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🌱 Patch AM: How one West Palm Beach school is transforming at-risk kids’ reading skills
Coming up on the West Palm Beach Patch calendar: NYE 2025: Amateur Hour Ends at Midnight at The Salty Zebra
Good morning to you West Palm Beach! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How one West Palm Beach school is transforming at-risk kids’ reading skills
- How will Southridge’s demolition reshape affordable housing for West Palm Beach seniors?
- How a ShotSpotter alert led West Palm Beach police to gunfire
Also on today's calendar: NYE 2025: Amateur Hour Ends at Midnight at The Salty Zebra and 1 more event.
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Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Cooler; breezy in the morning, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.
- Wednesday: Plenty of sunshine, but cool, temps: high: 63, low: 51.
- Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Carver Christian Academy sees dramatic reading improvements for at-risk West Palm Beach students (wptv.com) — A free private elementary school in West Palm Beach is posting dramatic gains in reading for at-risk children, with most students now reaching or exceeding grade level by year’s end. Carver Christian Academy, run by Urban Youth Impact on North Australian Avenue, combines small classes, intensive literacy support, and mentoring to help students from challenging neighborhoods like Tamarind Avenue and Riviera Beach envision brighter futures. 
2. Becoming Roseland Gardens: Demolition splits housing project in West Palm Beach (wlrn.org) — Demolition of part of the Southridge senior housing complex in West Palm Beach has begun, launching a $63 million project that will replace 1940s cottages with the new Roseland Gardens apartments. Seniors have been relocated, many to Autumn Ridge in Westgate, and are torn between safer, modern buildings and the loss of their close-knit, walkable community as the Housing Authority and developers target a 2027 opening.
3. Two people found with gunshot wounds after ShotSpotter alert leads officers to scene (cw34.com) — Two people were hospitalized after a Sunday night shooting in West Palm Beach that police detected through a ShotSpotter alert near Abraham Avenue, Australian Avenue, and Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. Both victims’ injuries are not life-threatening, and detectives with the West Palm Beach Police Department are still investigating what led to the gunfire.
4. 'A people's person': New Palm Beach bishop loves sports, song, laughs (palmbeachpost.com) — Catholics in West Palm Beach and across the Diocese of Palm Beach will soon welcome Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez as their new bishop, the first Hispanic leader of the diocese. Friends from St. Anne Catholic Church in downtown West Palm Beach describe him as a warm, sports-loving pastor focused on building bridges across the area’s diverse communities.
5. Florida Man year in review: Clowns, Chuck E. Cheese, Batman greatest hits of 2025 (cw34.com) — West Palm Beach serves as the dateline for a roundup of 2025’s wildest “Florida Man” moments, but the actual incidents stretch across the state. From a clown arrest and a Batman onesie burglary bust to a Chuck E. Cheese mascot in cuffs and a stolen forklift, it’s a humorous look back at Florida’s strangest headlines.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in West Palm Beach
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★ Featured events ★
- NYE 2025: Amateur Hour Ends at Midnight at The Salty Zebra
377 Tequesta Dr, Jupiter
5:30 pm
Wednesday December 31
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Other local events
- AAS- "Loggerhead Marinelife Center" Beach Cleanup
Loggerhead Marinelife Center , 14200 US HWY. 1 , Juno Beach
8:30 am - Bonsai Bar Workshop at The Brewhouse Gallery
The Brewhouse Gallery , 720 Park Ave , Lake Park
6:30 pm - The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - West Palm Beach, FL
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Executive Meeting Center Palm Beach Gardens , 4431 PGA Blvd , Palm Beach Gardens
6:00 pm
Saturday January 3
Wednesday January 7
Saturday January 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Winter Break Camp
North Palm Beach Community Center , 1200 Prosperity Farms Road , North Palm Beach
8:00 am - Winter Break Camp 2
Palm Beach Gardens, FL Calendar
8:00 am - Flow Yoga
North Palm Beach, FL Calendar , 603 Anchorage Drive , North Palm Beach
8:30 am - Senior Tap Dance Troupe: The Coquettes
Osborne Park , 715 Prosperity Farms Road , North Palm Beach
9:30 am - Together Storytime (ages 15 mos.-5 yrs.)
Thelma Obert Room , 303 Anchorage Drive , North Palm Beach
9:30 am - Mah Jongg / Canasta Lessons
Anchorage Park , 603 Anchorage Drive , North Palm Beach
10:00 am - Great Tours: Germany & Austria
Thelma Obert Room , 303 Anchorage Drive , North Palm Beach
12:00 pm - Duplicate Bridge
Osborne Park , 715 Prosperity Farms Road , North Palm Beach
12:30 pm - Evaluation and Selection Committee Meeting Library HVAC Generator Replacement RFP
North Palm Beach, FL Calendar , 501 U.S. Highway 1 , North Palm Beach
2:00 pm
Tuesday December 30
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💬 Chatter
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- Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens Presents Take Akari: Bamboo Lights —Sally Shorr Read on Patch
- Kick off 2026 at The Mall: January Programming at The Mall at Wellington Green —Sally Shorr Read on Patch
- Hello neighbors!
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