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Plastic straw ban takes effect today in Palm Beach

A new law, which effectively prohibits the use of single-use plastic straws and stirrers “being sold or distributed in the Town of Palm Beach,”

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Haverhill man killed in crash on Florida’s Turnpike

A 46-year-old Palm Beach County man died Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Florida’s Turnpike, the Florida Highway Patrol reports.

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Broward County deputy terminated for slamming teen’s face in viral video

A Broward County sheriff’s deputy has been fired after he was seen on a cell phone video slamming a teenager’s face onto the pavement at a South Florida strip mall earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.

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Plastic straw ban takes effect today in Palm Beach

A new law, which effectively prohibits the use of single-use plastic straws and stirrers “being sold or distributed in the Town of Palm Beach,

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Broward County deputy terminated for slamming teen’s face in viral video

A Broward County sheriff’s deputy has been fired after he was seen on a cell phone video slamming a teenager’s face onto the pavement at a South Florida strip mall earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.

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Palm Beach: Larger-than-expected car show crowd caused traffic woes – Palm Beach Post

Sunday’s Palm Beach Concours drew around 2,000 people instead of the 500 the town was expecting, resulting in traffic gridlocks along Worth Avenue

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Flasher Costume May Cost Broward Schools Director Pay Cut, Demotion

An administrator for Broward County schools faces a demotion and a nearly $44,000 pay cut because she showed up for work on Halloween dressed as a flasher. A complaint filed with the school district said Mary Coker, 46, showed up at a school for adult students and at an administrative office party wearing a costume of “only a black coat…

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Powerhouse Broward Claims 3 More Titles at USTA Florida Combo 18 & Over Sectionals

Broward County awarded a $1.5 million contract to Miami-based architecture firm Zyscovich to deliver a conceptual design for a new government center in downtown Fort Lauderdale that the county and city would share.

County commissioners voted unanimously to award the contract to Zyscovich after bo

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Broward County deputy terminated for slamming teen’s face in viral video

A Broward County sheriff’s deputy has been fired after he was seen on a cell phone video slamming a teenager’s face onto the pavement at a South Florida strip mall earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.

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Palm Beach: Larger than expected car show crowd caused traffic woes

Sunday’s Palm Beach Concours drew around 2,000 people instead of the 500 the town was expecting, resulting in traffic gridlocks along Worth Avenue

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