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Today’s edition · Sun., Nov. 8

Palm Beach County is on record pace for $30M-plus home sales

Plus, the Feast of Little Italy wraps up today in Abacoa.

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Palm Beach County is on pace to break its record for $30M-plus home sales

This year's $30M-plus sales already match all of last year

Source: Key West Citizen

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All of 202521
Through Sept. 202621
Projected for 202628

If you follow the top of the housing market, this one's for you. Palm Beach County is on track to shatter its annual record for $30 million-plus residential sales, according to .

  • Sales of $30 million or more through September: 21
  • Total for all of 2025: 21
  • Projected total by the end of 2026: 28

Closer to the field, The Palm Beach Post published its end-of-season Palm Beach County high school football rankings on Friday, with analysis of the biggest risers and fallers since the preseason.

28$30M-plus residential sales projected in Palm Beach County by year's end

That's up from 21 recorded through September, which matched all of 2025.

Source: Key West Citizen

News Notes

Abacoa

The 25th annual Feast of Little Italy wraps up today in downtown , from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Saturday, 683 people set a world record for the most people stringing cheese simultaneously. WPBF

The Feast of Little Italy runs 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today

Downtown Abacoa, Jupiter

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25th annual
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683 cheese stringers

Source: WPBF

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Flooding

Residents of West Palm Beach's community are still dealing with high water, though some areas have seen receding waters since Monday night. Residents Ariana and Alicia Willgh said it's been difficult to get out of the community without a big truck or SUV. WPBF

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Golden retrievers took over Jupiter Dog Beach on Saturday for the ninth annual Jupiter Golden Jubilee. They splashed through waves, dug holes and rolled in the sand, and the weekend also included a Friday parade at Harbourside Place. Picture all that wagging. Fetching, indeed.

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Past issues

  1. Sat., Nov. 7Drier skies return after the flooding, and Mizner Park gets a familiar owner
  2. Fri., Nov. 6Palm Beach County joins Florida's flooding state of emergency
  3. Thurs., Nov. 5Riviera Beach digs out from record rain; Amendment 3 passes
  4. Wed., Nov. 4Riviera Beach flood recovery, polling place moves and Brightline
  5. Tues., Nov. 3Parts of Palm Beach Gardens saw 15 inches of rain; polls open at 7 a.m.
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Palm Beach County is on record pace for $30M-plus home sales

Plus, the Feast of Little Italy wraps up today in Abacoa.

The TLDR

  1. Palm Beach County is on pace for a record in $30M-plus home sales
  2. The Feast of Little Italy wraps up today in Abacoa
  3. Floodwaters still linger in West Palm Beach's Briar Bay
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