City Hall, the Mandel Public Library and Grassy Waters Preserve Nature Center will be closed Monday, February 16, in observance of Presidents Day. Regular trash collections will continue on schedule. City Hall and Grassy Waters will re-open at 8 a.m. Tuesday; the Mandel Library Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The regularly scheduled City Commission meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 17, at 5 p.m.
There will be no Clematis by Night on Thursday, February 12, or GreenMarket on Saturday, February 14, 2026, because of the Palm Tree Music Festival along the West Palm Beach Waterfront. Clematis by Night will be back on Thursday, February 19, and the GreenMarket with our great vendors will be back on February 21.
Published on November 12, 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (November 12, 2025) — The West Palm Beach Police Department responded to a collision involving a passenger train and a construction vehicle on Northlake Boulevard, just west of Beeline Highway, at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Preliminary findings indicate a construction vehicle entered the path of a northbound Amtrak passenger train. The driver of the construction vehicle, 65-year-old Nowel Alfonso, was pronounced dead at the scene. The train operator was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. No additional injuries were reported.
One eastbound lane of Northlake Boulevard was temporarily closed during the investigation but has since been reopened.
The investigation is ongoing.
Case no.: 20250017492
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Rachel Leitao
Public Information Officer
pdpio@wpb.org