Within days of shockingly powerful Hurricane Dorian brutally crushing parts of the Northern Bahamas Sept. 1, town residents were quick to open their hearts and wallets to aid their island neighbors, thankful that the killer storm had spared Palm Beach the direct hit originally forecast.
And part of those fundraising efforts included helping put nearly $690,000 into a fund administered by the Town of Palm Beach United Way for grants to Bahamas-based organizations rebuilding parts of the northeastern Abacos.
