Lake Worth Bridge

This major project will be over by May.

Lake Worth Road (SR 802) Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway (City of Lake Worth)Construction on this 0.3-mile project began Thursday, October 2, 2014, in the City of Lake Worth. Work consists of the full removal and replacement of the bascule and flanking span steel superstructure coating system, spall repair, cathodic protection upgrades and the maintenance and operation of the bridge. The project costs an estimated $2.6 million. The work is being performed by Coastal Gunite Construction Company, Inc. and is expected to be completed spring 2015.

Crime Lake Worth

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BEVERAGE VIOLATION--15049436--600 BLOCK S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 1:10:00 AM

SHOOTING--15049408--1500 BLOCK S K ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/13/2015 11:15:00 PM

ASSAULT--15049386--600 BLOCK LATONA AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/13/2015 9:38:00 PM

DISTURBANCE--15049290--6TH AVE S & S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/13/2015 4:52:00 PM

BURGLARY - RESIDENCE--15049217--800 BLOCK COCHRAN DR--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/13/2015 1:03:00 PM

VANDALISM--15049127--600 BLOCK LAKE AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/13/2015 9:17:00 AM

ASSAULT--15049745--200 BLOCK N A ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 10:30:00 PM

ASSAULT--15049731--600 BLOCK 3RD AVE S--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 9:30:00 PM

STOLEN VEHICLE--15049697--600 BLOCK S A ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 7:36:00 PM

STOLEN VEHICLE--15049670--10TH AVE N & BARNETT DR--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 5:44:00 PM

ASSAULT--15049623--1300 BLOCK LAKE AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 3:19:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15049551--100 BLOCK N G ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 11:05:00 AM

THEFT/LARCENY--15049511--1700 BLOCK LAKE WORTH RD--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 9:56:00 AM

THEFT/LARCENY--15049501--1200 BLOCK MATHIS ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 8:42:00 AM

THEFT/LARCENY--15049469--1000 BLOCK N G ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/14/2015 6:13:00 AM

STOLEN TAG--15050160--1100 BLOCK RIDGE ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 5:44:00 AM

DISTURBANCE--15050129--500 BLOCK S K ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 1:35:00 AM

ROBBERY - PERSON--15050105--600 BLOCK N DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 10:49:00 PM

DRUNK DRIVER--15050085--400 BLOCK S LAKESIDE DR--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 10:46:00 PM

VANDALISM--15050086--1200 BLOCK N H ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 10:28:00 PM

STOLEN TAG--15050057--1100 BLOCK N F ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 9:05:00 PM

STOLEN TAG--15050046--LUCERNE AVE & N K ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 8:48:00 PM

DISTURBANCE--15050048--1200 BLOCK N H ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 8:33:00 PM

BURGLARY - RESIDENCE--15050035--1100 BLOCK S K ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 7:33:00 PM

ASSAULT--15050007--600 BLOCK LAKE AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 5:58:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15049989--2700 BLOCK 6TH AVE S--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 4:49:00 PM

BURGLARY - RESIDENCE--15049924--1400 BLOCK BARTON RD--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 1:08:00 PM

SHOOTING--15049920--1800 BLOCK LAKE OSBORNE DR--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 12:10:00 PM

ASSAULT--15049870--2000 BLOCK 10TH AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/15/2015 10:33:00 AM

THEFT/LARCENY--15050501--1900 BLOCK LAKE WORTH RD--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 9:15:00 PM

JUVENILE TROUBLE--15050463--600 BLOCK S L ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 7:13:00 PM

ASSAULT--15050401--2500 BLOCK LAKE WORTH RD--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 4:56:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15050388--800 BLOCK TRUMAN AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 4:41:00 PM

STOLEN TAG--15050351--1600 BLOCK S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 3:17:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15050333--1700 BLOCK LAKE WORTH RD--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 2:17:00 PM

STOLEN TAG--15050292--500 BLOCK S A ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 1:05:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15050271--800 BLOCK S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 12:15:00 PM

DISTURBANCE--15050204--5TH AVE N & N DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 9:08:00 AM

