The iconic sea grape tunnels near the Atlantic Avenue pavilion likely will be spared from the chain saw, following an outcry from some Delray Beach residents. Conflicting environmental views and a wish to keep the beachscape character in place are th
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Economic woes led to the collapse of the iPic Theater, but International Materials Inc. signed a lease to move its corporate headquarters into the third floor of the building in downtown Delray Beach. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
International
Written in the Wind, a 41-foot sailboat, became disabled in rough weather, challenging its live-aboard owner and state and local officials who struggled to have it removed. Because of its size and disrepair, along with the cost of getting it back in
A $1 million donation has been made to the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s Keeping the Promise Campaign to support the current and future needs of the medical facility.
The monetary source: Sun Capital Partners Foundation founders Rodger Kr
A car drives along Ocean Avenue in downtown Boynton Beach in 1915. Photos from Boynton Beach City Library collection
The city’s evolution from incorporation in 1920 to a dazzling new $118 million Town Square in 2020
By Ron Hayes
On July 14, 1920, a
By Ron Hayes
BOYNTON BEACH — When Alice Weems Weaver and Curtis Weaver Sr. died five days apart in late June, the city of Boynton Beach lost a treasury of local memories, and their love story found a bittersweet ending.
Alice, known to all since chi
The Butcher and The Bar opened in August and offers takeout and dining inside and out. Table service wasn’t available at first, but customers could place orders at the sandwich bar. The establishment includes a retail butcher shop. Photos provided by
By Christine Davis
COVID-19 vaccine development is in the works across the globe with one Phase 3 trial — the final step before U.S. government approval — in progress locally. Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. — in collaboration with the National I
By Janis Fontaine
Just as the response to the coronavirus varies in different cultural, social and political arenas, the same is true in local churches. The one thing they share is a desire to serve and help, and they are on the front lines when fami
By Janis Fontaine
The Jewish High Holy Days — Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement — both take place in late September.
In Judaism, these are two of the most important holy days, and services featuring special pray
Costa d’Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach offers humans a free stay if an accompanying pet pays a rate starting at $184 a night. Photo provided by Costa d’Este Beach Resort & Spa
By Arden Moore
Raise your paw, er hand, if you are feeling a little stir
Seaside Deli cashier Audrey Bazil rings up a purchase by Andrew Estevez as others wait at an appropriate distance. The deli refuses to admit people without masks and limits the number of customers in the store, near Briny Breezes. Jerry Lower/The Coa
Editor's Note: Delray commission owes taxpayers the truth
By Jane Smith
After five months of emergency repairs to the city’s botched reclaimed water system, 90% of the customers should have been back on line by June 30, the city said.
As of June 17,
On Feb. 4, the city of Delray Beach was told by the Florida Health Department that it must implement a citywide boil water order after receiving complaints that the city’s drinking water had become contaminated with reclaimed water.
The order was avo
By Charles Elmore
An emergency order puts beaches out of bounds for the Fourth of July weekend across Palm Beach County.
The county’s order to temporarily close beaches joined similar decrees in Miami-Dade and Broward counties aimed at avoiding larg
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners, faced with a 10.3% increase in how much they’re charged for fire service from Delray Beach, are questioning why they are being asked to pay for four additional firefighter/paramedics to be assigned to the
By Mary Hladky and Jane Smith
As small-business owners reeled from shutdowns mandated to stop the spread of COVID-19, South County cities pitched in to help them offset calamitous revenue losses.
Responding to Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce pl
By Jane Smith
Within a week of receiving Boynton Beach City Commission approval in mid-June, Riverwalk Plaza had finished landscaping the parking lot and entrances off Woolbright Road.
“The easternmost entrance had a weird S-curve shape,” said Luke T
By Jane Smith
During an often contentious meeting, a divided Delray Beach City Commission voted 3-2 on June 24 to oust City Manager George Gretsas from his $265,000 position without seeing a final report of the bullying accusations made against him.
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners want to make it a lot more difficult for the town to merge its Police Department with another law enforcement agency.
With a unanimous vote on June 12, the commission gave final approval to a charter amendment