By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Insiders often called him ‘‘the nicest guy in the room.” But Edward Ernesto Iacobucci was also known as the visionary who had the nerve to leave IBM in 1989 and develop computer technology that would lead to a co
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Army veteran Gerald Bregman of Highland Beach with his service medals.
Bregman (shown below in inset in 1943), landed at Normandy
with the 7th Armored Division and moved east to block the Nazi surge
known as the Battle of the Bulge. The Nazis captur
Lindsey Gasparini (left), one of the owners of The Wine Wave, talks wine with David Spitzer, former owner
of the space, previously known as Old Vines, and Delray Beach residents
Eric Gebhard and Michele Palenscar.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Ocean Avenue bridge construction, photographed facing west, shows the expanse of the project. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
The new, $32 million East Ocean Avenue bridge is two-thirds complete, and fishermen can relax. The fishing pier
By Tim O’Meilia
Condominium entrance sign lettering and logos may be a bit larger under South Palm Beach’s new sign code, but Town Council members insist on being the deciders on variances.
The council agreed to revamp the code at its June 25 m
By Thomas R. Collins
The town of Gulf Stream can move forward with its efforts to get resident Martin O’Boyle’s murals of protest off his waterfront home, a federal judge has ruled. O’Boyle filed an emergency request to stop the proceedings, sayin
By Tim O’Meilia
Gulf Stream will try to renew its long-running contract for garbage pickup without seeking competitive bids.
Town commissioners agreed with Town Manager William Thrasher’s recommendation to negotiate a new contract with Waste M
By Tim O’Meilia
In 2012, the town of Gulf Stream had two of the longest-serving elected officials in Palm Beach County. William Koch was in his 47th year as mayor when he died last year, and Vice Mayor Joan Orthwein is in her 18th as a town commis
By Cheryl Blackerby
More than 100 people looking for long-term solutions for Palm Beach County’s storm-battered beaches crowded into the Boca Raton Resort and Club’s Valencia ballroom June 15 for the second meeting of Protect Our Beaches.
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By Tim Pallesen
Coastal residents will be spared louder downtown music under a compromise noise ordinance that three city commissioners say they will vote to approve.
Restaurants on Atlantic Avenue west of Federal Highway would get an extra ho
By Betty Wells
Luxury movie theaters and hotels are included in four development proposals for the old library property on Southeast Fourth Avenue in downtown Delray Beach.
Details about the proposals submitted to the Community Redevelopment Ag
By Tim O’Meilia
Manalapan streets would have new street and traffic signs, the Town Hall new air conditioners and upgraded computer software, the police a new patrol car and town employees a 3 percent raise under a preliminary budget being conside
By Mary Thurwachter
As in many other municipalities, sober houses have been infiltrating Lantana neighborhoods, often to the chagrin of neighbors. In an effort to regulate sober houses — group homes (but not treatment facilities) for recovering
By Tim O’Meilia
Manalapan town commissioners backed away from proposed seawall standards that would require all seawalls be able to withstand a storm as strong as Hurricane Andrew.
Prompted by the collapse of ocean seawalls when Hurricane Sandy
The first inter-club team competition, with teams from The Ocean Club, The Seagate,
Rainberry Bay and the host Delray Beach Club, took place June 1-2.
The Ocean Club team of (from left) Trisha McKinney, Augusto Lopez-Torres, Bob Banting,
Mike McKinn
Progress continues on the barrier island for the city of Delray Beach’s reclaimed water system for landscape irrigation. Here, crews are working on Miramar Drive, between A1A and Gleason Street. Motorists are advised to expect delays and be cautious
The opening of this exhibition of photographs of the Edmonds, Mitchell, Quine and Spells families
served as a reunion of sorts. ABOVE: Susan and Mark Reingold.
Photos provided by Corby Kaye’s Studio
BELOW: Michiko Kurisu pictured with her mother,
Delray Beach has clarified its competitive bidding rules after the county Inspector General said the city bent its rules when it awarded its beach-cleaning contract last January.
Universal Beach Services, the city beach cleaner for 30 years,
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach commis-sioners will ask a judge to undo the city’s $65 million contract with garbage hauler Waste Management, arguing that it violates a city competitive bidding law.
A previous commission approved the no-bid contr
By Tim Pallesen
The long-awaited Trader Joe’s shopping center goes before city commissioners July 9, but still with concerns that shoppers might not have enough parking.
The city’s Site Plan Review and Appearance Board on June 12 finally recom
