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Two competing nonprofits showed how they would revamp and re-energize WXEL publictelevision and radio at a public forum June 29.

The Delray Beach-based Strategic Broadcast Media Group and the Community BroadcastFoundation are both

By Mary Thurwachter

In the early 1940s, Michigander Ruth Jones was a single lady in her 20s who began traveling to Florida with hercousin. Her aunt owned the Old Dutch Mill restaurant on Federal Highway, the very spot she eventually met her sp

By Margie Plunkett

The official word on estimated property values in Palm Beach County that came out in late May confirmed what many already anticipated as another down year for taxable
property values — and for municipal coffers.

Taxable values fe

For two decades, Florida Stage has brightened the cultural landscape far beyond its little corner in Manalapan. Inevitably, the magnitude of the little company has
grown, so its orbit had to expand.

On June 20, the last lines of the

By Thomas R. Collins

Since Boynton Beach brought up the idea of annexing pieces of unincorporated barrierisland land, several residents have made it known that they’d prefer to be part of Gulf Stream instead.

As a result, Gulf Stream town offici

By Margie Plunkett

Mayor Roger Bennett is asking the two police agencies bidding to provide BrinyBreezes protection to forego annual 4 percent increases, a move that delayed a vote at the Town Council’s May meeting.

The town now plans to choose a

By Linda Haase

The Boynton Harbor Marina should be a waterfront destination, city officialscontend.

And renovations designed to bring more people to the facility, which was purchasedby the Community Redevelopment Agency in 2006, have begun.

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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

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

In 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

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

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