Ocean Ridge resident Beth Sloat’s
Blue, a 24-inch by 24-inch oil.
By Lucy Lazarony
For the second year in a row, an art exhibit will be on display at Ocean Ridge Town Hall during March.
“It will be in Ocean Ridge for the entire month,” says
By Ann Henson Feltgen
Improving grade crossings and laying new tracks will continue to pose traffic delays and detours this spring, as All Aboard Florida readies train tracks for its Miami-to-Orlando express service, set to begin in mid-2017.
By Cheryl Blackerby
Lantana Beach was the first beach in Palm Beach County to get a “No Swimming Advisory” from the Florida Department of Health shortly after new, more stringent criteria for beach water testing went into effect Jan. 1.
But the
OCEAN RIDGE — Martin L. Gross of New London, N.H., and Ocean Ridge died Jan. 26, in Ushuaia, Argentina, following a stroke suffered en route to Antarctica. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Gross and his wife, Deirdre, became winter residents of Ocean
By Mary Thurwachter
At both its meetings in February, the Lantana Town Council grappled with on-street parking woes on Hypoluxo Island.
The council proposed a solution in January to mandate parking on the odd-numbered side of the street on odd-
By Mary Thurwachter
At the recommendation of Town Attorney R. Max Lohman, the Lantana Town Council voted Feb. 22 to dissolve the Lantana Nature Preserve Commission.
Lohman said the commission (members are appointed by the town) and the Friends
Olive Belcher (with her daughter Brittany) used the Out of the Box
food truck to cater the preview of a listing at Boca Bay Colony.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
In January, the Florida-based women’s clothing retailer Boston Proper, a divisio
By Steve Plunkett
The much-anticipated list of vacant, undeveloped properties on Boca Raton’s beachfront is a short one.
“There’s essentially three,” said Briann Harms, assistant executive director of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park D
By Mary Hladky
Three months after its downtown design consultant gave up the job, Boca Raton has hired a new, interim consultant to help oversee downtown development projects.
Fort Lauderdale-based Calvin Giordano & Associates was brought on bo
By Rich Pollack
The makeup of the Boca Raton Airport Authority will again change following the recent resignation of Deputy City Manager George Brown.
Brown’s resignation comes less than two months after the resignation of Deputy Mayor Robert W
By Sallie James
Two activists have sued Boca Raton in federal court, claiming their rights to equal protection and due process were violated when the city created a zoning classification that paved the way for a controversial synagogue.
The
By Sallie James
A ranking organization for the property/casualty industry has named Boca Raton’s Fire Rescue Department one of the best in the nation, citing its top-notch fire services.
The impressive news could mean a savings of up to 3 perce
Robert Glassberg, a Best Wishes of Boca Raton employee for more than 31 years, assists
Samantha Santoro and her boyfriend, Ryan Leavitt, both 18 and seniors at Boca Raton High School.
Santoro was searching for a graduation present, taking advantage o
Boca Raton property owners, rev your lawn mowers. The allowed length of grass — and other untended vegetation — just got shorter.
The City Council approved an ordinance in February that reduced the permitted maximum height of untended vegetati
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plans to hand-deliver a check for $3.7 million — as soon as the City Council finds time to accept it.
The money is half the local cost of renourishing the city’s beaches from the
‘Who wants to go for a boat ride?’ Guests outfitted in the mandatory life jackets
are ready to be helped aboard one of the 20 yachts offering rides to attendees
of last year’s Boating & Beach Bash for People With Disabilities.
Photo provided
By Apri
The park’s entrance was at Camino Real, about where the gates to Camino Gardens stand today.
All that is left is an asphalt pathway and the geyser base in the lake.
In the 1950s, people paid $1.25 to see herds of African gazelle, zebra,
giraffe and c
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners unanimously passed a package of five local ordinances at their March 1 meeting, with several designed to keep the town from looking unsightly during construction.
“Most of these ordinances have
By Dan Moffett
MANALAPAN — Kersen De Jong was the most controversial citizen in Manalapan because that’s what he wanted to be.
Born in the Netherlands, De Jong said he believed it his duty as a naturalized American to speak out whenever he found i
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Björn Nils Anders Lamborn, a prominent physicist who held a key role in establishing the Ph.D. program in physics at Florida Atlantic University, died Jan. 14 after suffering a bad fall following cataract surgery
