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ATHER «1=-« | Online: New blog, SUSIE PalmBeachDailyNews.com aa Wine and dine with Breakers’* culinary twins, page A10 Palm Beach Daily News Suit alleges Lawsuit says 15-yeai-old girl was enticed to quit job and was sexually exploited by billionaire Epstein and 7 come what amounted to his sex slave. The lawsuit alleges that the girl, then working as a changing room assistant for $9 an hour at the club, was recruited there by “great deal of money,” the lawsuit says. daily sexuaLab to quither Job at The Mar-a-Lago Club tobe. royalty, politicians, academicians, men and others in various locations around Other the world, the suit says. The lawsuit was filed by Miami attorney Robert Josefsberg on behalf of Jane Doe No. friends for four years. Epstein’s then-companion Ghislaine Max- 102. Josefsberg previously filed a case-on be- document well in 1998. Maxwell told the girl, and her _ half of another minor girl, Jane Doe No. 101. from no By MICHELE DARGAN father who was an employee at the club, that ‘The lawsuit, like the dozen more other Offender case, Daily News Staff Writer she could learn massage therapy and earn a lawsuits against the billionaire money man- Page AS ager, says his modus operandi in the initial Epstein New allegations have emerged in a feder- The lawsuit alleges that the victim was visit was the same: the minor girlwas taken To be released al lawsuit filed against convicted sex offend- not only required to satisfy Epstein’s “every to Epstein’s mansion on El Brillo Way and led from jail er Jeffrey Epstein, accusing him of — among _ sexual whim,” but that she also was exploited Wednesday other things — asking his 15-year-old victim by Epstein’s adult male peers*They included Please see LAWSUIT, Page AS Lesters buy into Olympia art fair Founding owners of Art Palm Beach say pact will offer ‘global platform’ for ventures. By JAN SJOSTROM Daily News Arts Editor - Town had sought to DEP veto wy fg of Reach 8 ‘48 permit was expected withdraw beach-fill application months ago after judge ruled against it. By WILLIAM KELLY David and Lee Ann Les- Daily News St ter have added the Olympia International Art & An- tiques Fair to their art-fair portfolio. The Bonita Springs- | aff Writer The Florida Department of Environ- mental Protection has denied the town an environmental permit required for a beach fill project along Reach 8, EFTA00260092

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PalmBeachDailyNews.com THE SHINY SHEET SEPT. 20, 2009 Town bristles at call for coral protection zone Designation could thwart beach nourishment projects. By WILLIAM KELLY Daily News Staff Writer An environmental group has asked the federal government to ex- tend a coral protection zone along the town’s shoreline The town opposes the extension, which would complicate future ef- forts to nourish its eroded beaches. PIG In November, the National Ma- rine Fisheries Service designated as critical habitat for elkhorn and stag- horn coral a swath of ocean floor from the Florida Keys to Boynton Beach Inlet. The two reef-building species have suffered drastic declines in the last 25 years, and have been shield ed since 2006 by the federal Endan ee » e gered Species Act. But Palm Beach County Reef Rescue says it has discovered stag- horn coral north of the Boynton Inlet, and that the protection zone should be extended 15 miles north to the Palm Beach Inlet ‘The fisheries service is review- ing the group's petition and will an- nounce its intention on Jan. 6, said Please see CORAL, Page A8 has been deemed a code violation and must leave Palm Beach by Monday. Below: The pig lives in a Brazilian Avenue apartment with Kimberly Kelley and Witty Witty the Kitty. TT) Left: Piggie Pie Freckles Connie Gasque, a Palm Beach resident and a volunteer diver for Palm Beach county Reef Rescue looks at staghorn coral offshore from the Bath & Tennis Club in December 2008 Photo by Michael Patrick O'Neill Attorney for Epstein victims: ) ‘T have never seen a stranger case’ Unsealed plea deal shows Palm Beach sex offender could have faced a life sentence if charged by federal government. By MICHELE DARGAN ji Da aff Write Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could have been charged with multiple counts of five federal offenses involving sex acts with minors and faced a life sentence, but, in stead, the government agreed notto prosecute him or his procurers if ent 18 hs in. EFTA00260093

