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Goodbye Palm Beach, and thank you!

radaronline_logoIt’s hard to say goodbye when you’re having fun!

Yet, this is my last Page2Live entry.

On Tuesday, I became executive editor of Radar Online, one of the country’s biggest celebrity websites.

The sandbox I get to play in now is a lot larger, and the gig often will take me to Los Angeles and Las Vegas and New York City.

But I leave The Palm Beach Post and the readers who supported me with news tips, kudos and criticism for the past seven years with a heavy heart.

I love Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, and not just because it’s my home. There are few places in this country as quirky as Palm Beach, Stuart, Boca and Wellington. News people who work here know they’re lucky because, indeed, there never is a dull moment.

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EXCLUSIVE: Tiger Woods’ Privacy for sale!

Troubled Jupiter Island golfer Tiger Woods is putting his mega yacht Privacy up for sale, Page2Live has learned.

Privacy

Privacy

Woods

Woods

A Woods camp insider is telling me the golfer originally offered the 155-foot Christensen ship to ex-wife Elin Nordegren as his wedding present in 2004.

But Nordegren turned down the yacht during divorce-settlement talks with philandering Woods last summer.

“She didn’t want it because the upkeep is incredibly expensive,” the source said.

With a permanent crew of 13, Privacy costs more than $2 million a year to maintain.

Click here to see where Tiger lives when he’s on land

Woods had the vessel sailed south to Fort Lauderdale in the fall. It was dry-docked in a yard for two months to paint the hull and re-surface the deck.

Privacy is now back at its home-port in North Palm Beach’s Old Port Cove, and Woods is shopping for a broker to list it for $25 million.

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PB County Clerk Sharon Bock in $ tug-of-war with soon-to-be-ex

Gigliotti with Bock

Gigliotti with Bock

Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock’s divorce got uglier.

Bock, 58, is alleging that her neighborhood activist husband of 14 years, Tony Gigliotti, broke into their marital home and stole furniture, jewelry, stemware and china, according to court papers.

Bock was out of town after changing the locks on the doors of the couple’s Palm Beach Shores home. When she returned, she called police although there was no arrest.

“Like every divorce in Palm Beach County, this is a very emotional divorce, and the parties are working through the emotions,” said James Green, Gigliotti’s lawyer. “He removed property he felt was his before the marriage.”

And in another recent filing, Bock also alleged that Gigliotti, the chairman of the politically powerful Singer Island Civic Association, tried to shield his ownership of a farm in North Florida. He claimed that his two adult children from a previous marriage are the rightful owners although Bock disputed that.

The silver lining: The popular, twice elected county clerk will do just fine financially without Gigliotti.

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DUI killer in minimum security camp

Zegeye

Zegeye

The former Benjamin School student who pleaded guilty to being drunk when he drove into another car stopped at a red light  in Palm Beach Gardens two and a half years ago, killing the driver, has found a new home.

Beruch Zegeye is expected to celebrate his 20th birthday this summer at the minimum-security Lancaster Correctional Institution near Gainesville.

He’s scheduled to be released in January 2017 although he could receive credit for good behavior.

Lancaster is listed as a medium- to low-security camp for young criminals, and that isn’t sitting well with his victim’s family.

According to the Florida Department of Corrections’ website, the camp houses about 570 offenders between 19 and 24 years old in dorms.

Lancaster is mandated to provide its residents with 12 hours of a day of activities and classes like graphic and culinary arts, sports, weight training and wellness.

Oh, yes: There’s a stress management program, too.

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Sony Ericsson: Greg Norman and the new wife’s PDAs, LeBron and Dwyane

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Norman and wife Kutner

Norman and wife Kutner

Get a room already!

Links Leviathan Greg Norman, aka The Great White Shark, has been hanging at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne with his new pilot fish, wife Kirsten Kutner (above).

And obviously, Norman is so taken with the younger wife, his third, six months after their wedding that their public displays of affection have prevented the love birds from watching all of the action on the court.

Click here for a look at Greg Norman’s Jupiter Island home

Jupiter Island resident Norman and the missus were at two-time champ Kim Clijster’s win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez Sunday and Spanish champ Rafael Nadal’s victory Monday over Feliciano Lopez.

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Norman’s always had an affinity for tennis. Last year, Norman replaced his second wife, Boca Raton tennis legend Chris Evert, with Kutner.

Meanwhile, the Miami Heat are riding a five-game win streak and superstars Dwyane Wade and LeBron James enjoyed the attention they got Saturday night when the duo, plus Wade’s two sons, visited with Rafael Nadal (below).

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