By Michele Dargan, A Civic Association Special Report. Candidates for the U.S. Senate and Florida Senate as well as key Palm Beach County offices, including county commissioner, supervisor of elections, sheriff and public defender are among the races on the ballot for the primary election August 30.
Health officials grappling with the Zika virus in Florida face a mystery: a pregnant woman who set off the Zika scare is not connected to a one square-mile area in where officials have identified the virus.
Mosquito control officials have twice been to the home of a Palm Beach County resident with a non-travel case of Zika virus and believe there is “very, very low potential” the person was infected locally or has passed on the virus to mosquitoes in the neighborhood.
The FY17 proposed budget is now available on the Town’s website. The total proposed FY2017 town-wide budget including all funds is $159,561,950. The total proposed General Fund operating budget is $75,439,538.
The Palm Beach Civic Association celebrates the life of Suzanne Wright, devoted mother and grandmother, visionary co-founder of Autism Speaks, and loving wife of our Civic Association Chairman and CEO Bob Wright.
The Town of Palm Beach held a Community Forum on the Zika virus today in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. The meeting was well attended by residents, property managers, landscape and pest control service personnel, and the press.
Florida has confirmed 10 more homegrown cases of Zika in people infected by local mosquitoes, leading federal health officials to advise women who are pregnant or considering becoming pregnant to avoid the area just north of downtown Miami where Zika is spreading. Palm Beachers are encouraged to attend a Town of Palm Beach Zika Forum this Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016. See below:
A message from Ned Barnes: Dear Civic Association Members and Friends, I just received news that Suzanne Wright passed away today (Friday) after a long illness.
The Wright family released the statement below today:
