South Ocean Boulevard closes near Mar-a-Lago Friday morning

Meteorologist Melanie Black taped the Palm Beach segments in September, and the episode aired live Oct. 7 as the season finale of "Fox Weather Beach House," which spent its second season on beach destinations nationwide. Black visited the Worth Avenue Clock Tower, then rode around town with Scotti Williams Luxton, who co-owns Palm Beach E-Bike Rentals, in an open-air electric Lilly Pulitzer Moke. From near the Flagler Museum, Black biked part of the Lake Trail with Luxton and Luxton's sister, Robin Williams. She also walked through Royal Poinciana Plaza. The rerun is set for Oct. 17-18, though Fox Weather has not yet announced an exact time.

The approval follows more than a year of public debate over redeveloping the historic theater, and every use in the revised plan sits inside the landmarked building.

Storm work pulled the undergrounding crews away twice in 2026, according to Town Engineer Patricia Strayer. The most recent call-up came after Hurricane Isaias, when crews went to the Panhandle. The town's $128 million project, the total for burying power, phone and cable lines and pulling poles, began in 2017. Completion is expected in late 2027. Strayer said the worst single delay from a deployment was about a month, and the overall schedule has not slipped significantly. Because the town keeps no detailed log of deployments, the time each phase lost is unknown. A Sept. 21 memo put Phase 7 South at 65% complete. That section runs north from Atlantic Avenue to Sanford Avenue and Via Los Incas.

The condo at 400 S. Ocean Blvd. was one of Florida's first luxury condominiums, and possibly the nation's, and the town made it a landmark in 2011. Its designer, the late Edward Durell Stone, was the modernist behind the Kennedy Center. Stone aimed high for it, calling it "the most splendid and modern building that men, machines and money can erect for Palm Beach's international colony." Stone's son, Edward Durell Stone Jr., handled the landscape design. This year the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach nominated the building for Docomomo US's Modernism in America Award. Katie Jacob, the foundation's vice president, wrote that it marks a key moment in New Formalism, scaling monumental design down to a restrained home. Docomomo US did not pick it among its 15 winners for 2026.

Jazz vocalist Joe Freer headlines the next night of the Rotary Club of Palm Beach's "Red Velvet Rooftop Jazz Series." The concert is at Hotel AKA West Palm from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 27. Registration and seat assignments begin at 6 p.m., and the first set starts at 7:15 p.m. General admission costs $43.45 per ticket, fees included, on Eventbrite under "Red Velvet Jazz." Food is sold separately at the hotel lounge. Proceeds support the Palm Beach Rotary Foundation and its charitable work.