Not easy being green
BY ROGER WILLIAMS rwilliams@floridaweekly.com WHEN THE BACTERIAL DISEASE KNOWN AS greening collided with Florida’s huge citrus industry in 2005, nobody imagined that 11 years later the state’s annual...
View ArticleMOVING ON UP
BY MARY THURWACHTER mthurwachter@floridaweekly.com Name: Peter H. BozetarnikTitle: Partner at Bozetarnik & Company, LLPCity of business: West Palm Beach read more
View ArticleHere’s the beef
BY JAN NORRIS jnorris@floridaweekly.com In post-war 1947, the boundaries of West Palm Beach didn’t extend too far west of the railroad tracks.read more
View ArticleHave a question for The Gardens? You can text it
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Do you text?You’re not alone, because The Gardens Mall also texts, and encourages you to text your shopping questions.Starting in November, shoppers can text the mall’s...
View ArticleOne-stop gourmet spot
BY JAN NORRIS jnorris@floridaweekly.com A vision for a marketplace based on urban markets and food halls in Manhattan, New Orleans and Atlanta, is coming together in West Palm Beach.read more
View ArticleMONEY & INVESTING
When someone brings a high-end watch into my jewelry store, the first thing I do is open the back and check what is “under the hood.” After all, when looking at a $10,000 watch, you shouldn’t find a...
View ArticleBoutique opens at Downtown at the Gardens
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA W EKLY Antica Sartoria is known for its casual chic beach vibe with flowy silhouettes, beaded fabrics and distinctive details.That sounds like a blend for success in Palm Beach...
View ArticleThe scoop on Crafted Cream
BY JAN NORRIS jnorris@floridaweekly.com Of all the lines at the food booths at the recent Feast of the Sea, one was constant — from 11 a.m. to after midnight. At Crafted Cream, workers were pouring,...
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As I am writing this column, my wife, Robin, is sitting about 10 feet away from me staring down at her i-Phone. Every few seconds her thumb slides down the screen and I know she is checking her...
View ArticleLABOR OF Love
BY EVAN WILLIAMS ewilliams@floridaweekly.com The desserts on display at Norman Love’s place might be fakes in their cool modern precision, rows of chocolates as shiny and shapely as jewels, cakes made...
View ArticleMONEY & INVESTING
One thing I love about the markets is, for better or worse, how instantaneous reactions are to news and events.read more
View ArticleHow to tell what you’re getting from social media marketing
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Businesses, professionals and others who use social media to promote a brand often are unsure whether what they’re doing is effective. The usual ways of measuring success —...
View ArticleLake Worth resident joins Genesis board
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Genesis Community Health Inc., a nonprofit health center dedicated to serving patients of all economic levels, recently named Lake Worth resident Richard Bolko, CPA, MBA, to...
View ArticleJupiter Medical Center gets ‘A’ for patient safety
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY For the second time in a row, Jupiter Medical Center has received an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog, ranking it among the safest...
View ArticlePostal Service set to deliver 750 million holiday packages
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY The U.S. Postal Service announced it is ready to deliver a lot of cheer — in the form of roughly 16 billion cards, letters and packages — this holiday season.read more
View ArticleImpervious Tervis
BY NANCI THEORET Florida Weekly Correspondent Chances are you have one, two or 20 of them in your cupboard, your gym bag or in your car’s cup holder. read more
View ArticleJupiter Medical Center Foundation has record-breaking fiscal year
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation raised $41.8 million in 2016, which represents a 60 percent increase in money raised over fiscal year 2015, and a 120 percent increase over fiscal year 2014.The...
View ArticleOffice party p’s and q’s
BY SUSAN BRYANT www.monster.com Your company’s holiday gathering is just around the corner.Time to let loose and party with your co-workers after a long year, right?Wrong.read more
View ArticleWhat’s the future of OPEC and oil prices?
One of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies is during a tense battle sequence in “The Hunt For Red October” when Captain Mancuso calmly states, “The hard part of playing chicken is knowing...
View ArticleThe company party
BY DON MANLEY Florida Weekly Correspondent ’Tis the season for Herculean shopping, holiday decorations, sharing time with loved ones and another yuletide staple: the company Christmas party.read more
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