Riviera Beach

Three developers with a mix of local and national experience are vying to rebuild the Riviera Beach waterfront with proposals ranging from the moderate to the sublime.

Riviera Beach City Council members decided Wednesday that they needed to hear from both closely ranked finalists before choosing a private partner to help rebuild their city, despite the selection committee having recommended Sonnenblick Development for the project.

Riviera Beach City Council members voted Wednesday to give themselves a $12,000 raise. During their meeting as the board of the city’s Utility Special District, members voted 3-2 in favor of a $1,000 monthly stipend. They said it will compensate them for their work guiding Riviera Beach’s faltering water system while managing construction of a $400 million plant.

Riviera Beach launched an affordable housing project last week in its booming Marina District off Broadway. Villa L’Onz will be on 11th Street and Avenue E on the city’s south end, one block west of Broadway.

In a decision Riviera Beach officials celebrated in a press release, the nation’s high court last week declined to wade into a multimillion-dollar dispute over whether the city illegally seized Fane Lozman’s mostly submerged land along Singer Island by refusing to let him develop it.

A Riviera Beach Councilman is pushing to change an election statute after an appeals court upheld a ruling disqualifying him and four other candidates from the March 11 ballot.

Stirring city politics and putting the city manager’s job at risk is a report from Riviera Beach Mayor Ronnie Felder. The report includes complaints from 33 employees or former employees who agreed to air criticism of their managers.

Riviera Beach's most vociferous foe claims ownership of Singer Island fire station property after city's move to retrace long lost property marker.

Contentious debate continues in Riviera Beach over a contaminated drinking water scandal. The Council held an emergency meeting this week but the meeting raised more questions than answers.

The Palm Beach County school board came to an informal agreement to build a new high school in Riviera Beach — a plan that supporters and community advocates say is long overdue.

A new pop-up exhibit in Riviera Beach displays nuanced depictions of Black people and raises questions about art and community gatherings.

As hometown favorite Devin Hester gets picked for the Hall of Fame, WLRN speaks to the announcer who narrated one of the most memorable moment in Super Bowl history: when he returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in Super Bowl 41 in Miami.