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Days of whites and roses Wines lend notes to seasonal dishes. A10. INSIDER PalmBeachDailyNews.com Madoff spurs prison bill New York weighs charging rich inmates. A12. a Epstein Served less than 13 months. THE SHINY SHEET Vd ‘Difficult part in his life is ending,’ says attorney for sex offender released from jail. Victims say sentence too short. By MICHELE DARGAN Daily News Staff Writer Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Ep- stein, released from jail shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, will not be tracked by an electronic monitoring device during his one-year probation, ac- cording to a court order. Epstein, who served less than 13 months of his 18-month sentence at the Palm Beach County Stockade, will serve one year of probation at his El Brillo Way home. He already has registered as a sex offender. In addition, Epstein, who has been THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 23 out of jail on work release for 16 hours a day, six days a week since October, has been going to his Palm Beach home as well as his West Palm Beach office for the past two weeks. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, as well as Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office records confirm that Epstein has been to his home on several occa- sions. Goldberger said Epstein was giv- en PBSO permission to be at home for specific time periods in order to make the transition from jail to his home. 25, 2009 16 Pages 50 cents No monitoring device for Epstein The plea agreement stipulated that Epstein, a billionaire financier, would not be placed on electronic monitor- ing, Goldberger said. An earlier court order incorrectly had him listed as having to be monitored. “A very difficult part in his life is ending, and he is looking forward to moving on,” Goldberger said. Epstein, 56, pleaded guilty to pro- curing a minor for prostitution and so- Please see EPSTEIN, Page A6 Petters mansion sale may aid victims Businessman’s trial on investor and tax fraud is set for Oct. 26; home sale proceeds to be put into receivership account. By DAVID ROGERS A construction crew working for the county Department of Environmental Resources constructs a temporary access road into the Intracoastal Waterway near Ibis Isle. Sand will be moved over muck to make a stable shallow area to plant red mangrove seeds and promote an environment for oysters and other sea life. Daily News Photo by Jeffrey Langlois Lagoon work 4 to aid habitat EFTA00260094

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"The Palm Beach Post FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 PalmBeachPost.com ee ~ = = building division Nearly 25 county | workers laid off, 3B Head of veterans charity accused of scamming donors Some contributors say their checks were altered j By SUSAN R. MILLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer « The president of a 10-year Old Boynton Beach nonprofit is Under investigation here and in Massachusetts for allegedly mis- leading donors and misappropri- ating hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for veterans, court records show. The allegations against Frank J. Cariello, 70, and the Veterans Charitable Foundation were sparked by complaints from do- nors in Massachusetts who had been solicited by telemarketers working for Cariellos char. ity, which operates in about a dozen states, They are laid out in hundreds of pages from search warrants filed this week and last week in Palm Beach County Cir cuit Court. Between October 2006 and November 2007, law enforcement officers interviewed more. than two dozen people who told them they received phone calls from telemarketers claiming that the Veterans Charitable Foundation was affiliated with the Massa- chusetts chapter of the Paralyzed Veterans of America * More than a dozen people told investigators that they became suspicious after sending in their checks, only to find the recipi- ents’ name had been changed. Investigators determined that Cariello altered and deposited at least 90 checks meant for the Paralyzed Veterans of America, according to records. The group has 34 chapters across the country. “We get two or three of these things a year, we cooperate with the local district attorney and we will do what they need us to do to put an end to it,” the Paralyzed Veterans of America’s spokesman, David Uchic, said Thursday from Washington. He said he was unaware of this par- ticular investigation. Investigators determined that Cariello was depositing the money into checking accounts in Florida and either using it to pay Two weekend events to close downtown West Palm streets, 4B w Cariello Investigators say only 2 percent raised Governor See VETERANS, 7B — goes to cause. on road to pitch Yes on 1 Crist says the amendment may be the last chance for meaningful tax reform, but opposition is mounting. By DEANA POOLE and DON JORDAN Palm Beach Post Staff Writers Adding urgency to his property tax pitch, Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday that Florid- ians “may never get another chance” to vote on property tax reform if they reject the pro- posed constitutional amendment. “If we don't pass meaningful tax reform with this measure, we may never get another chance,” he said Thursday in Lauderdale- by-the-Sea. “Florida’s families have suffered long enough.” The governor's warning came during the first day of a two-day, six-city campaign swing just days before Tuesday's primary, where 60 percent of voters must approve the fourpa measure for it to pass. ~EFTA00260095.

