A walking path, seat wall and landscaping will be installed where the old dive shop building was razed in the Boynton Harbor Marina. Rendering courtesy of Boynton Beach CRA.
By Jane Smith
The last phase of the Boynton Harbor Marina will start i
The debut of South Florida’s newest contemporary art fair — Art Boca Raton — began with a preview evening benefiting the Boca Raton Museum of Art and its art school. About 350 guests gathered to meet and mingle with international artists, collectors
Delray Beach developer Frank McKinney is marketing a 4,042-square-foot micro-mansion
that is under construction in Ocean Ridge. He’s not set a price.
Rendering provided
By Christine Davis
Frank McKinney, Delray Beach resident and “real estate art
The Hanley Center Foundation disclosed at its annual event it received more than $1 million from eco-conscious jeweler Alex and Ani. The money will help women throughout Florida seek recovery treatment. LEFT: George Elmore with Marti LaTour. Photo pr
The 34th-annual affair benefited the National Society of Arts and Letters’ Florida East Coast Chapter. Nearly 220 friends and supporters attended. Gerard Schwarz, music director of the All-Star Orchestra, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. LE
Nearly 400 admirers of fashion icon Iris Apfel were treated to a glimpse into the 93-year-old designer’s career and life during a presentation titled ‘Attitude and Style: A Conversation with Iris Apfel.’ The event was part of the Artsmart lecture se
What an April … no foolin’.
Briny Breezes General Manager Theresa Pussinen has a prize photo with actor Robert De Niro, in town to shoot The Comedian. Photo provided
First comes word that Robert De Niro is hanging around Briny Breezes. OK, OK, it’s
People are living in parks,
woods near city’s downtown
Billy Palmieri shows off a “Boca” tattoo on the inside of his arm. He is part of a group
of homeless people who camp in the woods in Boca Raton.
A homeless person sleeps under a blanket beneath
By Steve Plunkett
After a five-year hiatus, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County and the Florida Inland Navigation District are talking again about restoring Lake Wyman and its neighboring parks.
Officials with FIND, the taxing body that maintains th
By Mary Hladky
After raising concerns that the city may have mistakenly allowed developers to skimp on providing required open space in downtown development projects, city officials now have reached this conclusion: Never mind.
An exhaustive fo
By Greg Stepanich, ArtsPaper Writer
Delray Beach’s Arts Garage, an arts performance space featuring theater, jazz, blues and pop, opened five years ago last month on the bottom floor of a parking garage on Northeast First Street. Its director for the
By Steven J. Smith
Boca Raton police arrested five people, handed out seven citations and issued numerous warnings during the April 24 Boca Bash at Lake Boca, said Public Information Officer Sandra Boonenberg.
“There were two boating under the
By Steve Plunkett
The long-awaited construction of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s boardwalk loop may begin by the middle of May.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District awarded a contract for $581,680 to low-bidder Close Construction LLC of
If you’re planning to be on Interstate 95 through Boca Raton after midnight in early May, check with the Florida Department of Transportation first.
The department, which is building a new I-95 interchange, planned to close northbound lanes fr
By Sallie James
Height is hot. At least talking about it is in Boca Raton.
That’s why council members plan to discuss later this month an ordinance that would limit building heights in areas zoned local business and multifamily residential.
By Sallie James
If someone was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Boca Raton City Council, that person could serve up to two years without voter approval.
It’s a dynamic that council member Scott Singer thinks is just too long.
Singer has p
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton’s deputy fire chief has moved two towns north to take the reins as chief of Boynton Beach’s Fire Rescue Department.
“I know about the passion of the firefighters that work here (and) bring to the job every day,
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton officials are reviewing plans for a second, four-story residence on the ocean east of A1A.
Vero Beach-based civil engineers Schulke, Bittle & Stoddard LLC designed a 14,270-square-foot duplex for the 0.42-acre p
By Steve Plunkett
Arthur Koski’s job at the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District seems secure if district commissioners, his bosses, have any say.
Or perhaps, because they have very little to say.
Only one has responded to City Cou
By Mary Hladky
Hoping to mollify residents who oppose their plans for a 384-unit luxury condominium, the developer and architect of the proposed $500 million Mizner 200 have redrawn their plans once again.
Unveiling them to residents attending
