Tequesta News

So it was odd to see the Palm Beach County Tea Party endorse Republican Calvin Turnquest 's congressional bid last week and mention that Turnquest, one of the group's board members, was "instrumental" in bringing $3 million in stimulus money to Tequesta in 2009 for a bridge project.

Tequesta officials are sharing concern over a 30 thousand gallon propane tank that is sandwiched between railroad tracks and homes.

The village of Tequesta is under a boil water advisory starting Saturday morning for the next 24-48 hours, due to a loss of water pressure.

A property tax increase of about $60 would be paid by the owner of a house assessed at $300,000 under the proposed plan to be considered at the Thursday, July 10, 6 p.m. village council meeting.

The Jupiter town council's proposed resolution critical of All Aboard Florida isn't tough enough, says the founder of Florida NOT All Aboard "The council seems hesitant to take a strong stand.

American Underwater Contractors of Tequesta, Fla., began installing the anchors in April, but as the work moves closer to the center of the Beaufort River, the company is finding that there is not enough mud in some areas to provide a solid base.

The leak of a 30,000-gallon propane tank that began Thursday afternoon triggered evacuations and shut down the Florida East Coast Railway between Miami and Jacksonville, officials said Friday.

A Tequesta neighborhood is back to normal following an overnight propane gas leak that forced thousands of people in two counties to evacuate.

Bill DiPaolo is a native of Boston. Since 1980, he has covered police, politics, trends and just about everything else for Florida newspapers in Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Pensacola and West Palm Beach.

A propane leak in Tequesta forced police to evacuate thousands of people Thursday afternoon.

Police said the LP tank began to leak Thursday while workers were filling it up at 901 Old Dixie Highway, a quarter mile south of County Line Road in Tequesta.

He said a 30,000 gallon LP tank is leaking near railroad tracks at 950 Old Dixie Highway in Tequesta.