The Kentucky Derby is today, the second Saturday in May Guest blogger Victoria Malmer recalls growing up in Kentucky, where family traditions surrounding the Kentucky Derby included the Governor’s Derby Breakfast, festive hats, ham biscuits, friendly wagering, roses – and of course, mint juleps. Kentucky Derby Memories By Victoria Malmer Guest blogger for JanNorris.com I wish I were in Kentucky this week. The energy and excitement generated by Derby is palpable. It is as though the 4th of July, Christmas, and the Super Bowl are all on the same day and related. Gov. and Mrs. Patton host the Derby Breakfast at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., in May 2000 /photo from Kentucky online archives The Governor’s Derby Breakfast Victoria Malmer and brother Stephen in their ... Continue reading →
The Kentucky Derby is today, the second Saturday in May Guest blogger Victoria Malmer recalls growing up in Kentucky, where family traditions surrounding the Kentucky Derby included the Governor’s Derby Breakfast, festive hats, ham biscuits, friendly wagering, roses – and of course, mint juleps. Kentucky Derby Memories By Victoria Malmer Guest blogger for JanNorris.com I wish I were in Kentucky this week. The energy and excitement generated by Derby is palpable. It is as though the 4th of July, Christmas, and the Super Bowl are all on the same day and related. Gov. and Mrs. Patton host the Derby Breakfast at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., in May 2000 /photo from Kentucky online archives The Governor’s Derby Breakfast Victoria Malmer and brother Stephen in their ... Continue reading →
By Jennifer Sorentrue Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Posted: 1:14 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2012 BELLE GLADE — A 10-year-old dog was removed from a Belle Glade home on Tuesday after her owner cut off her leg with a handsaw, Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officials said.Luc Jean Baptiste, 48, of Belle Glade was charged with felony animal cruelty after a witness said he duct-taped the dog's mount shut, hog-tied her, and sawed through her right front leg. The witness told animal control officers that Baptiste removed the leg because the dog had injured it, officials said.Animal control was called to the house in the 600 block of Southwest Avenue C by the sheriff's office, which was investigating a shooting at the residence. ... Continue reading →
By Daphne Duret Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Updated: 11:44 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Posted: 5:23 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2012 WEST PALM BEACH — WEST PALM BEACH John Goodman has just taken the stand in his own defense in his DUI manslaughter trial.The surprise move comes on what is expected to be the last day of testimony in the case. Goodman's team said he would decide overnight whether he would testify.Goodman, 48, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted on charges related to the Feb. 12, 2020 death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson, who drowned after Goodman's Bentley collided with his Hyundai and and pushed it into a nearby canal.By mid-morning, prosecutor Ellen Roberts was cross-examining defense engineer Luka Serdar, who ... Continue reading →
The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's called the Run for the Roses, but thousands of tulips are also part of the landscape at Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby. Not this year.Track horticulture director Matt Bizzell says the unusually warm winter means the tulips will bloom about two weeks too early for the first Saturday in May.The track usually has 6,000 to 12,000 tulips blooming during Derby week. Bizzell says they'll be replaced this year by some 25,000 annuals growing in the Churchill Downs greenhouse.As for roses, Bizzell says they should look better than ever. They usually peak after the Derby, but Bizzell says he's hoping this year they'll be right on time. Some 2,100 roses will adorn the Winner's Circle with about 250 ... Continue reading →
Green Market expanding to summer, will open Wednesday nights by Andrew Abramson Green Market on the waterfront West Palm Beach’s popular Green Market will now be open year-around after city officials agreed to operate the market in the off-season summer months. While the current Green Market is open on Saturday mornings, the summer Green Market will be open on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. so guests can escape the brutal noon summer heat. Although the summer market isn’t expected to be quite as large as the current market, it will still include more than 60 vendors. The summer hours will run from May 23 through September 29, so there will be a month’s gap between the closing of the Saturday market on April ... Continue reading →
