In the face of a planned months-long closure of South Ocean Boulevard that would effectively cut the town in half, Palm Beach officials stood their ground — and got results.
We learned on Monday that the road will now be open when former President Donald Trump is not in town, major progress on an issue that threatened to created congestion in town even without the annual influx of people and vehicles that come with the start of season.
Mar-a-Lago, in a rare statement, was the first to share word of the agreement on the road closure schedule that it had worked out with the Secret Service, which had ordered the road closed 24 hours a day through at least the election in November, as part of increased security measures in the wake of the July 13 attempted assassination of Mr. Trump in Pennsylvania…