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* The Palm Beach Post TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 2 LOCAL RESEARCH IN FLORIDA Boy, 4, on life support after Sunday’s chain- reaction crashes, 2B Man says he did not | touch 11-year-old | but saw who did, 3B Scripps, FSU sign pact as brain trust expands By KIMBERLY MILLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer The Scripps Research In- stitute has signed its fourth working agreement with a Florida university, outlining a formal collaboration with sci- entists at Florida State Uni- versity. The Tallahassee school announced the joint coopera- tion agreement Monday, say- ing it will reduce the time and paperwork formerly used to establish partnerships _ be- tween the biomedical re- search institute and FSU. It also makes it easier to file patents and share revenues from discoveries those part- nerships make. “The agreement specifies how intellectual property will be handled,” said W. Ross El- lington, FSU’s associate vice president for research. “The ownership issues have to be discussed upfront.” Scripps, which will be on Florida Atlantic University’s Jupiter campus, previously signed working agreements with FAU, the University of Central Florida and the Uni- versity of Florida. FSU and Scripps scien- tists were working together on at least two projects before * the agreement. The results from one joint project involving FSU’s Na- tional High Magnetic Field Laboratory were published this year in the journal Ana- lytical Chemistry. Researchers in that experiment were able to better analyze how drugs bind to proteins, opening the door to improved medical treatments. “The ultimate beneficia- ries of this collaborative rela- See SCRIPPS, 118 & Emily J. Minor Water lovers’ charity strip makes splash The idea came — gently at first and then in waves of certainty — after a day on the Sebastian River. Why not? they mused over their polenta-tomato-eggplant dinner. Why not? And that’s when these ladies on a yoga-kayaking getaway decided, ab- reget this was the right thing to ao, They'd take off their clothes and pose stylishly alongside their beloved water and then turn it into a 2007 cal- endar. ._ One woman for each month, just like in the movie Calendar Girls. “There was a lot of giggling and laughing, but it was really quite a seri- ous Conversation,” says Ronda Cox, a Vero Beach kayaking outfitter who organized the trip back in May 2005. Yes, South Florida has its own ndar Girls. There are a new mom and a grandmother from Vero Beach. The ip range from the mid-20s to late and some are more fit than others. Just like in real life. Common concern for ecosystem EFTA00260096

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. The Palm Beach Post | BC MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006 PalmBeachPost.com Children without shots won't be allowed in school, officials say, 2B speech therapists Schools’ demand for | expected to grow, 6B She is scheduled to retum to Israel Tuesday. Slosberg alleges exflack’s flap on ‘payroll’ reflects green, as in envy In consultant-speak, the phrase “you should have had me on the payroll” isn’t about money, veteran political/PR hired gun Barry Epstein says. When Epstein used those words in a recent e-mail to Democratic state Rep. Irving Slosberg, he says he wasn't complaining about missing out on consulting fees from Slosberg’s lavish state Senate campaign. All he was saying, Epstein told the Politics column, was that Slosberg should have listened to his advice. Relations between former allies Slosberg and Epstein frayed Thursday when Epstein organized a news conference for a recive aera who accused rg of exaggerating his hurricane relief role last ger See As oe the claims. rg said Epstein was just being a sorehead because he hadn't tasted any of the more than $650,000 Slosberg has spent on his Democratic Senate primary race Photo by SHANNON O'BRIEN Laureen Rabbe, who is from Jerusalem and is visiting her parents, wipes tears as she listens Sunday to speakers at a rally in West Palm Beach. Gatherings condemn terrorism and express grief for loss of life in Israel and Lebanon. By NIRVI SHAH Palm Beach Post Staff Writer From half a world away, Sharon Levin told Palm Beach County Jews Sunday about the terrifying wail of air raid sirens that has become common- place in northern Israel. The sirens are followed by an eerie silence, then the deafening boom of rockets, she said. Levin joined Jews across Palm Beach County Sunday as they demonstrated their support for Israel and their