Boca Raton resident John Granath walks toward the 8th tee
at Red Reef Executive Golf Course.
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By Steve Plunkett
The Lynn University student who played President Obama for a pre-debate rehearsal last fall, then traveled to the inauguration, is now a candidate for City Council.
“I‘ve always loved politics,” senior Eric Gooden (left)
By Steve Plunkett
One of the first things the Boca Raton City Council may consider when it returns from its summer break Aug. 26 is whether to offer health insurance and other benefits to same-sex partners of city employees.
Council member
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton property taxes will go up no more than 3.8 percent for the coming year and might come down.
City Council members unanimously approved City Manager Leif Ahnell’s recommendation July 9 to set the maximum rate at $3.
Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners unanimously approved a rollback tax rate for the upcoming year of .9676 per $1,000 of taxable property value, down from last year’s .9986.
This rate will bring a slight decrease in the bill fo
By Steve Plunkett
The city has bailed out the Boca Raton Children’s Museum with an emergency $127,000 grant.
The museum appealed to the city for help when it realized it was running out of money, Assistant City Manager Mike Woika said.
In the July edition, one of the photographs was incorrectly identified in a story about Boca Raton Police Chief Dan Alexander and Capt. Josh Mindick being honored for their work in ejecting a squatter from a $2.5 million Golden Harbour mansion. Bot
By Dan Moffett
Hardly anyone in Delray Beach thought the first test of the city’s new noise ordinance would come in the form of a Zen riddle.
But city commissioners found themselves trying to unravel a decibel mystery that seemed every bit a
Phoebe Wiener attended Girls Nation.
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Phoebe Wiener of Highland Beach took two unforgettable trips, and chances are both will have a major influence on her future career path.
Wiener, 16, who will be a senior at Atlantic High
Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton installed new officers to lead the organization
into its second year of community service. ‘This has been an extraordinary inaugural year
for this club,’ President Alan Kaye said. The inaugural year saw the club recei
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The Plate: Oceans Crispy Calamari
The Place: Oceans 234, 234 N. Ocean Blvd., Deerfield Beach; (954) 428-2539 or oceans234.com
The Price: $12.99
The Skinny: Crispy calamari with a view.
That’s what sums up this little snack
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners, after their first look at a proposed $11.7 million budget, voted to keep the proposed tax rate for the coming fiscal year at $3.95 per $1,000 of assessed value, the same as the current tax rate.
By Mary Thurwachter
To make sure the new Ocean Avenue bridge is operational by the end of November, the construction company charged with the job sought — and received — permission to work evenings until 11 p.m. through Oct. 31.
GLF Constru
By Steve Pike
When most people think about golf, they think about what they see on TV — primarily Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour. But neither Woods nor the Tour lives in the real world of the golf industry — an industry that includes struggling eq
Green turtles mate in the surf off Gulfstream Park.
Photo provided by Joan Lorne
By Cheryl Blackerby
Halfway into sea turtle nesting season, the research is coming in, and the numbers are both surprisingly good and unexpectedly grim.
Gre
Jane Rayner
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Jane Householder Gehrett Rayner, 99, a chemist, college professor and “supermom,” died July 13.
She died at home from complications of a stroke, surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. Rayner gradu
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By Jane Smith
When you want to repaint your coastal home, how do you go about choosing a color?
Do you collect pages from home magazines that show pictures of houses painted in colors you adore? Pick out colors based
Lawrence O'Daly
By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — Lawrence O’Daly made his living selling toys and laughter.
As a producer of television commercials, he promoted Duncan Yo-Yos and Silly Putty.
In the early 1960s, he helped develop and promo
The Rev. Canon William Stokes of St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church is surrounded by his family, including, from left, daughter Erin Potter, wife, Susan, and son Richard, as The Very Reverend Kathleen P. Gannon, curate, prays over them as Stokes begins his
Anne Marie Riviecco makes a point during the ‘You’re Never Alone’ discussion group. Rivieccio, 63, is the newest and youngest member of the group. Referring to her circle mates, she says: ‘They’ve all moved on and they’ve helped me to move on. We’ve
