By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board recently sweetened the deals for two entities to buy its historic homes and turn them into restaurants.
For the Little House, at 480 E. Ocean Ave., the CRA board agreed to bu
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Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Isabelle Garbani installs her crocheted plastic bags artwork titled “Invasive Species”
near the Children’s Schoolhouse Museum in Boynton Beach. Eleven kinetic artworks, by nine artists,
have been installed along East Ocean Aven
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By Dan Moffett
Six coastal municipalities are joining forces to explore forming a barrier island fire district that could reduce rising costs, improve response tim
By Dan Moffett
A self-described “Florida girl” who grew up in Boynton Beach and has lived in Palm Beach County for 40 years, Christina Adams moved to Briny Breezes last year with her husband, Gene, and their two teenage sons.
“We love the oc
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach City Commission is trying to take control of its Community Redevelopment Agency board by ousting the two appointed members, James “Buck” Buchanan and former Mayor Woodrow Hay.
Vice Mayor Joe Casello brought up th
With the silhouette of the existing Prime Catch in the foreground, the developer’s plans call for 328 apartments
in a U-shaped configuration to make the most of the site’s waterway frontage.
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By Jane Smith
The Riverwalk Plaza ow
Evelyn and Robert Kraft.
Photo provided by the family
By Emily J. Minor
BRINY BREEZES — She slipped away on a Wednesday. He collapsed that next Sunday. And, in the end, which is what it turned out to be, no one was all that surprised that Robert
BOCA RATON — Larry Phillips, who became a driving philanthropic force in the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County community immediately upon moving to Boca Raton 22 years ago, died Sept. 11.
Retired from the Phillips-Van Heusen apparel
Alex Warner of Delray Beach is a director of Boatsetter, which makes privately owned boats
available for rent. He’s standing on the bridge of the 65-foot Floating Price, one of the largest boats
listed on Boatsetter.com, at Marina Delray.
Willie Howa
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This 15,000-square-foot spec house in Manalapan was sold for $33 million
by 800 South Ocean LLC, owned by developer Patrick Carney.
The furnished ocean-to-lake home has eight bedrooms, 11 baths and a tennis court.
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By Christine Davis
By Rich Pollack
Sparked in part by recent tragic events on the waterways in and around Florida, state Sen. Maria Sachs last month gathered representatives of the boating community and marine industries — along with law enforcement officials — to e
By Rich Pollack
Drive along State Road A1A and you’ll see the subtle signs of a steadily recovering economy.
In Highland Beach, a multimillion-dollar luxury condominium project is coming out of the ground on what had been one of the last rem
By Rich Pollack
After weeks of meticulously scrutinizing a proposed budget line by line, Highland Beach Town Commissioners agreed in September to cuts that result in a reduced operating tax rate of $3.50 per $1,000 of assessed value.
Commission
By Amy Woods
The 2015-16 philanthropy season has arrived. In honor of the time of year that brings balls and bashes, dinner dances and luncheons, and parties of all themes to South County, I’ve highlighted one must-do charity event for each month fro
By Sallie James
When it comes to marijuana or anything related to its use, the city’s Planning and Zoning Board wants Boca Raton to just say no.
For another year at least.
At a Sept. 15 meeting, Planning and Zoning Board members voted to rec
By Rich Pollack
A 15-year-old free-diver from Hobe Sound was discovered in about 50 to 60 feet of water off the coast of Boca Raton almost two hours after he failed to surface while spear fishing late last month.
Skyler Hunt of Hobe Sound, who
By Sallie James
Boca Raton homeowners will pay a slightly lower total property tax rate this year under a $625 million 2015-2016 budget that includes 70 new employees, several generous allocations to nonprofit organizations and some user fee hikes
Renewing an annual beach parking permit in Boca Raton no longer requires face time.
City officials in September agreed to give residents the opportunity to renew their beach permits online. Previously, beach permits for Spanish River Park, Sou
By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton counted 1,041 turtle nests along its five miles of beach as nesting season nears its close, bouncing back from 949 last year. But researchers saw an unusually high number of unhatched eggs.
“Our hatch success i