ROBBERY - VEHICLE--15050170--800 BLOCK TRUMAN AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/16/2015 7:29:00 AM

Theft--03/14/15 11:05 AM--100 BLOCK OF G

Vandalism--03/13/15 09:17 AM--600 BLOCK OF LAKE

Other--03/15/15 02:56 AM--100 BLOCK OF FEDERAL

Theft--03/14/15 09:56 AM--1700 BLOCK OF LAKE WORTH

Arrest--03/15/15 10:46 PM--400 BLOCK OF LAKESIDE

Robbery--03/15/15 10:49 PM--600 BLOCK OF DIXIE

Other--03/14/15 01:10 AM--600 BLOCK OF DIXIE

Other--03/15/15 07:51 AM--1700 BLOCK OF SUNSET

Theft--03/15/15 09:05 PM--1100 BLOCK OF F

Theft--03/14/15 06:13 AM--1000 BLOCK OF G

Shooting--03/13/15 11:15 PM--1500 BLOCK OF K

Other--03/15/15 08:33 PM--1200 BLOCK OF H

Vandalism--03/15/15 10:28 PM--1200 BLOCK OF H

Theft--03/14/15 11:49 AM--1200 BLOCK OF 19TH

Other--03/15/15 03:57 PM--1700 BLOCK OF FEDERAL

BURGLARY - RESIDENCE--15050922--900 BLOCK N A ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/17/2015 8:37:00 PM

STOLEN TAG--15050707--000 BLOCK HOLIDAY DR--Palm Beach County Sheriff-- 3/17/2015 12:55:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15050692--100 BLOCK S M ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/17/2015 12:19:00 PM

STOLEN VEHICLE--15050668--000 BLOCK N FEDERAL HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/17/2015 11:32:00 AM

BEVERAGE VIOLATION--15050654--200 BLOCK N DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/17/2015 11:15:00 AM

BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15050582--1500 BLOCK LUCERNE AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/17/2015 7:53:00 AM

ASSAULT--15051332--900 BLOCK S G ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 8:22:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15051278--1000 BLOCK S G ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 5:55:00 PM

SHOPLIFTING--15051273--500 BLOCK LAKE AVE--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 5:32:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15051248--1100 BLOCK N L ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 4:33:00 PM

FORGERY/COUNTERFEIT--15051233--000 BLOCK N FEDERAL HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 3:11:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15051200--600 BLOCK S DIXIE--HWY Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 2:22:00 PM

VANDALISM--15051150--1000 BLOCK S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/18/2015 12:41:00 PM

ROBBERY - PERSON--15051809--100 BLOCK S GOLFVIEW RD--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/20/2015 1:50:00 AM

BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051801--1400 BLOCK LAKE VICTORIA DR--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/20/2015 12:23:00 AM

BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051762--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 9:45:00 PM

ROBBERY - PERSON--15051771--N H ST & 4TH AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 9:36:00 PM

THEFT/LARCENY--15051750--600 BLOCK S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 8:23:00 PM

BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051722--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:28:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051723--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:28:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051724--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:28:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051720--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:27:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051721--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:27:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051718--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:26:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051719--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:26:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051714--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:20:00 PM
BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051713--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 7:20:00 PM

ASSAULT--15051686--1400 BLOCK N J ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 4:56:00 PM

BURGLARY - VEHICLE--15051639--1800 BLOCK 2ND AVE N--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 3:11:00 PM

JUVENILE TROUBLE--15051608--10TH AVE S & S DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 2:30:00 PM

VANDALISM--15051561--600 BLOCK N L ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 1:28:00 PM

DISTURBANCE--15051494--1200 BLOCK S N ST--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 10:12:00 AM

ROBBERY - PERSON--15051417--1100 BLOCK S FEDERAL HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 6:05:00 AM

ASSAULT--15051424--300 BLOCK N DIXIE HWY--Palm Beach County Sheriff--3/19/2015 6:02:00 AM

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters "unloaded"

Obama is acting like “some snitty, little, high school queen bee,” says Ret. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters.

