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
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Members of the staff of Cornell Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach. Photos provided
Stories from pandemic are being preserved for posterity
By Ron Hayes
On July 3, 1918, a Boca Raton pioneer named Frank Che
Even health aides allowed to enter the Carlisle are screened for signs of illness such as a fever by staff members wearing masks and gloves. ‘We don’t want anything to happen to our residents,’ Carlisle executive director Richard Tournesy says. Photo
By Amy Woods
The Bethesda Ball would have celebrated its 65th anniversary March 14 at The Breakers on Palm Beach. Instead, because of concern about the coronavirus, the biggest fundraiser of the year for Bethesda Hospital has been canceled.
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Update: Bethesda Hospital cancels Bethesda Ball
By Amy Woods
The Bethesda Ball turns 65 this month, but this will be the first ball for the new CEO of Bethesda Hospital.
Nelson Lazo took the reins in December following a nine-year stint as CEO of
By Christine Davis
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s $250 million fundraising effort, Keeping the Promise, got an early holiday present. Philanthropists Toby and Leon Cooperman made a $25 million gift to the campaign during a St. Andrews Cou
Baptist Health and UnitedHealthcare have agreed to renew United’s network relationship with Boca Raton Regional Hospital, a Baptist property. Beginning Dec. 1, United members enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid
By Christine Davis
Nelson Lazo, a chief executive at Baptist Health South Florida for 12 years, will soon be the new CEO of Bethesda Hospital East and Bethesda Hospital West in Palm Beach County. He will succeed Roger Kirk, who will retire in Decem
By Amy Woods
The Women of Grace Luncheon will celebrate its 20th anniversary next month by recognizing four female volunteers for their philanthropy.
The 2019 honorees and their nominating charities are Kirsten Blazek, American Association of Care
By Joyce Reingold
A good first stop for travelers planning overseas trips is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, a repository of updated vaccine and medication recommendations. The CDC’s Travelers’ Health website spans the globe,
Nearly 400 guests celebrated the 61st-annual Bethesda Hospital Ball with its ‘Palm Beach Revisited’ theme. Including sponsorships, proceeds from the night exceeded $550,000. The gifts will benefit Bethesda’s Center for Medical Education.ABOVE: (l-r)
By Mary Hladky
After about two years of exploratory talks, Boynton Beach-based Bethesda Health and Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida have agreed to merge.
The agreement, announced on Oct. 2, calls for a two-year transition peri
One of the oldest galas in Palm Beach County celebrated its 60th anniversary with 400-plus in attendance. The black-tie evening sparkled with crystals and candlelight and raised more than $1 million to benefit Bethesda Memorial Hospital’s Level III N
The 58th annual event, one of the oldest galas in Palm Beach County, featured the theme ‘A Royal Celebration’ and raised more than $600,000 for Bethesda Hospital Foundation’s Caring for Our Community Campaign. The guests list topped 500, and the ent
Bethesda Ball, ‘Evening at the Oscars’
At The Breakers, Palm Beach
Bethesda Hospital Foundation Executive Director Kay
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Chairman Mary Morrell at the Bethesda Ball, which raised more
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Meg Mallon still busy in retirement
By Craig Dolch
Beth Daniel always made a quick impact in golf.
She won the U.S. Women’s Amateur the first time she entered the event, in 1975, and she was named the LPGA Tour’s Rolex Rookie of the Year in 1979. T
Meg Mallon (left) and Beth Daniel will host this year’s Bethesda Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Photo by Jerry Lower
Daniel and Mallon hosting Bethesda benefit
By Craig Dolch
It has been six months since Meg Mallon retired as a professional golfer,
By Emily J. Minor
Charity work might seem daunting if you’ve never done it. All those phone calls. All that check writing. All that traipsing around town for corporate sponsors.All that time.
But a growing group of influential women who call thems
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 s
