By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach residents will see a savings in their garbage collection fee this month as the city switches its garbage hauler to Southern Waste Systems.
Garbage bills will go even lower next month as the city refunds a surplus c
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By Tim Pallesen
Parking meters aren’t going to be installed downtown after city commissioners split on the controversial issue at a May 12 workshop.
Mayor Cary Glickstein advocated strongly for the meters to generate $3.6 million each year as a
INSETS BELOW: George Brown; Robert Weinroth; Al Zucaro
By Rich Pollack
The Boca Raton Airport Authority will be welcoming two new board members this month but their stay may be short lived if the Florida Commission on Ethics determines their contr
Hudson Holdings, a co-owner of the Gulfstream Hotel, made a bid to create the Lake Worth Convention Center
and Beach Club. Many residents object to the plans.
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By Jane Smith
One of the owners of the historic Sundy House in D
A boardwalk will replace the former dive shop at the Boynton Beach Marina.
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By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach can now move forward with completing its $18 million marina.
County commissioners agreed unanimously May 19 to allow demo
OCEAN RIDGE — J. Gary Kosinski Sr., 76, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, died peacefully May 12, in the Benefactors Pavilion of Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh to Wilma “Stormy” and Anthony “Toto” Kosinski, Mr.
George Gallego in the new location of his shoe repair shop on Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach.
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By Steve Pike
Two days before the May 18 opening of his new shoe shop in Boynton Beach, George Gallego Jr. took a few minute
Andrea Goodman, Amanda Johnson, Qiana McGrady, Sarah Richardson, Lilly Gintowt, Annie Brown and Judy Cotter
(all co-workers at Snappy Turtle) were on hand at the April 25 grand opening of Amanda Johnson’s and James Knill’s
new art and design gallery
By Tao Woolfe
Taxable property values in Palm Beach County rose an estimated 8.7 percent overall in the past year — and upward of 10 percent in some coastal municipalities — according to just-released preliminary figures from the Palm Beach Coun
An artist’s rendering of the Boca Raton Hyatt Place
By Christine Davis
By August 2016, Boca Raton will have its first downtown hotel, Hyatt Place, on the southeast corner of Palmetto Park Road and U.S. 1, developed by Kolter Hospitality, an affi
By Steven J. Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Marion Frager made the most of her 95 years, dedicating her life to her husband, her family, her country and her art.
Born Marion Nathan on Jan. 15, 1920, Mrs. Frager grew up in Roxbury, Mass., where she g
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — William Samuel “Billy” Calabretta, known around this beach community for his shrewd business mind, the sand in his shoes — when he was wearing them — and a quick and handsome smile, died May 16 from complications
Even in Sol-A-Mar’s scaled-back version, four of the seven proposed buildings
would still exceed the city’s 120-foot height limits.
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By Mary Hladky
The New Mizner on the Green “ultra-luxury” condo project has a new name, a new
Attorney Mitchell Kirschner, Rabbi Ruvi New and architect Derek Vander Ploeg
wait to speak at the Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board meeting on May 7.
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An architect’s rendering of the north side of the proposed Chabad of E
I have followed with interest the planned development around the Mizner on the Green site in Boca Raton, where the owner, El Ad National Properties, has proposed to replace this outdated 244-unit project and reportedly seek discretionary height i
The public is rightly concerned about how much more freight traffic there will be on the Florida East Coast Railway tracks with the opening of a deeper port in Miami and the widening of the Panama Canal.
With the revitalization and rejuvenatio
The Mark at CityScape contains 208 residential units, 18,052 square feet of retail space and a 686-space garage.
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By Mary Hladky
Many downtown Boca Raton residents have watched intently as The Mark at CityScape, a mix
Students from Boynton Beach Community High School practice maneuvers with their drones
prior to competing in a statewide student competition dubbed the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Challenge
at FAU in Boca Raton. Pictured left to right are Chase Carrier,
After final exams, FAU students hung out with a therapy dog, Kol,
and his owner, Jane Eisenberg, at Wimberly Library.
They petted, cuddled and played a game of catch.
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INSET BELOW: Mari Suarez
By Rich Pollack
Saying she is unhappy with being micromanaged by the Town Commission and the town manager, Highland Beach’s longtime library director, Mari Suarez, submitted her resignation late last month.
“Based on
