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Delray Beach Election: Candidates

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 18:15

Candidates for the March 9 Delray Beach City Commission election in order of appearance on the ballot:

Seat 2

Fred B. Fetzer (incumbent)
PERSONAL: 65; Bachelor's mechanical engineering, University of Tennessee.
PROFESSIONAL: Retired from AT&T.
POLIT

Along the Avenues: Spring? Spring!

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 17:30

By Thom Smith Chilly temperatures be damned, we’re warming up. I mean, what else are we supposed to do in South Florida? Fortunately, a little chilly weather here is better than most of the weather up north, and the folks who live and work along the

Delray Beach: City pays trash bill, gives review board time to work

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 16:11

By Margie Plunkett

Delray Beach commissioners will pay Waste Management in full for last month’s bill, declining to deduct possible discrepancies until the city’s Financial Review Board has completed a study of the account.
“Until we’re absolutely ce

Delray Beach: Man digs into trash bills looking for bottom line

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 16:00

By Ron Hayes

One day in January 2009, a neighbor on Del Haven Drive asked Ken MacNamee a casual question.
“Do you realize we pay more for trash pickup than people on the other side of the Intracoastal?”
That can’t be, MacNamee thought. But he decid

Here’s an up-to-date read on area book clubs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 15:41

By Ron Hayes

Don’t believe everything you read about how nobody reads anymore.
Those good old-fashioned book lovers are still out there, hungry for intelligent novels, literate histories, provocative biographies, and eager to share their delight — o

SHORE THING: 8 local restaurants with great sea views

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 15:30

By Mary Thurwachter

We appreciate restaurants with scrumptious food, good service and a pleasing ambience. But if a dining spot comes with an ocean view, we’re really cooking! Fortunately for us, our islands are blessed with several such gems, where

Delray Beach: New 'old’ family home a highlight of tour

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 15:00

By Christine Davis

Brimming with vitality and bounding with energy, Gina and Garrett Benders’ charming Mediterranean-style, two-story home on Andrews Avenue will be one of the stops of the March 11 Delray Beach Home Tour. The tour will include seven

Delray Beach: Workplace seems like family to grieving Haitian staff

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 14:54

By Dianna Smith

On the day his world fell apart, Kivland Lubin turned to the only place where he feels at peace.
His work.

At Harbour’s Edge, a retirement living facility nestled along the Intracoastal in Delray Beach, more than 80 employees are Hai

ENGAGEMENT: Tiernan-Ranson

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 13:00

Michael and Lisa Tiernan of Delray Beach and Charles and Sheryl Ranson of Tallahassee are delighted to announce the engagement of their children, Elizabeth Whitaker Tiernan and Alexander Hunter Ranson. Whitney is a graduate of Lawrenceville School,

Along the Avenues: Five ♥ recommendations for Valentine's Day

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 15:00

By Thom Smith Virginia may be for lovers, but let’s face it, if you could choose where to be on Valentine’s Day, which would you prefer: some icy condo along the Chesapeake Bay or one of the choice beachfront resorts along A1A between Lake Worth and

Delray men among earliest responders to Haiti

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:35

By Christine Davis Frank McKinney, Delray Beach real estate developer and founder of the Haitian charitable foundation The Caring House Project, has been chartering planes to travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, along with medical and search-and-rescu

Filing open for March 9 municipal elections

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:18

By Margie Plunkett Municipal elections are scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, and candidates for open seats face deadlines in the second week of February. Election dates at seven municipalities in The Coastal Star’s coverage area run in synch with Palm

Delray Beach designers create dramatic spaces on a smaller scale

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:00

By Christine Davis The 2010 Red Cross Designers’ Show House takes up residence at CityPlace South Tower in West Palm Beach through Feb. 20. This year, 18 designers transformed four units on the 19th-floor middle-penthouse level of the 20-story luxur

Obituary — Godfrey A. Rockefeller: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:39

By Ron Hayes DELRAY BEACH — He had a name that inspires awe, and accomplishments to match, but Godfrey Rockefeller wore both lightly. “He was very much a gentlemen, with a wonderful reaching out to people from all stations of life,” says his daught

Interfaith21: Pay it forward: message from Delray Prayer Breakfast

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:33

By C.B. Hanif It is a basic principle of people of faith that our Maker will judge all. So to suggest which was best among the prayers at a prayer program would be a fool’s errand. Better to report what touched this beneficiary of all the goodwill

Trunk show to help Wayside House continue rebuilding lives

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:23

Teresa Bayer, who went through the Wayside House in-house treatment program, gives back a lot of time and energy to the center. She loves the monthly alumni meetings, when women stand to tell their emotional stories of recovery and sobriety. Bayer

2009: A year of rejuvenation along the coast

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on January 1, 2010 at 12:27

By Mary Thurwachter Despite a sluggish economy, 2009 brought some upscale and needed improvements to the barrier islands. From new seaside hotels, clubs, restaurants and pampering spas, to new roofs on town halls and an end to the roadwork on A1A, t

Along the Avenues : Florida Stage's 'no-brainer' move is no help to Plaza del Mar

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 11:30

By Thom Smith After producing cutting-edge theater in Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar for nearly 20 years, Florida Stage is cutting out, heading to a new home at the Kravis Center. The move, announced in November, won’t be made until July, but tickets for

Federal grant sought for firefighters’ jobs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 10:13

Delray Beach commissioners authorized the Fire Department to apply for a grant from U.S. Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency that would fund four firefighter positions for Fire Station No. 2. A successful grant would fund four pos

Meet Your Neighbor: Kathy Fazio

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 10:00

10 Questions

Kathy Fazio “came home” to coastal Delray Beach with her husband, John. Her daughter, Annie, is now 22 and in Washington, D.C. Her son, Jay, is a junior at Southern Methodist University. In her spare time she keeps her fingers in the in