Singer Island Voice | Update #32 | Nov 7, 2014 

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Singer Island Civic Association

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The Singer Island Civic Association (SICA) Board of Directors and its members would like to Salute the organizations who participated in the protecting our waters and borders presentations at our Nov 3rd meeting. 
 

SICA Salutes:
 

Wayne Richards, Port of Palm Beach (and PPB Team)

Ken Hern, Port of Palm Beach

Jennifer Conners, CBP (and CBP Team)

Robert Allen, PBSO (and PBSO Team)

Alex Freeman, RBPD (and entire RBPD Team)

Leonard Mitchell, RBPD

Charles Cheeseman, RBPD

Kaprem Proeung, USCG (and entire USCG Lake Worth Station Team)

SICA would also like to thank councilwoman Dawn Pardo for stopping by and providing an Island/City update.

The Next SICA Meeting will Be Monday December 8th (Rescheduled from Dec. 1) at
Palm Beach Shores Town Hall 

Singer Island Area News of The Week:  

"Sister Cities;" let's stay with Treasure Coast planning council - Palm Beach Post - Representatives of West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Riviera Beach, Lake Park, Mangonia Park and Palm Beach Shores mostly were in ..

Halloween cruise turns to 'nightmare' after ship strikes object, passengers evacuated - Atlanta Journal Constitution - The Bahamas Celebration at the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida. (Brandon Kruse/The Palm Beach Post). View Larger. Halloween cruise ...

Tiki Waterfront Sea Grill Owners Opening Old Florida Bar and Grill in ... - New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)-When Tiki Waterfront Sea Grill closed its doors this summer, many a Palm Beach County resident bemoaned the loss of the Riviera Beach ...

Plans to bury power lines raises questions - Palm Beach Daily News - At Phipps and Lost Tree Village, nearly all of the boxes seemed to blend into landscaping and surrounding greenery. Several officials on the tour ...

Point of View: Here's how to lessen PGA Boulevard's snarl of traffic - Palm Beach Post - This is how the bridge on U.S. Route 1 in North Palm Beach operates and no safety problems have been identified. If the four redundant arms cannot ...

Palm Beach County's first bricks-and-mortar coding school to open - South Florida Business Journal - Palm Beach County's first bricks-and-mortar coding school will open Dec. 1 in Palm Beach Gardens. Palm Beach Code School will offer morning and ...

[ Editor's suggestion along the same lines: In case you haven't noticed, we are all in the middle of a technology revolution. If you think about it our area is already a leader in this revolution!  The current Chairman of Microsoft grew up in Riviera Beach, the personal PC was invented by IBM in Boca Raton, and Palm Beach County is home to some of the biggest security and hi-tech leaders in the world.  How about creating opportunity through education, by building a hi-tech trade school or area center of hi-tech excellence in the Lake Park, Riviera Beach, Mangonia Park corridor? Develop a world-class educational program built around next gen technology trades like: website development, search marketing, hi-tech security systems, drone pilots, and more.. all of which are in high demand, are high paying occupations which require very technical training but not the time or high cost of a traditional 4yr. university degree. ]

After $16 million sale, Lost Tree Village welcomes billionaire - Palm Beach Post (blog) - Illinois billionaire Jude Reyes paid $16.1 million for an oceanfront estate in Lost Tree Village, the swanky development in an unincorporated area near ...

Some kinks, no big voting issues in Palm Beach County, Elections Supervisor says - WPTV - According to the field rep, ballots are not counted until they reach the warehouse in Riviera Beach so there would be no ballots counted twice or not at ...

Boca brings in more of the most critically endangered sea turtles - Sun Sentinel - Only North Palm Beach attracts more he said. "We're just happy we've had the last few years," he said of this year's totals. "All of the years since 2010, ...

Matching grant spurs growth of symphony's education programs - Palm Beach Daily News - ... from the Kravis Center added to one at the Eissey Campus Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens, where the Goldners underwrite a schools series.

Vitamin G for growth: Gardens gets boost from supplement company - Palm Beach Post (blog) - Garden of Life, a food supplement company based in West Palm Beach, will soon be based in Palm Beach Gardens. The 80-employee company was ...

Manatee season about to begin as protections questioned - Sun Sentinel - As the weather cools, manatees will start streaming into South Florida for a few ... "We are confident this recovery is due in part to the actions of Florida's ... plants in Riviera Beach, Port Everglades and inland in Fort Lauderdale. 

The 50th Anniversary of New York's Most Sensational Jewel Heist - Vanity Fair- ... MacArthur ran his empire out of the coffee shop of the Colonnades Hotel on Singer Island. The philanthropist was famously frugal, yet he was ...  

SPECIAL REPORT: SAVE OUR OCEAN MALL

PBC Environmental Resources Management - October 2014 Project Status Report (pdf format).

Here is a link to a registered sex offender notification alert  for 1217 Island Rd - Singer Island  

Here is a link to a registered sex offender notification alert for a transient residing under or near Blue Heron Bridge.

For anyone interested in data and reports on area Crime, please visit Crimereports.com for free reports and information! 

