The ‘Legends Experience’ VIP package at The Boca Raton will include a four-night stay in the Tower penthouse and access to a World Cup match at Hard Rock Stadium. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Miami has never hosted the men’s FIFA World Cup until
Chefs at Garlic Fest will offer free demonstrations, such as this one at a past festival, at noon both days at The Clove, site of garlic-themed food and beverage. The Clove’s premium bar will offer cocktails such as jalapeño margaritas, garlic bloody
Delray Beach resident Patricia Torras, standing on the Old School Square campus, holds the sketches and watercolor designs she will use to create new logos for the cultural arts center: one main logo and one for each of the four venues. Torras receiv
By Rich Pollack
DELRAY BEACH — Roy Simon loved Delray Beach.
A Delray native and a descendent of one of the community’s first families, Mr. Simon had a passion for his hometown. That energy charged much of his work and focused his vision on ideas th
City’s fireworks almost didn’t happen — For all the complaints on social media about the July Fourth fireworks in Delray Beach, residents were lucky to have any pyrotechnics at all. The barge that was supposed to be used for the display got stuck in
Related: Talk of move rattled students: Art school ‘is for Boca, not for Delray’
By Anne Geggis
A plan for having art activities in newly renovated classrooms at the Crest Theatre building continued to elude the Delray Beach City Commission in June.
Beach gunfire disturbance — Delray Beach police responded to reports of multiple rounds of gunfire shot in the air near the beach as June 21 turned into June 22 near South Ocean Boulevard and East Atlantic Avenue, said police spokesman Ted White.
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Proposed historic district hits setback — Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney said at a May 3 goal-setting event he does not support making a nine-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue the city’s sixth historic district.
Carney, who campaigned for election o
By Anne Geggis
Six proposals for filling the Crest Theatre building with art programs — including one from the storied Boca Raton Museum of Art — appeared to fall flat in front of the Delray Beach City Commission, at least as a long-term proposition.
Development authority member removed — In an unprecedented action, the Delray Beach City Commission voted to remove a Downtown Development Authority board member.
The 4-1 vote at the commission’s April 16 meeting came on the heels of a Palm Beach Cou
Split vote — The newly reconstituted Delray Beach City Commission had its first 3-2 split, which came at the March 28 organizational meeting when its three new members were sworn into office.
The new members — Mayor Tom Carney and Commissioners Juli
By Larry Barszewski
The nonprofit group that ran Delray Beach’s Old School Square for decades wants back in — specifically to operate and program the Crest Theatre and associated classrooms on the city-owned downtown cultural arts campus.
A new City
By Larry Barszewski
Downtown Development Authority board members will meet with Delray Beach city commissioners to discuss the future of Old School Square. However, the DDA members themselves are undecided about what their agency’s continuing role sh
Signs in Delray Beach have been changed to show beach hours ending at dusk, not 11 p.m. Photo provided
By Larry Barszewski
Visitors to Delray Beach’s oceanfront are seeing a change in the city’s official beach closing time, which has gone from the pr
A nine-block stretch of Atlantic Avenue, the center of Delray Beach’s cultural, dining and entertainment hub, should become the city’s sixth historic district, the city’s Planning and Zoning Board voted 3-1 following a public hearing June 19.
The rec
By Larry Barszewski
With the exception of Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia, a May 9 meeting between city commissioners and Old School Square’s former operators featured everyone singing from the same page.
“Excuse me if I don’t feel warm and fuzzy,
By John Pacenti
A newly transformed Delray Beach City Commission decided March 31 to settle litigation with the ousted nonprofit that previously ran Old School Square, ending a contentious 18 months that split the city’s power structure.
The decision
By Larry Barszewski
On-street parking rates are about to double along the beach and on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach, and almost triple on Atlantic Avenue east of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The good news for beachgoers is that the City Com
By John Pacenti
The Delray Beach City Commission voted last month to hand over the reins of Old School Square to the Downtown Development Authority, but not before some additional drama.
Vice Mayor Adam Frankel complained that at a January DDA meeting
By Jane Smith
The historical Cornell Art Museum, closed for about 15 months in a dispute between the city and its previous operators, hosted a grand reopening reception on Dec. 28.
The Surfing Florida Museum has an exhibit on the top floor. On the gro
