WEST PALM BEACH -- Just how to make Okeechobee, between Australian Avenue and the Intracoastal Waterway, less scary was the point of a meeting Monday at the convention center, where about 200 city, county and state officials gathered. Palm Beach's Mayor Gail Coniglio was a host at the meeting. The Civic Association helped underwrite the summit.
Jill and David Gilmour, the founder of Fiji Water and a Civic Association Director, invited the Civic Association to tour the Opportunity Early Childhood Center and see the future plans for the Erin H. Gilmour Early Learning Center in the Westgate area of West Palm Beach.
By Michele Dargan, Special for the Civic Association -- Hildegarde “Hillie” Ercklentz Mahoney remembers when she was preparing to celebrate her eighth birthday with her family in Japan on June 22, 1941.
“I had no idea,” said Susan Keenan, VP Membership and Marketing for the Civic Association. “It was a total surprise.”
By Michele Dargan, Special for the Civic Association -- In her State of Palm Beach address, Mayor Gail Coniglio said the eyes of the world are continually focused on Palm Beach because of President Donald Trump’s frequent weekend visits.
By Michele Dargan, Special for the Civic Association -- More than 300 people attended the Palm Beach Civic Association’s Annual Meeting Monday morning at the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum.
The Civic Association toured the Ann Norton Sculputure Garden. The event was sponsored by the Everglades Foundation. Enjoy the photos!
By Michele Dargan, Special for the Civic Association -- Canadian-born entrepreneur David H. Gilmour says Americans need to “wake up” in the areas of education and health.
By Michele Dargan, Special for the Civic Association -- The projected construction costs of burying the town’s utility lines have gone up close to 10 percent from the $90 million project approved in a town referendum last year, said Jeffrey Smith, chairman of the town’s Undergrounding Utility Task Force.
By: Michele Dargan, Special for the Civic Association -- The use of Mar-A-Lago as President Donald Trump’s Southern White House dramatically increases the attraction of Palm Beach for ideological motivated terrorists, security expert Michael Reiter said Thursday.