loathing for Hezbollah. In separate gatherings — one charged with condemnations of ter- rorists, the other with concern for Israeli residents — they rallied for a nation battling with Hezbollah to the north and Hamas to the south. About 1,200 people gathered in sub- urban Boca Raton and another 500 in West Palm Beach to hear speeches, wave Israeli flags, offer donations and express their grief about the loss of life in Israel — and Lebanon. “We gather here to send a powerful and unified message. We condemn Hezbollah’s unprovoked attack on Isra- el. And we unconditionally support Israel in its fight against them,” U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale, said at the event near Boca Raton. Peter Eckstein, who attended the West Palm Beach rally, said, “Whether I agree with specific policies or not has nothing to do with my support for Israel.” His wife, Carol Safran, said, “I don’t think there's anyone in this audience who doesn’t want peace.” The local rallies were organized not only to boost morale but also to raise money for humanitarian aid. Similar events have taken place in the past week in Washington D.C.; Detfoit; St. Louis; Sacramento, Calif.; and West Hartford, Conn. On Sunday, other rallies took place in Cincinnati, Seattle and Naples. The Boca-area gathering, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, included a parade of pol- iticians besides Shaw: state Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton; U.S. Rep. Alcee See RALLY, 6B > EFTA00260097

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" The Palm Beach Post Children without shots won't be allowed in school, officials say, 2B speech therapists Schools’ demand for | expected to grow, 6B is LO CA [ JULY 24, 2006 PalmBeachPost.com = Ea She is scheduled to retum to Israel Tuesday. - Photo by SHANNON O'BRIEN Laureen Rabbe, who is from Jerusalem and is visiting her parents, wipes tears as she listens Sunday to speakers at a rally in West Palm Beach. Gatherings condemn terrorism and express grief for loss of life in Israel and Lebanon. By NIRV! SHAH Palm Beach Post Staff Writer From half a world away, Sharon Levin told Palm Beach County Jews Sunday about the terrifying wail of air raid sirens that has become common- place in northern Israel. The sirens are followed by an eerie rockets, she said. County Sunday as they demonstrated their support for Israel and their loathing Slosberg alleges ex-flack’s flap on ‘payroll’ reflects green, as in envy In consultant-speak, the phrase “you should have had me on the nine fae about money, veteran political/PR hired gun Barry Epstein says, — wie used those words in a recent to Democratic state Rep. Irving Slosberg, he says he wasn’t complaining about missing out on consulting fees from Slosberg’s lavish state Senate campaign. All he was si , Epstein pa it news conference for a poor ear who accused his f role ismissed the claims. Politics year. Sl Slosberg said Epstein was just being a sorehead because he hadn't tasted any of he more than S650 000:-Sloshera bh silence, then the deafening boom of Levin joined Jews across Palm Beach for Hezbollah. In separate gatherings — one charged with condemnations of ter- rorists, the other with concern for Israeli residents — they rallied for a nation battling with Hezbollah to the north and Hamas to the south. About 1,200 people gathered in sub- urban Boca Raton and another 500 in West Palm Beach to hear speeches, wave Israeli flags, offer donations and express their grief about the loss of life in Israel — and Lebanon. “We gather here to send a powerful and unified message. We condemn Hezbollah’s unprovoked attack on Isra- el. And we unconditionally support Israel in its fight against them,” U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale, said at the event near Boca Raton. ,Peter Eckstein, who attended the rally at 2 sites in solidarity with Israel ates Te West Palm Beach rally, said, “Whether I agree with specific policies or not has nothing to do with my support for Israel.” His wife; Carol Safran, said, “I don’t think there's anyone in this audience who doesn’t want peace.” The local rallies were organized not only to boost morale but,also to raise money for humanitarian aid. Similar events have taken place in the past week in Washington D.C.; Detroit; St. Louis; Sacramento, Calif; and West Hartford, Conn. On Sunday, other rallies took place in Cincinnati, Seattle and Naples. The Boca-area gathering, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, included a parade of pol- iticians besides Shaw: state Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton; U.S. Rep. Alcee See RALLY, 6B > EFTA00260098

