By Jane Smith
Delray Beach is asking residents to avoid coming into City Hall to pay bills, fees or fines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The widespread effects of COVID-19 illnesses have resulted in slower city services, such as the time it take
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By Jane Smith
Two incumbent Delray Beach city commissioners and the mayor will have challengers in the March 9 municipal election.
Mayor Shelly Petrolia, who opened her reelection campaign in June 2018, raised $84,371.90 as of Nov. 30. A residential
LANTANA — Dorothy “Dottie” A. Sylvester died Oct. 18 at her home in the Carlisle in Lantana. She was 92.
Mrs. Sylvester was born in Pittsburgh on July 9, 1928, to Catherine A. Freeman and Joseph F. Smith. One of nine children, she is survived by sist
DELRAY BEACH — Frederick Carl Horenburger of Delray Beach died on Dec. 12. He was 83.
Mr. Horenburger was the owner of Fred’s Tennis Classics Inc. and well-known for providing customers with his expert advice and knowledge in the tennis world.
He was
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Crown Colony Club residents and the Ocean Ridge Police Department teamed up to provide dozens of toys and packages to Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse for use at its shelter in Delray Beach. The packages included clothing, makeup, diap
Dozens of residents decorated themselves, their cars and golf carts, and even their pets as they took part in the neighborhood’s annual Holiday Festival of Lights Parade.
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The 150,000-square-foot Delray Beach Market will have more than 30 vendors of food and other products. It is scheduled to open in March. Rendering provided
By Jan Norris
With completion only a few calendar pages away, the Delray Beach Market is in
By Janis Fontaine
On Jan. 2, 1921, radio station KDKA became the first to broadcast a Christian church service, from Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh. Today, thousands of churches make their services available to people who can’t attend in pe
Author Shannon Q. McDonald also sold mask-making kits with holiday themes. Photos provided
By Janis Fontaine
When COVID-19 became a part of our lives last spring, Delray Beach mom Shannon Q. McDonald reasoned that mask-wearing likely would be requi
The Delray Beach Utilities Department will grow by four people under a unanimous budget amendment approved Nov. 17 by the City Commission.
Finance Director Marie Kalka explained the $491,000 would come from the city’s Water and Sewer Fund.
The mone
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners finally fired their city manager on Nov. 20, after waiting a tumultuous five months.
The vote was 3-2, with Mayor Shelly Petrolia, Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Johnson and Commissioner Juli Casale voting to
By Rich Pollack
Acting on orders from the state health department, Delray Beach will continue testing its drinking water for the presence of cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” even as the city reinforces its contention that the water doesn’t pose a h
By Steve Plunkett
Four former owners of timeshare weeks and the Delray South Shore Club have ended their courtroom battle over selling the beachfront resort to make way for condominiums.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Howard Coates Jr. dismissed the
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach still needs to provide answers to the county Department of Health to close out the investigation of the city’s reclaimed water system, according to late November emails.
“The Department has requested and is waiting for more
By Rich Pollack
In what may be more a shot across the bow than a serious salvo, Highland Beach is again signaling it does not want sand off its coast used for another city’s beach restoration project — even though it has no legal claim to the sand.
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By Christine Davis
With the novel coronavirus not abating, Chambers of Commerce report how they and their members are prepping for the holidays and tourist season. Here is how they are facing the challenges ahead:
Troy McLellan, CEO of the Boca Chamb
Located at Federal Highway and Woolbright Road in Boynton Beach, Prime Catch remodeled during the summer to provide more outdoor dining and drinking opportunities. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Outdoor dining is the new “in.” With COVID-19 once more o
Space of Mind School introduced updated kindergarten and elementary curricula this year. Photo provided
Related Story: How other private schools are coping in face of unpredictable virus
By Janis Fontaine
As their children close in on winter break
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach City Commissioners fired their City Manager George Gretsas Nov. 20 by a 3-2 vote with Commissioner Adam Frankel and Vice Mayor Ryan Boylston dissenting.
After nearly five months, the vote to terminate with cause means the c
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach City Commission can still hold its termination hearing of suspended City Manager George Gretsas at 10 a.m. Nov. 20, a Palm Beach County circuit judge decided.
"It's not in the public interest for the court to get involv
