🌱 How a Palm Beach Gardens Best Buy theft turned into a Turnpike chase
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Palm Beach Gardens! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
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- How a Palm Beach Gardens Best Buy theft turned into a Turnpike chase
- Which Palm Beach Gardens restaurants were just cited for serious health violations?
Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 95 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Hazy, a t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 93, low: 79.
- Friday: Warm with sun and some clouds, with a high of 95 and low of 78 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• High-speed Turnpike chase ends after alleged $36K Best Buy theft in Palm Beach Gardens (cbs12.com) — Palm Beach Gardens shoppers should know police say a smash-and-grab at the Legacy Avenue Best Buy led to more than $36,000 in stolen electronics and a high-speed chase on the Turnpike. Officers, helped by a quick-thinking customer witness, tracked a rented SUV and coordinated with Florida Highway Patrol to stop it, recovering most of the merchandise and arresting two suspects. 
• Dirty Dining South Florida: 6 Restaurants Closed for Pests (bocapost.com) — Palm Beach Gardens diners should know Carmine’s La Trattoria on PGA Boulevard was temporarily closed July 8 for roach activity but cleared to reopen the next morning. The article also notes a recent fine for Blue Moon Diner in Palm Beach Gardens and lists other Palm Beach County restaurants hit with emergency closures or significant violations.
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- Happy to see the sunflower plants are on the bud stage!
Can’t wait until the flower blooms and opens. It blows my mind how they face the sun all day - currently at night facing west and by the morning they… (Nextdoor Palm Beach Cabana Colony East) - Looking for a company to do my annual AC cleaning and maintenance.
Does anyone have a company that they use and does a great job? (Nextdoor PGA National)
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🗞 Nearby News
Jupiter
- Hobe Sound couple seeks support as husband battles head and neck cancer (wptv.com)
- Florida couple sues Publix for over $100,000, claims they got E. coli from frozen blueberries: lawsuit (wfla.com)
- Petition pushes to keep Palm Beach County beach parking free (wptv.com)
Riviera Beach
- Rapids Waterpark in Riviera Beach evacuated after bomb threat (wptv.com)
- College Circle Creamery acquires Lukes Ice Cream (dairyfoods.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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