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id The Palm Beac h Post WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 2006 PalmBeachPost.com LOCAL Family mourns 4-year-old boy who died from crash injuries, 3B neighborhood center for Lake Worth seeks | laborers to gather, 3B Biggest schools budget a mi The class-size amendment , makes its presence felt. By CHRISTINA DeNARDO Palm Beach Post Staff Writer For $3.5 billion, you could pay the salary of every baseball player in Major League Baseball — with more buy Pixar, the animation studio that produced Shrek. You could even make an offer on the National Hockey League. Or you could send more than 172,000 children to school in Palm Beach County. The public gets its first glimpse of the district budget today, at a public hearing at school board headquarters. Although’ the $3.5 a mixed bag for teachers, students and taxpayers. Highlights of the $1.4 billion operating budget include: @ Class size: A $41 million in- crease, to $144 million, to hire teachers to meet the state’s class- size amendment. @ Teacher pay: $10 million to ay 5 percent bonuses to teachers ased on student performance, more to the Florida Retirement System for employee benefits. @ Reading programs: $1.4 mil- lion increase, from $5.9 million to $7.3 million. @ Building costs: A$12.5 million increase for operating district build- ings, because of s keting in- surance and energy costs. @ Reading coaches: A decrease of $2.3 million for reading coaches in xed bag @ Needy schools: Scrapping $3.5 million that was going to be spent for additional teachers in poor- and low-performing middle and high schools. And 54 teachers will be moved from under-performing schools to other schools, to reduce class sizes. @ Teacher raises: A 4 percent across-the-board raise for teachers. than $1 billion to spare. You could _ billion budget is the biggest ever, it’s @ Retirement: $17.5 million kindergarten through second grade. See SCHOOLS, 6B > ‘Yoga changes not only the hardware of the body, it changes the software.’ MARK ELSNER, Yoga instructor . Frank Cerabino Boca makes cut | but can’t beat ‘down to earth’ Every year Money magazine picks the best places to live in America, and I was prematurely chuffed over my podunk. Yes, that’s right. Boca Raton came in at No. 30 on Money's Top 100 list. Boo-yah! The soy milk lattes are on me! But then I kept reading, which turned out to be a mistake. Boca wasn't the most desirable Flori- da city on the list. That honor went to... Coral Springs. Coral Springs? That souped-up Tama- rac along the edges of the Sawgrass Ex- pressway? Who wants to live in Coral Springs be- sides entomologists and people from Plan- tation? | But it was true. Coral Springs came in at No. 27. And to make matters worse, the other two Florida cities among the top 100 places to live in America were Pembroke Pines and Miramar. They wouldn't even make my top 100 places to live in Broward County. GARY CORONADO/ Staff Photographer nen Halas bn the cab ~ EFTA00260099

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* The Palm Beach Post TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 LOCAL Boy, 4, on life support after Sunday's chain- reaction crashes, 2B Man says he did not touch 11-year-old but saw who did, 3B RESEARCH IN FLORIDA By KIMBERLY MILLER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer The Scripps Research In- stitute has signed its fourth working agreement with a Florida university, outlining a formal collaboration with sci- entists at Florida State Uni- versity. The Tallahassee school announced the joint coopera- tion agreement Monday, say- ing it will reduce the time and paperwork formerly used to establish partnerships be- tween the biomedical re- search institute and FSU. It also makes it easier to file patents and share revenues from discoveries those part- nerships make. “The agreement specifies how intellectual property will be handled,” said W. Ross El- lington, FSU’s associate vice president for research. “The discussed upfront.” Scripps, which will be on Florida Atlantic University’s Jupiter campus, previously signed working agreements with FAU, the University of Central Florida and the Uni- versity of Florida. ‘SU and Scripps scien- tists were working together on at least two projects before the agreement. The results from one joint project involving FSU’s Na- tional High Magnetic Field Laboratory were published this year in the journal Ana- lytical