CommUNITY Voice: 

Neighbors, please keep sending in your comments, ideas and input ...the MORE the better folks!!  Please speak up and your voice will be shared here next week  

From: Acy on Singer Island

Subject: Singer Island Voice

Thanks for the update of events & etc going on @ Singer Island.  appreciate the email.

From: Gail G in Palm Beach Shores

Subject: Rotary Club of Singer Island 

The Rotary Club of Singer Island meets every Friday at 12:15 at the beautiful Sailfish Marina. Whether you are visitor, vacationer or  seasonal resident, we welcome you. The food is great; the sense of camaraderie is even better. If you are not yet a member, come see who we are and what we do. At more than 1.2 million members strong, Rotary is the world's oldest service organization. With Rotary membership comes pride and purpose, friendship and a world of opportunity.

From: Gail G in Palm Beach Shores

Subject: Palm Beach Shores Event

We will be having an arts and crafts show at the PBShores Community Center on Wednesday, 11/26, the evening before Thanksgiving, from 5-9PM. There will be lots of great artists, vendors and live music in this beautiful venue. You can see several of your favorite Sunset Celebration artists, plus a selection of other talented local folks. This event will benefit Adopt A Cat, a local no-kill shelter that works so hard to protect our furry friends, as well as our exceptional PBShores Volunteer Fire Department. Come have fun, enjoy the music and the ocean breezes, and maybe get a jump-start on your Christmas shopping. It sure beats the mall!

From: Vincent C

Subject: Benches and trash recepticles along N. Ocean Blvd

Hello All, I realize there are many more important issues than the one I'm bringing up --- again. However, considering the hundreds of people, many with dogs, that will be walking along N. Ocean Blvd. every day during the up-coming winter season, I believe SICA and/or the city ought to place at least two benches and trash receptacles  between 1 Singer Island condo and Pine Point Rd. This is a 6/10 mile stretch with no benches or receptacles compared to just north of 1 Singer Island where there are three within 3/10 mile and south of Pine Point Rd. where there are several. If we expect people to clean up clutter and dog waste , trash receptacles are a necessity. If benches and receptacles have been placed, I thank SICA and the city for this service. If not, I would very much appreciate hearing a reply from SICA as I did not receive one to my previous email sent several months ago.  
   

[ Editor's note:   Thank you Gail in Palm Beach Shores!  Keep sending in the scoop and it will be shared here!  Vincent we responded directly to you (for everyone reading) on A1A benches/trash cans by Munyon's Cove:  The area mentioned is all private property and apparently the city has not been able to get permission from owners to place these items along A1A. There IS a brand new red bench in front of the Fire Station (per Councilwoman Dawn Pardo).  Please keep sending in your comments, scoop, ideas and news to be shared here with over 2257 of your neighbors.  Your Singer Island Civic Association WILL stay on these issues.  ]

Here are a few links, keep in mind that Singer Island actually spans 3 cities and 1 Unincorporated Village. Please send in your concerns and ideas to the appropriate contact(s):

Tuesday Nov. 11: is...Veteran's Day

Upcoming Riviera Beach City Meetings:  

• 11/13/2014 - Planning and Zoning Board  (Please Note: view the draft agenda;on revising Island Bldg. Codes here)

City News & Events:

• Council Chair Pro-tem Dawn S. Pardo has created a new reading initiative called 'Books Come to Life.
• Veterans Day, A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson will be honored by the JWV Post 265 
• Councilman Cedrick A. Thomas 6th Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway
• Jazz After Dark Friday,November 21,2014 

Palm Beach Shores Event Calendar 
 

Cool Link(s) of The Week:

Time lapse of boat and beach traffic on Singer Island, Florida - Time lapse video shot at various spots on Singer Island, Florida. Notice the scuba diver who almost gets clipped by a boat in the very first few frames of ...
 

Would be cantor stars in 'Swing' - Sun Sentinel - Actress/singer Alix Paige teams with 13 dancers and a six-piece band ... "My late grandfather Ed Lefkowitz of Singer Island was a wonderful baritone ...

Sarley: Chicago Bears' defensive end loves to fish, can't you tell? - Northwest Herald - The Riviera Beach, Florida. native grew up accustomed to both saltwater and freshwater fishing. He claims to love them both equally, but when ...

Neighborhood Italian: Chef Marc Sgrizzi holds it down for the little guy - Las Vegas Weekly-The pizza dough is different than what he learned to make by hand for his dad's restaurant on Singer Island, Florida, but changing recipes is ... 

It's Still Storm Season (which ends on Nov 30th!!): Here are some great links for hurricane preparedness: Palm Beach Post | WPTV5 | WBPF25 | WFLX29 

More news as we get it on: 

Ocean Mall | CRA District & Marina Development | Lake Worth inlet widening project | Digital License Plate Readers | Proposed development projects: in Munyon's Cove, Amrit, PGA waterfront | Pending sober house legislation |  ...and more as we get it. 

Let's all work together to stay informed and aware of events taking place on and around Singer Island!

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