By Liz Best
BOCA RATON — Gene Ehlers will be remembered not only for his professional accomplishments, but also for the way he lived day-to-day: with elegance, dignity, generosity and an ever-present twinkle in his eye.
“I hope everyone will li
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Funeral services for former Palm Beach County Sheriff Charles A. McCutcheon have been scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, with a Mass at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Boca Raton. On Friday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be visiting h
The Boca Club Bridge (Camino Real Road) over the Intracoastal Waterway (City of Boca Raton) is closed for bridge repairs to all vehicle and traffic from 6 a.m, on May 26 to 6 p.m. on June 20. Traffic will be detoured via: U.S. 1, S.E. Mizner Bouleva
The $2 million enclosed tanks at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
have opened to the public. Visitors can look down into the tanks,
one of which is planted with mangroves. Below the deck are windows
for peering into the tank. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coa
Eleven former or current Boca Raton Regional Hospital physicians have been nominated for the Palm Beach County Medical Society’s Heroes in Medicine Awards and will be honored at the Society’s ninth annual luncheon, at the Kravis Center on May 9.
For
Richard Pollock, who lives in Highland Beach with his wife,
Mary Jo, has worked for the YMCA for 38 years. He is the CEO
of the YMCA of South Palm Beach County, which includes facilities
in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Sta
The Boca Raton Historical Society is offering snippets
of pioneer Frank Chesebro’s diaries as tweets. Photos provided
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Frank Chesebro moved to Boca Raton from Michigan in 1903. He planted his land, worked with a crew of A
The Allianz Championship’s focus is on golf,
but it has added the Grapes on the Green Golf and Wine
Event at The Old Course at Broken Sound to attract a range
of spectators. Photo provided
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
The weeklong 2012 Allianz Cha
Stephanie Robin has survived Stage 4 breast cancer and
is currently undergoing treatment for cancer in her lungs. Photo provided.
By Liz Best
By sheer definition, Stephanie Robin is the living embodiment of a survivor, but she still hesitates to
Jewish Community Foundation
Woodfield County Club
The Jewish Community Foundation held a Professional Advisory Committee Kickoff &
Membership Drive Cocktail Reception at Woodfield County Club in Boca Raton. Pictured:
Seth Marmor and Linda Mel
Artist Yaacov Heller created a painting of Jackie Evancho
singing with the Boca Raton Symphonia at Festival of the Arts Boca.
The Symphonia will use the painting as a fundraiser, selling
it to a donor it hopes will license back giclée prints that can
James T. Heverin
BOCA RATON — Gumbo Limbo Nature Center was near and dear to James T. Heverin’s heart. He spent many hours there as a volunteer.
So when Mr. Heverin died last month, the family asked that donations in his memory go to the nature cen
Bethesda Ball, ‘Evening at the Oscars’
At The Breakers, Palm Beach
Bethesda Hospital Foundation Executive Director Kay
Harvey (left) with Lady Sheila Germain and Foundation Board
Chairman Mary Morrell at the Bethesda Ball, which raised more
than
By Steve Plunkett
For land that’s lain idle more than 17 years, Ocean Strand swirled into 2011 with a flurry of activity.
• Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commissioner Dirk Smith met with the Federation of Boca Raton Homeowner Associat
The Boca Raton Resort & Club as it stand today.
The original Cloister built by Addison Mizner is at right.
Photo courtesy of the Boca Raton Resort & Club
Five things you maybe didn't know about Addison Mizner | Resort timeline
By Deborah S.
Jack Fox has piloted his own planes,
including this Beechcraft Baron, for
more than 50 years. He keeps this plane
at Boca Raton Airport. Photos by Tim Stepien
How do you know Jack Fox?
Coastal residents may know him as president of the Beac
In 1967, Arvida tears down part of the original
Cloister to build the tower. It is the tallest structure
between Tallahassee and Miami at the time.
Photo courtesy of the Boca Raton Resort & Club
1925: Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner arrives
Addison Mizner
Courtesy Boca Raton Historical Society
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Five things you might not know about Addison Mizner:
1. The Boca connection: Although Mizner is virtually synonymous with Boca Raton, he spent no more than a year in
A new I-95 interchange at Spanish River Boulevard in Boca Raton has been officially adopted as a future development project by the Florida Department of Transportation.
So says County Commissioner Steven Abrams, who is a member of the Metropolitan Pl
By Thom Smith
If you had hoped to catch a pre-Oscar screening of Black Swan or The Social Network at the Sunrise Cinemas 8 in Mizner Park, change your plans. The multiplex closed down in mid-January amid a wealth of rumors and misinformation.
This
