Three little words piqued Judge Lucy Chernow Brown’s interest.
“Nature all around,” the advertisement boasted, describing a house for sale in Ocean Ridge. Brown and her husband, Terry, both nature lovers, were hooked before they
LEFT: Jeanne Zuidema relaxes with her rottweiler,
Alicia, at their home in Lantana. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Jan Norris
When she retires May 31 after nearly 28 years as a Police Department dispatcher for Ocean Ridge, Jeanne Zuidema’s career is going
Barbara Schmidt says she tries to follow
the advice of Gandhi: ‘Be the change you
want to see in the world.’ About 10 years ago, she founded
a philanthropic organization called Spirit of Giving. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Linda Haase
As a ki
Cliff Viner, at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, is a
partner/majority owner of the Florida Panthers. He
will be honored by Florence Fuller Child Development Centers. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Linda Haase
When Cliff Viner interviews job applica
Iris Froham, workplace and community education coordinator for The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, teaches English to employees at The Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan. The Ritz-Carlton sponsors the program and pays its employees to attend the cla
One is the return of season and all of our favorite snowbirds. And with them, the return of our favorite advertisers, plus several new ones. So many, in fact, that you’ll see a second section in this November edition. We are calling it Coastal Life
One in seven lives in poverty. One in five children do, too. An inner city? Nope,
they’re Palm Beach County residents.
Those grim statistics are among the reasons that coastal Delray Beach resident Art
Menor became involved with the Palm Beach Coun
By Tim O’Meilia
Picture a neighborhood agitator. A troublemaker. An interloper. Now imagine a white-haired thoracic surgeon dressed in his croquet whites — cotton Bermuda shorts and polo-style shirt — propping a croquet mallet on his shoulder at a j
By Emily J. Minor
His last haircut — before The Big One — was in southern California in February
2009, during an impromptu family trip to Disneyland. He and his dad dodged into
a local shop and got it all cut off for reasons involving imme
By C.B. Hanif
Rev. Aaron Janklow arrived at the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach doingwhat any congregation wants of a new clergyman. The result is TnT — or Twenties ’n’ Thirties — the popular young professionals group he leads.
The n
By Tim O’Meilia
His business is called “Kenny Brown’s Trapping and Wildlife Rescue.” His truck says, “Pelican and Wildlife Rescue and Release.”
The kids call him “Noah.” Or “Dr. Doolittle.” Some call him “the pelican man.” Fishermen often call h
The fitness bug took root many, many years ago, with little notice, when Leonard Griff began teaching his four children through example.
Griff, a retired radiation oncologist, would take the stairs. He’d bike to work. He
jogged bef