DELRAY BEACH — Rita Ellis, former mayor of Delray Beach, died on March 15 due to complications from diabetes. She was 74.
Born in Spencer, West Virginia, Mrs. Ellis later moved to Florida, where she graduated from Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne.
People line the shore of Delray Beach in April. Tourism officials say visitors this season rose from 2022 numbers but businesses say summer looks like a return to the typical pre-pandemic lull. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
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More than 100 attendees at the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce’s informal networking event enjoyed a tour of the salon and spa while sipping cocktails. ‘It was a pleasure having members of the Delray Beach Chamber group here,’ the company’s
Scott and Melissa Porten sit with their children,
Ava, 8, and Grayson, 5, at their Delray Beach
home. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
When Scott Porten assumed leadership of the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce’s governmental affairs committee two y
