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Palm Beach, Florida Patch AM: a 5 min read

Morning Palm Beach! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Palm Beach’s new $137.1M budget affects your tax bill
  • How a near-drowning pushed one Palm Beach toddler to “mermaid” status
  • West Palm Beach shooting suspect arrested; what police say happened next

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness (Oct 2-4) and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you know the moon is going broke? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 87 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Couple of thunderstorms, temps: high: 87, low: 79.
  • Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Palm Beach Finalizes $137.1M Budget; Property Tax Rate Stays Steady (bocaratontribune.com) — Palm Beach has approved a $137.1 million budget for 2026-27 while keeping the town’s property tax rate at $2.61 per $1,000 of taxable value, meaning higher bills as property values rise. The plan boosts spending on employee costs, public safety vehicles, sewer upgrades, and renovations to police and fire stations, while one council member argued the town could have slightly lowered the rate.
   

2. Palm Beach County Toddler Graduates From Swim Lessons Months After Near-Drowning – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — A Palm Beach County family is celebrating 3-year-old Lennox’s graduation from swim lessons in Royal Palm Beach, months after she nearly drowned at an Easter gathering. Her mother’s CPR skills and weeks of hospital care saved her life, and now the family is urging other local parents to prioritize water safety, swim instruction, and CPR training to protect young children around pools.
   

3. West Palm Beach murder suspect identified after deadly early-morning shooting (cw34.com) — West Palm Beach police have arrested 38-year-old Hugh Earp Milner Jr. in connection with a deadly early-morning shooting that left one man dead and another targeted but uninjured. Authorities say he’ll be extradited to the Palm Beach County Jail on first-degree murder and attempted murder charges, and they’re asking anyone with information to contact police or Palm Beach County Crime Stoppers anonymously.
   

4. Epstein survivors sue estate over CSAM collection, cite Palm Beach investigation failures (komonews.com) — Details from a new federal class-action lawsuit revisit how investigators handled evidence from Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach home, including missing computers and alleged nude photos of a 16-year-old taken at his residence. The plaintiffs say the Florida investigation failed to uncover the full scope of child sexual abuse material, and they want Epstein’s estate to identify victims and preserve and catalog all remaining images.
   

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Ok Palm Beach! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's down to its last quarter. (Thank you Linda H. for sending it in!)
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