By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Patricia Wade Owen, a Chicago native who joined key social philanthropic causes when she was a young college graduate, died March 15 at
age 87. She had been in the care of Hospice of Palm Beach County for about
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By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Mary Ellen Cannon, who raised her six children in Michigan and moved to Florida in her later years to golf, garden and give more attention to her love
for crafting, died in the care of Hospice of Palm Beach County on March 8…
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By Linda Haase
When Amanda Jean got her first Barbie doll, she had no desire to play with it. Her first instinct was to design a new wardrobe for the model-thin fashion icon.
She used any material she could find, including her own clothes, but after a few years it…
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By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Eileen T. Simpson, who began coming to Crown Colony Club nearly 30 years ago when she and her husband bought a condo here for
retirement, has died of complications related to Alzheimer’s disease. She was
82.…
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By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — The words appeared for a week on the town's closed-circuit television station: In Memory of Carl Gauer.That's how this small, mobile home community reports the death of friends and
neighbors, but this time the message was especially…
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By C.B. Hanif The uplifting annual National Day of Prayer program, hosted locally by the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association, is as representative of humanity and our
various faith traditions as it gets around these parts. And it just became more
so: For the first time, Hindu is among the myriad faiths to be represented at
the Duncan Center…
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By Arden Moore
The first place Suzi Goldsmith headed after relocating from Detroit to Palm Beach County in 1985 wasn’t to dine at the famed Breakers Hotel, tour the Flagler
Museum or catch an outdoor concert at Bryant…
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Results:
MANALAPAN
Louis DeStefano - 77.88% | Gerald Kent Shortz - 22.12%
Total votes: 208
Howard Roder - 57.64% | Thomas Thorton - 42.36%
Total votes: 203
OCEAN RIDGE
Lynn Allison - 74.44% | Nancy Hogan - 25.56%
Total votes: 313
SOUTH PALM BEACH (Top 2 win seats)
Richard Akin - 9.17% | Isabella Ralston-Charnley -…
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Gulf Stream School eighth-grader Olivia Gaudree is one of only four students in America recognized by the USA Today Sportsmanship Essay Contest on March 2. Read her touching essay below:Une, deux, trois, quatre, cinq- I counted with my eyes closed. Reaching twenty, I slowly scanned the lawn for any obvious hiding places, while keeping my eyes on the ball in the middle of the field. Although this…
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In South Palm Beach two incumbents aren’t seeking re-election March 9. The top two vote recipients among six candidates will win the two open seats on the Town Council. The candidates in order of appearance on the ballot: 
Richard Akin PERSONAL: 64; married; no children; journalism degree Georgia State University.…
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Candidates for the March 9 Delray Beach City Commission election in order of appearance on the ballot: Seat 2
Fred B. Fetzer (incumbent) PERSONAL: 65; Bachelor's mechanical engineering, University of Tennessee.
PROFESSIONAL: Retired from AT&T.
POLITICAL BACKGROUND: City commissioner 2006 to present; liaison to the Delray Beach…
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Candidates for the March 9 Ocean Ridge Town Commission election in the order of their appearance on the ballot: 
Lynn Allison PERSONAL: 59; two children; married; BA psychology, American University; MSW, Howard University, PhD management and administration, Indiana University Watson Institute.
PROFESSIONAL: Owner,…
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Candidates for the March 9 Manalapan Town Commission election in order of appearance on the ballot: Seat 2
Robert Evans, unopposed incumbent
Seat 4
Louis DeStefano PERSONAL: 67; single; bachelor’s in English, Long Island University.
PROFESSIONAL: CEO of Thermatix company.
POLITICAL…
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Chief Edward Hillery Age: 69
Years in Ocean Ridge: 17 years as chief of police
Past life: Spent 23 and a half years with the Boynton Beach Police force, retiring as chief of police before coming to Ocean Ridge; spent seven years as a county investigator in Essex County, N.J.…
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By Thom Smith
Chilly temperatures be damned, we’re warming up. I mean, what else are we supposed to do in South Florida? Fortunately, a little chilly weather here is better than most of the weather up north, and the folks who live and work along the beach avenues don’t let a few degrees get in the way of a good time.
There are not too many places this time of year where you’d find
John McEnroe playing tennis in the middle of the street.…
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None of us are happy with the speed of change.
Many of our
neighbors who live in the Tradewinds and Place Au Soleil neighborhoods
are upset at how quickly the city of Boynton Beach has embraced and
approved a Walmart where the former Gulfstream mall sits crumbling
today.
While no one debates the need to replace this strip-mall
eyesore, there is a strong feeling that the approval process has been
fast-tracked with too little public discussion. Contrast that…
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By Emily J. Minor
These days, news travels fast — even when you’re a bohemian sort like Billy Blackman — and that’s how Blackman found out a man died while kitesurfing up in Martin County.
Fast, and right to the point.
“I got a text,” Blackman said. “I was actually giving a (kitesurfing) lesson, and a friend of mine texted me.”
Blackman, 46, likes it on the edge. A Boynton…
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By Margie Plunkett
Watch
public service announcement from zMotion
Plant signs and you might grow safety and cooperation: At least that’s the hope of a cyclists’ advocacy campaign that would use new road signs to instruct A1A motorists and bicyclists how to share the road.
The Florida Department of Transportation is working with cycling group zMotion to post bicycle safety signs with two…
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By Arden Moore
A few years ago, civic leader Peter Blum, heading home to Manalapan from the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton, popped in at an animal shelter.
“Our meeting ended early and I had some time to kill, so I decided I would go to the shelter and just look around,” he says.
A lifelong dog lover, Blum convinced himself that he would just stroll up and down the shelter’s corridors to greet the leaping and yapping…
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Three town manager candidates, selected from about 300 resumes received in a search after Greg Dunham resigned from the job, will face Manalapan commissioners at a March 22 interview. Commissioners set a salary range of $80,000 to $120,000, but agreed that they could stretch higher or lower depending on the experience of the candidate when they finally make an offer.
Each candidate will be interviewed separately by the panel during a special meeting that begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by a…
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