Mary Kate Leming's Blog – June 2010 Archive (44)

By Thomas R. Collins

Since Boynton Beach brought up the idea of annexing pieces of unincorporated barrier island land, several residents have made it known that they’d prefer to be part

of Gulf Stream instead.

As a result, Gulf Stream…

By Margie Plunkett

Mayor Roger Bennett is asking the two police agencies bidding to provide Briny Breezes protection to forego annual 4 percent increases, a move that delayed a

vote at the Town Council’s May meeting.

The town now plans to choose a proposal at the June 24…

By Kelly Wolfe

Loyal WXEL listeners said they were not pleased to learn their favorite public radio station was sold in April to a Miami classical music station.

“I just think it would be a tremendous loss,” said Marna Hirshhorn of Delray Beach. “I love classical music to death,…

By Tim O’Meilia

Conflicting locations given by scores of 911 callers to emergency dispatchers sent rescuers to the wrong location, at first, of what became the accidental drowning of a

Georgia couple in a strong rip current behind a South Palm Beach condominium on

May 15.…

By Tim O’Meilia

A week later, Harvey Kertzman is second-guessing himself.

“What if I had gone downstairs a minute earlier? What if I had turned her on her side? Should I have spun her around so her…

By Margie Plunkett

Manalapan commissioners welcomed new Town Manager Tom Heck with relief and a rapidly growing to-do list. Heck’s first meeting opened with the mayor’s response to

accusations that he proposed a turtle protection ordinance for personal gain.…

The George Bush Boulevard Bridge will close to motorists and pedestrians sometime late in July for four months while the county makes repairs, according to Palm

Beach County Bridge Superintendent Barry Meve. The bridge closing isn’t expected to interrupt boat traffic.

An exact closing date, the cost and other…

By Linda Haase

The Boynton Harbor Marina should be a waterfront destination, city officials contend.

And renovations designed to bring more people to the facility, which was purchased by the Community Redevelopment Agency in 2006, have…

By Christine Davis

What goes around comes around, and, when it comes to coastal real estate, it looks like it might be coming around again, observes Judi Lukens, a Realtor with

Premier Estate Properties in Delray Beach.

“Across the…

Meet Your Neighbor — Bruce Gimmy

What have dads (and other guys) found fashionable over the years? The preppy look is always in, one way or another, said Bruce Gimmy, owner of the Trouser Shop…

By Margie Plunkett

A plan that would allow Lantana Police Chief Rick Lincoln to retire early received preliminary approval from the Town Council, a move that could shuffle

Police Department leadership to the tune of a $125,000 savings.…

By Jan…

Lucy and Terry Brown of Ocean Ridge announce the arrival of Josephine Teresa Schneider, their first grandchild, born April 20 at 6 pounds, 4…

Jacqueline Barbara Kaleel

On May 15, Jacqueline Barbara Kaleel of Ocean Ridge graduated from Pope John Paul II High School in Boca Raton. Commencement exercises took place at the Carole

& Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at Florida Atlantic…

By Dianna Smith

Inside this beautiful school by a crystal blue sea are children who love to read.

Mysteries, thrillers, fantasies — anything and everything that will draw them into another…

By Greg Stepanich

It was controversial when it first hit the stage back in 1967, but today it stands as a landmark of the American theater, and the first truly successful rock

musical.

I speak, of course, of Hair, which…

By Emily J.

Minor

OCEAN RIDGE — It’s never

easy…

By Ron Hayes

DELRAY BEACH — Not long ago, as his health failed and his birthday neared, Dick Keresey told his son, Jim,

“You know, I think I’d like to have my 94th birthday. I…

By Antigone Barton

Life had become easy for Lydia Crozier, who was happily married and a successful decorator, when a little-understood epidemic began stealing people from her

midst.…

By Emily J. Minor

DELRAY BEACH — Francis P. Kelley, who all his adult life worked tirelessly for the rights of the mentally handicapped and helped Eunice Shriver establish the

first games in the Special Olympics, died in his sleep at home in late April.

He had just turned 85.…