Latest news with #PalmBeachDailyNews
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Town offices in Palm Beach will close for July 4th; golf, tennis centers will be open
Town offices will be closed July 4 in observance of Independence Day. No construction or landscaping work will be allowed, but some recreation facilities will be open, the town said in an alert. Lifeguards will staff town beaches from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Par 3 Golf Course will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Seaview Tennis Center from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and the marina from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Mandel Recreation Center will be closed, and the tennis courts at Phipps Ocean Park remain closed for the park's ongoing $31 million redevelopment project. Residential service: There will be residential recycling collection service only for residences on Seaspray Avenue south to Old South Ocean Boulevard. No other residential areas will be serviced. Commercial garbage service: Service as usual Commercial recycling service: No service Yard trash collection: The routes for Tuesday and Wednesday will be collected June 30 and July 1, Wednesday and Thursday will be collected July 2, and Thursday and Friday will be collected July 3. There is no service July 4. Monday stash areas will be serviced throughout the week during residential service. Parking rules remain unchanged for the holiday. West Palm Beach's 37th annual "4th on Flagler" event will include an 18-minute FPL fireworks display over the Intracoastal Waterway, scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. For information, visit Jodie Wagner is a journalist at the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at jwagner@ Help support our journalism. Subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: Palm Beach town offices to close July 4; golf, tennis centers will open
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Before there was West Palm Beach's Phillips Point, there was The Hut
As West Palm Beach's iconic Phillips Point high-rise undergoes a major facelift, newcomers to the area might be surprised to learn that the spot on Flagler Drive was once home to an even more iconic building of its era: a drive-in restaurant called The Hut. And for decades, it was one of the city's most popular hangouts. Palm Beacher Mimi Maddock McMakin told the Palm Beach Daily News in 2021 that in the 1960s, she and her best girlfriends would sneak away from slumber parties in their pajamas, to tool around town in her dad's white Cadillac, before heading over the Royal Park Bridge to West Palm Beach. 'There we'd be, these three young girls driving around late at night in a giant white Cadillac with red interior,' McMakin recalled. "Our destination was always the same: The Hut. Where else?' Carolyn Stroupe Stambaugh, who also grew up in Palm Beach and graduated in 1951, relished visiting The Hut in the late 1940s and early '50s. 'Whenever we weren't in school, The Hut was the gathering place.' Students from Palm Beach High School (now Dreyfoos School of the Arts) also gravitated to the spot, including soon-to-be budding celebrities George Hamilton and Burt Reynolds. "The Hut is where you went," Reynolds once recalled. "If you were lucky enough to have a friend with a car, you parked by some girls, your arm hanging out against the door so that it looked like you had a bicep." The Hall family opened the place in 1930, calling it The Tropical Hut. By 1937, under a new owner, The Hut was doing 90% of its business via "curb girls," who hustled out to parked cars or the patio. During World War II, The Hut's neon signage beckoned servicemen and women stationed in the area to its food stand, as Big Band music sounded over the jukebox. Cheese-covered hot dogs were 20 cents, and milkshakes were made from ice cream from the local Alfar Creamery. 'We'd pile into the car and my parents would take us — I was probably 8 or 9 — for barbecue and frosted root beer,' Palm Beacher David Reese told the Daily News about his 1940s Hut visits. 'Then, when I was in high school, everyone would go on Friday nights and we'd congregate for curb service in our cars,' Reese said. 'I had this great girlfriend with a car and one night, the guys on the football team picked up her car and turned it all the way around. We laughed, of course, and she kept saying, `Put me down!'' The Hut was considered so all-American that The "Saturday Evening Post" featured it on the cover in 1946, when the average check at the food stand was 40 cents. Reynolds recalled that The Hut was flanked by an asphalt apron accommodating up to 40 cars parked three-deep. For somebody up front to back out, he or she had to flash the lights and the cars immediately behind would back onto the two-laned Flagler Drive. Perpetual musical parking was followed by musical car-hopping. Reynolds said seniors and football players got the front spots. Business continued to boom even as The Hut changed hands again after 1959, when a Miami restaurateur bought the business and added fried chicken and strawberry shortcake to the menu. But by the early 1970s, times had changed. Nearby Palm Beach High School had closed and merged with another school. Downtown West Palm Beach was in a downturn, as consumers preferred shopping and dining in expansive, air-conditioned malls. The Hut closed in 1973, reopening for a short stint in 1977. In 1982, the building was razed to make way for the Phillips Point high-rise. 'It's been so long,' McMakin recalled in 2021. 'But I don't think any of us has ever forgotten The Hut.' Reporting from former staff writer Eliot Kleinberg and Palm Beach Daily News writer M.M. Cloutier contributed to this story. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: The Hut: West Palm Beach soda shop drew teen Burt Reynolds, others
