The towns of South Palm Beach and Highland Beach have more registered voters than they have actual flesh-and-blood residents. You can look it up.
The seaside enclave of Briny Breezes suddenly has 800 not-so-mobile homes, the U.S. Ce
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The towns of South Palm Beach and Highland Beach have more registered voters than they have actual flesh-and-blood residents. You can look it up.
The seaside enclave of Briny Breezes suddenly has 800 not-so-mobile homes, the U.S. Ce
Coastal voters flocked to the polls for March’s municipal elections in far greater percentages than their mainland brethren.
Countywide turnout was a meager 12.3 percent, meaning roughly 1 of ev
By Ron Hayes
GULF STREAM — Aloha Krueger, a resident of Gulf Stream for more than 40 years, died March 17 after a short illness. She was 97 and lived in Place Au Soleil.
Born in Oakland, Calif., on Jan. 24, 1914, Mrs. Krueger moved to New York City af
The transition of power over the county pocket was peaceful and without incident.
At 12:01 a.m. March 15 the unincorporated area just north of town, and its roughly 150 residents, became part of Gulf Stream.
Pocket residents left no d
Communications consultant Martel and his wife bought their Gulf Stream condominium after they saw the ocean view. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes
Lucy is a very friendly poodle.
Yap! Yap! Yap!
One morning last month, as a visitor arrived at her ocea
Town Clerk Rita Taylor and Town Manager William Thrasher count votes Feb. 7 at Gulf Stream Town Hall. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Property owners voted to put overhead electric lines underground, but the margin was much closer than in
Election Results:
(Annexation of unincorporated property contiguous to Town of Gulf Stream)
Yes: 301 votes, 91.77%
No: 27 votes, 8.23%
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream Town Hall will host two polling precincts for the first time this month as voter
When pro tennis player John Hajek of the Czech Republic steps to the service line, he signals 16-year-old Even Baklid of Highland Beach to toss him a couple of balls.
Baklid responds immediately, then quickly resumes his position aga
Frankie Stevens, 67, helped organize the Sacred Heart Angels to raise money for Sacred Heart School north of downtown Lake Worth. The group also helps with paperwork, answering phones and bandaging knees. Photo by Jean Hart Howard
Frankie Stevens h
Daniel Young plays violin for students of the Renaissance Learning Center, a charter school for children with autism spectrum disorders in West Palm Beach. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Liz Best
If music makes the man, Daniel Young is headed for one doozy
Gulf Stream Town Clerk Rita Taylor and Town Manager William Thrasher (foreground) count votes from the staw ballot to approve the funding of underground utilities in Gulf Stream. Bob Ganger and Ron Bennett work in the background. The vote to app
A holiday visit to his daughter in Phoenix included a surprise Gulf Stream Mayor William F. Koch Jr. will never forget.
Plus, he’ll rarely have to pay for drinks with military friends from now on.
Koch, who in World War II was the bomb
More than one snafu marred the straw poll on Gulf Stream’s underground utility project and the proposed referendum on annexing the county pocket.
A couple dozen straw ballots, including the one to Gulf Stream Civic Association Preside
Our private clubs: An occasional series
By Emily J. Minor
There’s nothing tricky about understanding why the longstanding Little Club in Gulf Stream is called the Little Club.
There’s no Mr. Little who grew up in a little town a little bit down the r
When Joe Santarella left New York for South Florida in 1982, he brought the New York accent along. It’s still here.
“My father was a laborer, and my mother was in retail,” he says. “I was the first or second in my family to attend college.
It’s been said that all politics is local. For folks seeking to resolve local issues, the second Tuesday in March — Election Day — is the traditional date for significant civic action.
Public offices from mayor to town councils will be up
By Emily J. Minor
GULF STREAM — Frank Anthony Bianchini, who moved to Florida in 1970 with his wife, Rita, to escape the cold and start another chapter in the family business, died at his home Dec. 17 surrounded by his family. He was 88.
Born in Ph
By Steve Plunkett
Mail carriers here will be extra-busy this month delivering straw ballots on burying Gulf Stream’s power lines, first-class notices on possibly annexing part of the county pocket and fliers from the Civic Association on both issu
GULF STREAM — Alvin Curtis True Jr., a retired doctor who helped his community by serving on several town panels, died Nov. 28 after apparently developing complications from heart surgery. He was 81.
Dr. True, the father of three, is
Peggy Henry grew up in Fort Lauderdale, and now calls Gulf Stream home. She recently was named chairman of the board at the Florence Fuller Child Development Center.
Photo by Jerry Lower
Fourteen years ago, Peggy Henry was invited to tour the Floren
