A group of sixth graders from Gulf Stream School, led by
Philipp Reutter (far right), came up with a novel idea to celebrate the holidays while also benefitting kids at the Achievement Centers for Children & Families in Delray Beach. Each guest brou
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By Ron Hayes
Would you spend a little time to give the past a future?
In 1986, the Delray Beach Historical Society created a time capsule to mark the city’s Diamond Jubilee.
Among other items, the capsule held a cassette tape from C. Spencer
Bethesda Ball supporters attended a luncheon and fashion show at 32 East in December featuring the fashions of Miami couture designer Rene Ruiz.
The 57th Ball coincides with the 65th year of the Bethesda Hospital Foundation. Activities planned for th
By Margie Plunkett
and Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach coastal residents rallied in December in protest of planned luxury beach-side sober houses, filling commission chambers at two meetings and spurring city leaders to scour law in search of changes that
Delray Beach police are investigating the reported disappearance of more than $1 million held in escrow accounts for Mizner Grande Realty clients, police said.
Mizner Grande owner Ari Albinder said he was called by a client whose escrow money, held b
By Margie Plunkett and Tim Pallesen
Beach area residents rallied in protest of planned luxury beachside sober houses in December, filling commission chambers at two meetings and spurring city leaders to scour law in search of change
By Emily J. Minor
This is the time of year so many of us dread — packing up all the Christmas gear, and stowing it away until next — but at Valerie Miller’s house in Delray Beach, they’re probably doing it with happy hearts.
Chris Evert (above) taunts Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan (left) after lobbing a ball at him during last month’s Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. Donovan told Evert n
By Angie Francalancia
It started this summer with a string of annoying vandalisms to cars. Over Labor Day weekend, a neighbor was cleaned out in what police described as a professional burglary. In October, a neighbor scared off a would-be robber
By Margie Plunkett
The Fontaine Fox property is losing a 50-foot swath of land to a garden owned by the daughter of Miracle-Gro’s founder.
Now owned by developer Frank McKinney, that slice of Fontaine Fox history will become the property of Kat
By Mary Jane Fine
A generous offer from Seaside Builders to provide services, labor and material at cost has potentially moved Delray’s back-to-the-future beachfront pavilion one hurdle closer to realization.
“It is very encouraging,” says Bob
By Steve Plunkett
Will Palm Beach County’s renewed emphasis on ethics become the Grinch who stole Christmas gifts from municipal employees?
The Commission on Ethics was set to discuss gift-giving guidelines for town workers and other government emp
By Liz Best
DELRAY BEACH — Doris Asiel Meyer died peacefully at her Delray Beach home on Nov. 5. She was 96 years old.
She left her hometown of New York City, where she worked in former Mayor John Lindsay’s administration, for the sunny shores
Visitors will have to drive to Fairchild Tropical Botanical
Garden to see orchids like this paphiopedilum. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Mary Jane Fine
For Pamela Salomone, the visit was probably a last opportunity, and soon to be a lost opportunit
By Rich Pollack
Dave Spitzer knew the time had come to start car shopping.
The owner of Old Vines Wine & Spirits in Delray Beach, Dave and his wife had two old cars, both beyond their prime.
But when he started thinking about it, Spitzer decided
Dried salt covers the floor and walls of the Salt Suite treatment room. Photo provided
By Paula Detwiller
What do the words “salt therapy” bring to mind? A handful of salty chips? An exfoliating foot scrub? A
By Mary Jane Fine
Doris Mingione is in departure mode. She’s a widow, moving to Colorado to be near her son, so today is her all-but-final day to deliver hot meals to some of West Delray’s homebound elderly and disabled. The typed route — names, add
By Thom Smith
Call it the tale of two bridges. But the climax, thrilling or depressing, won’t be written for months … or even years.
Delray’s Atlantic Avenue Bridge will be closed until Nov. 23 for a face lift. Crews will work from 10 p.m. to 6
Beach weddings are such popular commodities that Boynton Beach is giving one away as a contest prize. And seaside ceremonies come highly touted by the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau — which counts Delray Beach