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Enchanted' evening: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce step out for dinner in Palm Beach
Days after reclaiming ownership of her full music catalog, pop superstar Taylor Swift was spotted dining with her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce in Palm Beach. Swift and Kelce enjoyed a meal Wednesday night at renowned Palm Beach eatery Buccan on South County Road, according to a fan who posted about the encounter on Facebook. "Karma is real," Pamela Goodman wrote. "For those of you who know me, you know I'm a long time Swiftie on so many levels … her music, her business acumen, her politics. Well guess who randomly sat next to me at dinner in Palm Beach tonight on a random Wednesday? Taylor and Travis. The odds are infinite." Entertainment Tonight captured video of Swift and Kelce's date night, showing the couple leaving the restaurant hand-in-hand. Swift wore a sleeveless black dress paired with chunky heels, while Kelce donned a black shirt and black-and-white patterned pants. The pair's Palm Beach visit follows a dinner date May 23 at Harry's Bar and Restaurant, an upscale eatery in West Palm Beach. Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, is currently renting a multimillion-dollar mansion in Boca Raton for the summer not far from one of the gyms he frequents, Johnny O's Gymnasium, according to USA Today. Swift has reportedly joined him, and the couple was previously seen at the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club in Boca Raton. Swift, who concluded her record-breaking Eras Tour in December, made headlines May 30 when she announced in a lengthy letter on her website that she had purchased all her music and creative property after years of trying to gain ownership. "To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it," she wrote. "To my fans, you know how important this has been to me — so much so that I meticulously re-recorded and released 4 of my albums, calling them Taylor's Version. The passionate support you showed those albums and the success story you turned the Eras Tour into is why I was able to buy back my music. I can't thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this art that I have dedicated my life to, but have never owned until now." Swift credited Shamrock Capital, the private equity firm that purchased the master rights to Swift's first six albums from Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings in 2020, for giving her the opportunity to purchase every aspect of her career work. This story will be updated to add new information. Jodie Wagner is a journalist at the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach her at jwagner@ This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce grab dinner at Buccan in Palm Beach
USA Today
04-06-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
Who is Kai Trump, the president's granddaughter a Mar-a-Lago wall-jumper wanted to marry?
Who is Kai Trump, the president's granddaughter a Mar-a-Lago wall-jumper wanted to marry? Show Caption Hide Caption Granddaughter of Donald Trump, Kai Trump, speaks at RNC Granddaughter of Donald Trump and daughter of Donald Trump Jr., Kai Trump, spoke about her grandfather at the Republican National Convention. A 23-year-old Texas man was arrested on trespassing charges after police say he jumped the wall at Mar-a-Lago. The man claimed he wanted to discuss "the gospel" with President Donald Trump and marry his granddaughter, Kai Trump. Kai Trump is an 18-year-old golf star and the eldest grandchild of Donald Trump. Florida police arrested a Texas man on June 3 after police said he jumped the wall of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Anthony Thomas Reyes, 23, was arrested in the early morning of June 3 and faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge, according to the Palm Beach Daily News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reyes told police that he climbed over the wall that surrounds Mar-a-Lago so that he could talk to Trump about "the gospel" and marry Kai Madison Trump, the president's 18-year-old granddaughter. Kai Trump has become an internet sensation and aspiring golf pro. Here is what to know about her parents, love for golf and political appearances: More: No, Barron Trump was not rejected by Harvard, FLOTUS says amid university battle Who is Kai Trump? Kai Madison Trump is the oldest child of Donald Trump Jr. and former model Vanessa Kay Trump, formerly Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi. She is the oldest of President Donald Trump's 10 grandchildren and the oldest child of