Obama administration officials greeted Netanyahu's win with harsh words Wednesday and suggestions that the U.S. might scale back its support for Israel at the United Nations, a significant reversal in policy after years of vetoing resolutions damaging to Jerusalem, said CNN.

Sunset 3-20-15

Keep Briger tract natural

Read Lake Worth's own Drew Martin and his Op Ed piece in the Palm Beach Post: 

Keep Briger tract natural

Marco Rubio on Israel

The "C" word is not allowed

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This one is too funny involving our state Senator, Jeff Clemens.

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Judge and Jury - The "Dahling" of City Hall

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Lake Worth Herald

In 1912, The Lucerne Herald was founded. It changed its name in 1915 to the Lake Worth Herald. Is the Herald now Judge, Jury and Executioner based on gossip, hearsay and politics?  Some say, "yes"and some say that the city was lacking in the respect that a newspaper should be helping readers become informed by providing them with facts and statistics and staying unbiased.

Yesterday, a story about Dee McNamara, based on second-hand information, was printed on the front page of the Lake Worth Herald. It seems a city employee accused McNamara of using the N word when asked to move from the front row to the back of the chamber the night of the Swearing-In Ceremony. Easton, publisher of the Herald, didn't hear her say the N word. Is it acceptable for Mr. Easton to smear someone on the front page of his newspaper but the supposed employee who reported the incident to the city manager and city attorney stays anonymous? Is it acceptable under any circumstance? Somehow, the allegation immediately "leaked" out to the Lake Worth Herald who ran with the unsubstantiated, "he said, she said." There was no witness who over-heard the conversation.  There was no audio recording of it. The subject of this hearsay, Mrs. McNamara, denies it and wanted to know who was lying. The Herald gave her no benefit of the doubt but went with the ugly one-sided story, an "epic fail."

It's easy to to ruin your enemies’ lives, end their careers and leave them utterly destitute. And all you need is a computer, a blog or a newspaper that is highly, politically charged.  A newsman must get to the truth and not resort to gossip to make a story that could be proven as libel. Even The National Enquirer does in-depth research.

According to Chapter 69, The News Manual on Defamation, a professional source for journalists and the media, "Words are very powerful. Journalists use them to inform, entertain and educate their readers and listeners. Words can be used to expose faults or abuses in society and to identify people who are to blame. However, used wrongly or unwisely, they can do harm. Words can misinform the public and they can hurt people with false accusations. At one stroke words can destroy a reputation which someone has spent a lifetime building. So people must be protected from the wrongful use of words.

You can defame a person by repeating words spoken by someone else, for example an interviewee. It is no defense to claim that you were only quoting someone else. If you write something defamatory, you could be taken to court, along with your editor, your publisher and printer or your broadcasting authority, the person who said the words in the first place ... even the newspaper seller."

Clay Glass - Tonight downtown Lake Worth

Sunset 3-19-15

Netanyahu on Fox News tonight

Fox News TONIGHT: Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו sits down with Megyn Kelly at 9p ET. He'll discuss his election victory, relationship with President Obama and the looming threat from Iran. Don't miss The Kelly File on Fox News Channel.

Muslim College in Berkeley

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A Muslim college has now been accredited that is located in Berkeley, California.  It is no surprise to me that California is the state they chose.  This is probably the first of what will be many in the United States as the Muslim population grows. They are walking over our unprotected borders in droves. US. Ranchers in southern Arizona have found Muslim prayer rugs, Qurans and other Muslim items.

At the moment, Muslims consist of  0.6% of the population.

Read about Zaytuna College

Lake Worth entertaining idea of beach expansion?

The Town of Palm Beach is discussing it--the people of Lake Worth certainly are talking about it...it's our beach and all this discussion has been behind closed doors. Andy Amoroso knows what's going on--he's on the committee. And John Szerdi at the Lake Worth Playhouse debate said that someone had broken the cone of silence regarding it as his employer is the one who wants the city to approve his bid to expand it.

"Lake Worth has big plans for its Casino Building and Beach Complex in the South End — an expansion that would add more than 40,000 square feet to the oceanfront development."

We just got through spending $13 million on our beach.  This just isn't good enough for some people. 

