By Rich Pollack
Information can be critical for first responders racing to an emergency. The more comprehensive the information, the better.
Knowing who lives in a house — pets included — before they respond to a fire can help emergency crews ensure
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The Chabad hopes its new home at 490 E. Palmetto Park Road will be ready in a year. Google maps
By Mary Hladky
After years of searching, Boca Beach Chabad finally has found a new home.
The Chabad in August closed on the purchase of a 30,000-square-fo
Mizner Park is one of the destinations where the Boca Connect stops. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
People wanting an easy way to get around downtown Boca Raton without driving their cars now can use BocaConnect, an EV shuttle service operated by Circ
Gary Chancey, an engineer-driver for the new Highland Beach Fire Rescue, receives his department badge from his wife, Liz Chancey, an engineer-driver for Riviera Beach Fire Rescue. The ceremony at the new Highland Beach station included (l-r) Chief G
The Center for Arts and Innovation may include large open spaces that may use translucent material to protect from rain. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
The Center for Arts and Innovation and its architectural firm, the renowned Renzo Piano Buildin
Named Lefty because his other front flipper is missing, a rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtle has moved into the Mangrove Aquarium at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
After an 11-month wait, the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center has a se
The 28-unit Glass House Boca Raton condominium is proposed for 280 E. Palmetto Park Road. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
A developer has announced plans to build a nine-story condominium in the heart of downtown Boca Raton at 280 E. Palmetto Park
By Mary Hladky
For years, Andrea O’Rourke exhorted fellow City Council members to place art in public spaces and establish a public art program.
Her idea finally gained traction last year when the council made an art in public places program, headed
A privacy fence was installed around the site of the new fire station as construction began last month. The project means a temporary loss of about 25 parking spaces at Town Hall, and the town is working on solutions for that issue. Tim Stepien/The C
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge commissioners finally chose a new full-time town manager Jan. 31, capping a difficult six-month selection process marked by complications right up to the very end.
Lynne Ladner, who has held the post on an interim basis
By Joe Capozzi
A proposed new citation system for Briny Breezes would allow police to issue tickets to people who violate any of six prohibitions in the town code, including riding a bicycle without a bell or horn and allowing dogs to run free on the
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach now has a new incoming fire chief, one with extensive experience in south Palm Beach County, who was chosen last month to lead the town’s effort to get its new fire department up and running.
Glenn Joseph, a veteran of
The Boca Raton resort is repainting its iconic 27-story Tower hotel next to the Intracoastal Waterway. ‘The pink is staying, but we are lightening up the shade of pink to be more fresh and updated than our previous shade,’ resort publicist Christine
By Janis Fontaine
When students return to Unity School in Delray Beach this month, they’ll find a new smile greeting them in the carpool line. It belongs to their new head of school, Genevieve Hoppe.
“I do carpool every morning,” Hoppe said. “The kid
By Mary Hladky
The City Council has appointed two Boca Raton Housing Authority apartment tenants to the authority’s board.
Council members selected Fabiola Bernier and Adel Hachmi at their April 12 meeting after they expanded the board from five to se
By Rich Pollack
Armed with a green light from voters last fall to spend up to $10 million for a new fire department, Highland Beach commissioners in March agreed to earmark up to $4 million in reserves for the project.
At the same time, town leaders a
By Mary Hladky
After a 20-year career with IBM, former Deputy Mayor Jeremy Rodgers is relocating to Tallahassee after being hired as chief information security officer for Florida Digital Service, which is part of the state’s Department of Management
John Treanor was appointed Boca Raton’s fire chief on Dec. 18, succeeding retiring Chief Thomas Wood.Treanor joined the fire rescue department in 1995 and served as firefighter, driver, captain, EMS captain, division chief, assistant fire chief and d
By Jane Smith
James Stables became chief of the Boynton Beach Fire Department on Jan. 4.
“It’s been a whirlwind for the first two days I’ve been here,” Stables said at the Jan. 5 City Commission meeting. “I’m looking forward to getting busy in this g
A look, then and now, at the Delray Beach hotel site at the northwest corner of State Road A1A and Atlantic Avenue. LEFT: The Seacrest Hotel, circa 1925, which stood for 57 years. Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society. RIGHT: The newly re