Donald Trump Jr.'s five children. On May 12, 2025, she celebrated her 18th birthday. She is an avid golfer with a large social media presence, particularly YouTube and Instagram. Mar-a-Lago wall jumper attempted to breach estate for the 2nd time Palm Beach Police responded on June 3 just after midnight to Mar-a-Lago. U.S. Secret Service agents said Reyes was found on the 17-acre property, and that Reyes told agents he had jumped over a wall to get there, an arrest report said. Trump was in Washington, D.C., at the time. Reyes told police that he climbed over the wall that surrounds Mar-a-Lago so that he could talk to Trump about "the gospel" and marry Kai Trump. This isn't the first time Reyes visited Mar-a-Lago without an invitation. According to the arrest report, Palm Beach Police issued Reyes a warning for trespassing at the estate on Dec. 31, 2024, which would have fallen during one of Trump's stays at his home. During Reyes' first court appearance on June 3, Palm Beach County Judge Daliah Weiss ordered him to have no contact with President Trump or Kai Trump or any of their family members, court records show. Weiss also ordered Reyes not to have contact with any of Trump's properties or any witnesses of the incident, and told him he cannot have weapons or firearms, according to court records. Reyes is being represented by the Palm Beach County Public Defender's office, which as a policy does not comment on open cases. Who are Kai Trump's parents? Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife Vanessa Trump are Kai's parents. Vanessa Trump is now dating golf legend Tiger Woods, and Trump Jr. is dating socialite Bettina Anderson. Kai Trump shares the love of golf with her grandfather, Donald Trump In February 2025, Kai Trump became the highest-valued player in girls' high school golf, after announcing her first lucrative endorsement deal with big-name golf equipment company TaylorMade. The exact terms of Kai Trump's deal with TaylorMade were not disclosed, but there is some information about her name, image and likeness valuation. She also has another NIL endorsement, in addition to the February golf equipment deal that propelled her valuation to more than $1 million. "Golf has always been a massive part of my life and is my biggest passion. I always aspire to be a leader and a positive figure on and off the golf course," Kai Trump's SportsRecruits biography says. In August 2024, she announced her commitment to stay in Florida for college and play golf at the University of Miami after she graduates from the Benjamin School in Palm Beach County, Florida, in 2026. Kai Trump spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention Kai Trump made her political debut at the Republican National Convention in 2024, painting the then-presidential candidate as just the average grandfather. 'To me, he's just a normal grandpa,' she said. 'He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren't looking. He always wants to know how we're doing in school.' She said she bonds with the president over their love of golf. 'When we play golf together, if I'm not on his team, he'll try to get inside of my head, and he's always surprised I don't let him get to me,' Kai said about her grandfather. 'But I have to remind him, I'm a Trump, too.' Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at kcrowley@ Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Man jumps over wall at Mar-a-Lago to ‘marry' Trump's granddaughter
A Texas man who was arrested on Tuesday for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago allegedly told investigators he wanted to 'spread the gospel' and 'marry Kai,' President Trump's 18-year-old granddaughter and eldest child of Don Jr. Palm Beach police were called to the property around midnight and were met by Secret Service agents who'd detained Anthony Reyes after he allegedly 'jumped over the wall' surrounding the property, according to an arrest report obtained by NBC News. The Secret Service said he did not have permission to be there. The 23-year-old suspect was previously arrested for trespassing at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve of last year, police said. Reyes was booked at the Palm Beach County Jail and charged with misdemeanor trespassing, according to online records. His bond was set at $50,000 with conditions including he have no contact with the Trump family. Reyes pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance later on Tuesday, reported the Palm Beach Daily News. Mar-a-Lago began receiving round-the-clock Secret Service surveillance last July following an assassination attempt during a rally in Pennsylvania for then-candidate Trump. Later in the campaign, a man was accused of trying to assassinate Trump while he played golf at the club. There were similar trespassing incidents at Mar-a-Lago in January, February and April. Zijie Li, a Chinese national, has also been busted twice for trying to breach security at the property to speak with President Trump. Kai Trump is the oldest of Don Jr. and Vanessa Trump's five children. The couple were married for 12 years before their divorce in 2018. Vanessa is currently dating Tiger Woods, whose son attends The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach with Kai. _____