Read more... at the Shiny Sheet. 

Pastor Mike Olive and his story - Common Ground Church

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Common Ground Church is proclaiming love is greater than hate. That's it. 84 hours a week are devoted to selling coffee and bagels; 6 hours a week are spent on preaching the word of God. They are being the light in the middle of darkness in downtown Lake Worth. "Live with the Light on--the hope of Jesus," says Pastor Mike.

Coffee and muffins this morning at Common Grounds Coffee Shop

with Pastor Mike Olive
Church Services 10am Sunday, March 22

An Earlier video that tells Pastor Mike's story

Flamingos have returned to the Everglades

INFO for the Flamingo carpool trips!

Carpool birding trips to see the Flamingos of Palm Beach County! Contact Susan McKemy at asetripinfo@gmail.com

Flamingos have returned during March and April for at least the last 9 years. Audubon Society of the Everglades (ASE) has entered the only agreement with SFWMD to offer birding trips to see the flamingos before they depart. Read More: INFO for the Flamingo carpool trips!

Move to Block Porn on Internet

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Don't be peeking over the shoulder of someone on his laptop as you eat your Big Mac or stroll into Starbucks for that Latte--the guy next to you might be viewing hard-core porn.

The group, Enough is Enough, is asking the two corporate giants, McDonalds and Starbucks, to provide the same Internet filtering at their U.S. stores that they offer in the United Kingdom, protecting customers and especially children from online pornography.

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Sunset 3-18-15

Keep a balanced approach to growth in Lake Worth

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Letters to the Editor
Palm Beach Post
March 18, 2015

Keep balance in mind as Lake Worth grows

I’m an anarchist. I’m in my 50s, and I’m an anarchist because I don’t want Lake Worth to become Delray Beach or Boca Raton (no offense to either place).

We don’t need an urban canyon in downtown Lake Worth. And it doesn’t matter who keeps pushing for it, you are going to be defeated.

I’m not a Luddite. We do need to grow as a city, but we don’t need to saturate our downtown with four-story buildings to do that, or sell our beach. As The Post so rightly pointed out, what this city needs is balance. For us to move forward and grow cohesively, we must do it with the needs of all those in the city considered — and not just developers and others who just see only dollar bills, not lives, families and homes.

We are creating something amazing — a diverse funky town that I am excited to watch my son grow up in. With a balanced approach to growth, we will be the “Jewel” that this city’s originators saw and will become the future they envisioned.

CHRIS BELL
LAKE WORTH

Chuck Norris on Netanyahu

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Netanyahu surged ahead after a last-minute lurch to the right in which he opposed Palestinian statehood and vowed continued settlement construction, setting the stage for fresh confrontations with the White House just weeks after criticizing U.S. talks with Iran in a divisive address to Congress, says ABC News

Lake Worth General Obligation Bond Reminder

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As the bully blogger seems to like my blog so much but doesn't understand satire (he continues to grab copy and photos off my blog to make points) and just wants to bring-down the Lake Worth Tribune, Lynn's Little Bit of Trivia, Channel 12, and the Palm Beach Post (people or entities that disagree with him), I have reinstated the following blog that was published on 8-29-14 after the Lake Worth 2020 crashed and burned. This is solely for his benefit as well as a reminder to all of you of the money grab that the mayor (the face of the city) wants to revive.  Also, we all need to be reminded that when you add copy to an original story and take something out of context to make a false point, and you don't reference the original article with a link, you lose your credibility as well as the fact it's copyright infringement. This graphic had to do with the Mayor's General Obligation Bond that failed at the polls. Everyone with average intelligence knows that other than the bully and one or two of his friends.

As there has been talk of this bond being resurrected in some sort of fashion, we are curious as to why the scheduled workshop for this Saturday was postponed. Perhaps they will clue us in at the regularly (re-scheduled commission meeting) on March 24.

Crashed and Burned

Will the city come up with another retroactive law

that doesn't apply in order to overturn a legal election

won by the people?

Or will they just try to moan and groan about the number of people who were "turned away" at the polls because of some "faulty" new equipment.  All of these "turn-aways" will now come out of the closet.

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