It’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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Rough day for Lt. Swank (Special to the Palm Beach Post)

I’m told the snoring could be heard across the room!

To the right, fellow taxpayer, is Lt. Jeff Swank, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Internal Affairs executive officer!

And this cell-phone picture of Swank sound asleep obtained by Page2Live has been making the rounds among the chuckling rank and file.

How do I know he’s snoring?

Well, there’s a video, and the sound is quite clear.

I’ve been trying to get a hold of it, but I’m told by an insider that Internal Affairs head Capt. Larry Easton, to0, is hot on the trail of the footage.

Swank was among 70 local enforcement officials at a three-day class last week at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport.

The classroom training focused on the handling of police-involved shootings.

But Swank apparently got so bored he dozed off while fellow policemen, who must have been just as bored, snapped away with cell phones.

Swank’s I.A. squad, by the way, does investigate incidents in which deputies are “rude” during such training sessions.

Said PBSO Chief Deputy Mike Gauger: “Lt. Swank attends college after hours and he was called out twice the previous night.

“Things happen. I fall asleep at church sometimes!”

Ross

The mess at WRMF-97.9 FM is getting cleaned up.

Now that the former market leader has been bought by local broadcaster Dean Goodman, former morning star Jennifer Ross has been tapped to return Monday to the anchoring job she was fired from a year and a half ago, three sources told Page2Live.

With ratings sagging to historic lows in some categories of listeners, the woman who fired Ross, General Manager Elizabeth Hamma, finally gave the go-ahead for Ross’ on-air return.

New owner Goodman declined comment because he hasn’t received the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission for his purchase. Until then — could be three months — the Boston equity firm Great Hills still runs the station.

Neither Hamma nor Ross returned calls.

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Animal lover and domestic diva Martha Stewart (above left) was honored in Palm Beach today for her generosity toward the American Humane Association.

Stewart, 69,  who received the Humanitarian of the Year award, and New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer, 34, (above with Stewart) were the guests of honor of the Association’s fund-raising luncheon for 500 at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.

The event lured a society who’s who from Boca Raton, Wellington and Palm Beach.

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A rarity among celebs: TV hostess and magazine owner Stewart actually flew to Palm Beach on her own dime and didn’t charge the charity an appearance fee.

“We saved at least $50,000,” said Terry Lee Kaly, the Association’s director of events. “Martha has been very generous.”

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The Nations Cup, a show jumping event in Wellington in which riders compete for their countries, brought more than 9,000 people to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center the other night. In addition to the charming Paige Johnson (above), an equestrian and the daughter of the billionaire BET founders Bob and Sheila Johnson, Page2Live shutterbug Mike Jachles ran into the likes of Canadian Olympic rider Eric Lamaze (below) on March 4. Click here for the full gallery

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