Chemistry. Researchers Scripps, FSU sign pact as brain trust expands in that experiment were able to better analyze how drugs bind to proteins, opening the door to improved medical treatments. “The ultimate beneficia- ries of this collaborative rela- See SCRIPPS, 118 > ownership issues have to be Emily J. Miner Water lovers’ charity strip | makes splash The idea came — gently at first and then in waves of certainty — after a day on the Sebastian River. Why not? they mused over their polenta-tomato- eggplant dinner. Why not? And that’s when these ladies on a 3 kayaking getaway decided, ab- — this was the right thing to | hes ’d take off their clothes and pose stylishly alongside their beloved | water and then turn it into a 2007 cal- endar. One woman for each month, just like in the movie Calendar Girls. | “There was a lot of giggling and laughing, ‘ut it was really quite a seri- ous conversation,” says Ronda Cox, a Vero Beach kayaking outfitter who organized the trip back in May 2005. Yes, South Florida has its own Calendar Girls. There are a new mom and a grandmother from Vero Beach. The ages range from the mid-20s to late 60s, and some are more fit than others, Just like in real life. Common concern for ecosystem But there’s a single thread that UBBY VOLGYES/ Staff Photographer High and feeling mighty fit PALM BEACH — ‘When I swing, I'm free,’ WEST says Perretta resident estimates he swings three to four hours day for EFTA00260100

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PalmBeachDailyNews.com 25 cents Investor facing felony sex charge Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer calls grand jury accusations false. By WILLIAM KELLY Daily News Staff Writer A billionaire investor and part-time Palm Beach resident has been indicted on a felony charge of solicitation of pros- titution after police say he had sex with underage girls whom he paid for massage Epstein Part-time Palm Beacher says he was unaware the girls were minors. sessions at his El Brillo Way home. A Palm Beach County grand jury found that Jeffrey E. Epstein, 53, “did so licit, induce, entice or procure” prostitu- tion with girls, who were between 14 and 16 years old, on at least three occasions between Aug. 1, 2004, and Oct. 31, 2005. Epstein surren- dered at the Palm Beach County Jail Sunday and was re- leased on a $3,000 bond. His attorney, Jack Goldberger, said Wednesday the third- degree felony indictment is based on false accusations and that Epstein wasn'taware Please see FELONY, Page All Lake Worth proposes ‘village y) EPHANIE MURPHY Daily News Photos by Jeffrey Langlois The owners of the Testa property on Royal Poinciana Way have filed paperwork toward the rezoning and redevelopment of the land that contains shops, a restaurant and a gas station. Highlights of the mixed-use plan include a new, larger restaurant, townhome-style condominium units and retail space. Testa’s Application filed with the town seeks special zoning district, comprehensive plan amendment. EFTA00260101

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The Palm Beach Post ~—— — = \LOCAL Family mourns Lake Worth seeks 4-year-old boy who died neighborhood center for from crash injuries, 3B laborers to gather, 3B buy Pixar, the animation studio that a mixed bag for teachers, students more to the Florida Retirement Biggest schools budget a mixed bag mNeedy schools: Scrapping The class-size amendment produced Shrek. You could even and taxpayers. System for employee benefits. $3.5 million that was going to be make an offer on the National Highlights of the $1.4 billion @ Reading programs: $1.4 mil- spent for additional teachers in poor- Hockey League: operating budget include: lion increase, from $5.9 million to and low-performing middle and high makes its presence felt. 172,000 children to school in Palm crease, to $144 million, to hire CHRISTINA DeNARDO Beach County. teachers to meet the state’s class- increase for operating district build- schools to other schools, to rediine | Beach Post Staff Writer The public gets its first glimpse size amendment. * ings, because of skyrocketing in- class sizes. ' ~ For $3.5 billion, you could pay of the e Baseball — with more ; \ 3. n to spare. You could billion budget is the biggest ever, it's Marteague am baseball player in re hearing at school board pay 5 percent bonuses to teachers ‘Major e: ‘than $1 Frank Cerabino <2 ed Seen Ceara Boca makes cut but can't beat ‘down to earth’ Every year Money magazine picks the best places to live in America, and I was prematurely chuffed over my podunk. Yes, that’s