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T. Clark Appleby of Manalapan crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon in April to benefit Hanley Center, and addiction treatment and prevention center in West Palm Beach. The 23-year old ran a race time of 3:05:03 and raised more than $1,500

By Tim O’Meilia

Palm Beach County officials are pushing ahead with plans for a breakwater-and-groinproject along a 1.3-mile stretch of largely South Palm Beach shoreline despite critical reviews by federal agencies of a similar project along Singer

By Margie Plunkett

The official word on estimated property values in Palm Beach County that came out in late May confirmed what many already anticipated as another down year for taxable
property values — and for municipal coffers.

Taxable values fe

For two decades, Florida Stage has brightened the cultural landscape far beyond its little corner in Manalapan. Inevitably, the magnitude of the little company has
grown, so its orbit had to expand.

On June 20, the last lines of the

By Margie Plunkett

Manalapan commissioners welcomed new Town Manager Tom Heck with relief and a rapidlygrowing to-do list. Heck’s first meeting opened with the mayor’s response to accusations that he proposed a turtle protection ordinance for per

By Christine Davis

What goes around comes around, and, when it comes to coastal real estate, it lookslike it might be coming around again, observes Judi Lukens, a Realtor with Premier Estate Properties in Delray Beach.

“Across the board, we are

By Antigone Barton

MANALAPAN — A child when she learned to ride, and a young woman when shecompeted as an equestrian in Madison Square Garden, Susan Findlay Cathey never lost her love for horses. She picked up more loves along the way: her f

By Thom Smith

Once known as sleepy Delray, it now seems like the town that never sleeps. A coupleof months ago we had Savor The Avenue, with diners at “long tables” down the middle of Atlantic Avenue. Then the Delray Beach Film Festival — the li

By Mary Kate Leming

Former part-time Manalapan resident Tom Petters was sentenced to 50 years in prison bya federal court in Minneapolis in early April. The sentence mandates that the least time he could spend behind bars, with credit for good be

Private Clubs — The Manalapan Club: An occasional history series

Back in 1957, Eisenhower was president, Leave It To Beaver premiered on TV, and Elvis was shaking, rattling and rolling
his way toward becoming the King of rock

Incumbent Robert Evans (left), who ran unopposed, is joined by new commissioners Howard Roder and Louis DeStefano. In Manalapan, 209 voters of a total of 353 registered voters, or 59.2 percent turned out for the March elections. Photo by Jerry Low

By Arden Moore

Museum or catch an outdoor concert at Bryant Park.

She made a beeline to an