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach
One day while growing up in Palm Beach, I stopped to visit my grandmother. As I’ve documented numerous times on this blog, I frequently found myself on the wrong end of Palm Beach’s brutal social system (well, the young part of it, at least.) In response to my complaints about the place, she, in some …
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Sep
24
2011
Joe Biden Reaches Out to the Rabbis
Yes, he does: Biden told the group of rabbis that he’s had disagreements with President Barack Obama over some of the language that he uses regarding Israel, said Klein, a Democrat who represented Congressional District 22, which includes Palm Beach. “I will defend, down to my last breath that this administration has one of the …
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Sep
13
2011
Even Those at the Top Know We Have a Poverty Problem
Well, in Palm Beach, at least: Wander along Worth Avenue, Rodeo Drive or Fifth Avenue and you’d be hard-pressed to even think America has a soaring poverty rate. But it does. Whether high-enders want to acknowledge it or not our poverty rate has been climbing for the past few years, according to the Census Bureau. …
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Sep
03
2011
My Thoughts on “The Help”
The recent move The Help has focused a great deal of attention on the whole relationship between wealthy white people (and “wealthy” is a relative term) and their black domestic help. The movie (at least, I haven’t read the book) cuts across many stereotypes on every side of the issue. And it’s always dangerous in …
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Aug
27
2011
After the Palm Beach Season: Sometimes It Pays to Stay on the Island
A few “snowbirds” are finding this out the hard way: Palm Beacher Jessie Araskog said Saturday she and her husband, Rand, decided to evacuate their Southampton home and get a suite at the St. Regis hotel in Manhattan. “We are all boarded up and ready for the storm,” Araskog said. Jessie Araskog said her daughter, …
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Jun
19
2011
FPL’s Port of Palm Beach Smokestacks: Another South Florida Landmark Bites the Dust
Literally, in this case: Dozens came to the Lake Trail on the north end of Palm Beach begin their Father’s Day with a bang. The 8:30 a.m. Sunday demolition of the 300 foot smokestacks and the boilers at the Florida Power and Light power plant across the Intercoastal Waterway in Riviera Beach drew curious families …
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Jun
14
2011
Message from the Town of Palm Beach: No New Taxes
That’s what they’re telling Palm Beach County: Two town officials and a town resident were among the voices urging Palm Beach County Commissioners on Monday to control spending and keep a lid on property taxes. Mayor Gail Coniglio encouraged commissioners at a county budget workshop to follow the example set by the town, which she …
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