right. Boca Raton came in at No. 30 on Money's Top 100 list. Boo-yah! The soy milk lattes are on me! But then I kept reading, which turned out to be a mistake. Boca wasn't the most desirable Flori- da city on the list. That honor went to .. . Coral Springs. Coral Springs? That souped-up Tama- rac along the ok of the Sawgrass Ex- pressway? = Who wants to live in Coral Springs be- Sides entomologists and people from Plan- tation? But it was true, Coral Springs came in at No. 27. And to make matters worse, the other two Florida cities among the top 100 laces to live in America were Pembroke nes and Miramar. They wouldn't even make my top 100 places to live in Broward County. ‘Making the grade ~ Thisis terrible for Boca. It’s like find- ng out you've made some best-dressed ague. Or you could send more than istrict budget today, at a adquarters. Although the $3.5 based on student performance. @ Class size: A $41 million in- $7.3 million. Ss schools. And 54 teachers will be | m Building costs: A$12.5 million moved from under-performing Teacher pay: $10 million to surance and energy costs. w Reading coaches: A decrease of $2.3 million for reading coaches in j @ Retirement: $17.5 million kindergarten through second grade. See SCHOOLS, 6B ® j @ Teacher raises: A 4 percent ; across-the-board raise for teachers. ‘Yoga changes not only the hardware of the body, it changes the software.’ MARK ELSNER, Yoga instructor are going to the other side of Earth instays of the local yoga community, B NG | Mark Elsner, 56, of Delray Beach and Jessica Simkin, 27, of Boynton Beach, ma EFTA00260102

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i * The Palm Beach Post ‘ a: BUSINESS © _wuLy29, 2066 FPL Group's profits rise 17 percent, despite "PalmBeachPost.com utility's storm losses. inside this section, 8B 1515 Tower sale falls through Emily 4. Minor ae Drive. “I've had people call that has been vacant since it ae Ga The buyer can't raise the $56 million to buy me and say their parents was pounded by rricanes 1515's pinch . all 119 units in the storm-damaged condo, _are nearly Pihcidal People two years ago. put a lot of hope into this F A $1.9 million ; ; While some residents Payment Pe ite burt thea festa dive the se uve Se . : ——' drive ory con dream comes | 2, Bree mse fetal and mca’ ave th, Mbt ind . PRA PALMBEACH— A and scared about their f It is the third time in a Pick it, up shenplrache kL with rude deal that would have let nancial futures. froth ‘thet Palm Beach sn canailto unit oman owners of the 1515 Tower “There's a lot of ex- businessman Thanos Pa- said his hopeddor “aaa ke . sell oe hurricane- oad Be cmareseed porn pelos failed to make good loan didn't come ravaged condominiumg, gai , President of on his promise to come u 4 awa ning and move on with theirlives’ the board of the waterfront with $56 million to buy and he couldn't put togeth- collapsed Friday, leaving high-rise on South Flagler 119 units of the building See TOWER, 6B > In of 2003, as the E Sees ER Shes summer was beginning to Holness fe savings. The 30-year-old single mother Bye-bye preschool | rotce Say was ar Aarne buy a house. . A ay >) | lawyer tried credit was ,” said Holness, 401(k) retirement Savings. “It was all the money we had.” All told, it was $14,990 — a 10 percent down payment on a two- story townhouse in a development to discredit | . in Palm Springs called Estancia ' | Palm Springs. + teenage Sir. S Finally, she and her 8-year-old j daughter, Ashlee, would have their } By LARRY KELLER vardt ns And a patio with a | Pals Beach Post Staff Writer J : i Famed Harvard law professor Alan Occasionally, the Jamaican-born i Dershowitz met with the Palm Beach Holness would drive by the con- H County State Attorney’s Office and pro- struction site and imagine what | vided damaging information about teen- she calls their “American dream.” age girls who say they his client, “I envisioned, finally, a home for Palm Beach billionaire jeffrey my daughter,” she said Friday. sexually charged massages, acco: to That was almost three years { police reports, Short closing a surprise Tuesday evening, rather out of the blue, her mother got an over- night packet. oie just seems im- Holness, a young, father of at least one girl ban Po private _investigat aggressivel lowed his car, photographed his home and chased off visitors. The reports also state that another Epstein attorney agreed to a plea bargain that would have allowed Epstein to have no criminal record. His current attorney de- nies this R And the documents also reveal that the igators EFTA00260103