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Palm Beach is a suburb in the Northern Beaches region of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Palm Beach is located 41 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Palm Beach sits on a peninsula at the end of Barrenjoey Road near Pittwater and ...
Sustained hurricane-force winds and gusts up to 101 mph (163 km/h) lashed West Palm Beach. In downtown West Palm Beach, a large construction crane fell and broke water and gas lines, causing water and gas to spew into the streets. The Comeau Building, which survived the 1928 hurricane, lost some windows and a section of its roof.
Miami. ( 2020) [2] The Miami metropolitan area, also known as South Florida, SoFlo, SoFla, the Gold Coast, the Tri-County Area, or Greater Miami, and officially the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a coastal metropolitan area in southeastern Florida. It is the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical ...
The South Florida Fair is an annual fair held in West Palm Beach, Florida every January. The fairgrounds site occupies 100 acres (0.40 km 2; 0.16 sq mi) and is located on the site of the former Palm Beach Speedway at the intersection of Southern Boulevard ( US 98 / SR 80) and Fairground Road, adjacent to the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre.
Nelson Peltz (born 1942) – billionaire businessman and investor. Ronald Perelman – corporate raider, Chairman of Revlon who sold his Palm Beach house in 2004 for $70 million [10] Jeffry Picower (1942–2009) – investor and philanthropist involved in the Madoff investment scandal. John Sculley – former CEO of Apple, Inc and former ...
WPEC. / 26.588806°N 80.207972°W / 26.588806; -80.207972 ( WPEC) WPEC (channel 12) is a television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fort Pierce –licensed CW affiliate WTVX (channel 34) and two low-power, Class A stations: MyNetworkTV ...
In his absence, town officials declared martial law, before deciding on the following day to not enforce the order. Within a week of the 1928 hurricane, Warburton announced that the storm would not affect the winter season in Palm Beach, although the famous Royal Poinciana Hotel sustained enough damage that it was unable to reopen until 1929.
On November 6, 1894, the day after West Palm Beach was incorporated, voters elected John S. Earman as the first mayor. Beginning in 1919, the city operated under a council–manager form of government, with the mayor elected to the city commission and selected by other members of that body to serve a one-year term.