By C.B. Hanif
Jitu Patel was explaining that the rain sprinkles punctuating a sunny May afternoon in Boynton Beach were a part of a divine script:
“Every time we have an opening, rain always comes, to clean up the site, the soul, the mind and
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Local merchants talk about Walmart
By Dianna Smith
Small business owners are wondering if their livelihood will improve or disappear once Walmart opens its doors next year.
While Boynton Beach is confident the Walmart is what’s best for Boynton
Cathy Patterson
Co-owner of Natural Forest Patio
1815 S. Federal Highway, Boynton BeachIn business 33 years and family-owned
“I’m not a big fan of Walmart because of what it typically does to the mom and pop businesses. But I think the area it
By Margie Plunkett
A majority of residents favor rehiring the Boynton Beach Police Department topatrol and protect Briny Breezes, according to a survey conducted by the town as aldermen prepare to choose between Boynton Beach and the Ocean Ridge
By Thom Smith
Once known as sleepy Delray, it now seems like the town that never sleeps. A coupleof months ago we had Savor The Avenue, with diners at “long tables” down the middle of Atlantic Avenue. Then the Delray Beach Film Festival — the li
By Antigone Barton
“A stack of letters,” as Mayor William Koch put it — 17 then, with three more onthe way —addressed to Town Hall in April may be the most correspondence in recent times to demand Gulf Stream commissioners’ attention, and was all
By Antigone Barton
The hour was late and the Boynton Beach commissioners bleary-eyed enough to decidepostponing a discussion on budget matters was a good idea.
Still, the decision to give a symbolic nod to historical preservation by OK’ing$18,0
Fire rescue officials from Boynton Beach and Palm Beach County pledged to improve emergency response times in the county pocket — even without an agreement in hand that would put the city in charge of the area.
Boynton Beach has fire stat
Just south of Briny Breezes, east of the St. Andrews golf course and north of Gulf Stream sit two rarities: pieces of barrier island land that are unincorporated,
belonging to no city.
We joined the Citizen’s Police Academy sponsored by the Boynton Beach PoliceDepartment. This is our second year taking this class. The class meets on Wednesdays for 10 weeks from 7 to 10 p.m.
During each session we had up to six policemen give us d
various faith traditions as it gets around these parts. And it just became m
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
Briny Breezes residents and government leaders tallied their pros and cons of Boynton Beach and Ocean Ridge police departments, both contenders for the town’s police contract, pondering factors such as policing style, patrol frequ
After a majority of Boynton Beach city commissioners pursued, full-throttle, a new police building along Congress Avenue, all five are now practically falling over themselves to postpone that effort. Plans for a move of the poli
Attention Walmart shoppers: In about a year, you’ll be able to shop at a new store at Federal Highway and Gulfstream Boulevard — to the chagrin of some residents.
Residents from nearby Gulf Stream, particularly residents from the P
For years, city planners in Boynton Beach have been trying to cultivate an urban feel to Federal Highway, with attractive buildings close to the roadways to make life more pleasant for walkers and to draw new residents to the eas
By Nirvi Shah
The November night Bill Dunn choked to death, it took Palm Beach County Fire Rescue nearly 13 minutes to get to his home just outside the Boynton Beach city limits.
During the painful wait for paramedics, the dispatcher tried to help Du
