By Margie Plunkett
The question for Delray Beach voters this year: Should commission terms be lengthened to three years from the current two years?
Commissioners voted to add the question to the March 13 election ballot. “The commission is onl
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By Angie Francalancia
Delray Beach police have closed their investigation into the April fatality in which a bicyclist was killed on A1A by a truck. The driver was not at fault, and police have no basis to charge him, said Sgt. Richard Jacobson, w
By Margie Plunkett
To meter or not to meter, that was the question at two Delray Beach meetings last month intended to generate ideas that will get the city closer to resolving its longtime parking issues.
More than 50 merchants, restaurateurs
Drop the “interim” in Boynton Beach Fire Chief Ray Carter’s title. He’s permanent now.
In a release last month, Boynton interim City Manager Lori LaVerriere announced that Carter will take over the job, including overseeing how the department mig
By Emily J. Minor
Feeling old, like you’ve lived in Florida since the beginning of time?
Think again.
Human bones unearthed at an ocean-side estate construction site in Delray Beach are those of an adult and an adolescent and are probably ab
The Beachcomber Family Center for Addiction Recovery resembles an apartment complex or mom-and-pop hotel. Joe and Jim Bryan run the center, founded in 1976 by their father. The spartan rooms are paneled in Dade County pine.
Photos by Jerry Lower
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By Steve Plunkett
Motorists on A1A will encounter a traffic snag two weeks before the Ocean Avenue bridge closes March 18.
Resident G. John Krediet is building a private pedestrian tunnel under State Road A1A that will close the highway to all but
The owners of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn — the only commercial property in South Palm Beach — have taken the 58-unit motel, restaurant and bar off the market.
The two-story motel has been in foreclosure since February 2011 and was listed o
The current Lake Worth bridge (above) was built in 1973 to replace the concrete bridge built in 1937 (below).
Photo by Tim Stepien
By Tim O’Meilia
In the mid-1910s, when Lake Worth city fathers figured it was time for a handsome wooden bridge to r
BOYNTON BEACH — Their first restaurant back in 1936 was a tiny place in Briny Breezes. “I think it was only about four seats,” remembers Dorothy McNeice, somewhat of a local historian.
“You could come in and get sandwiches and of course they were famo
By Liz Best
DELRAY BEACH — Devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and dear friend to many, Ruth Houseman Thompson died peacefully at her home in Delray Beach on Christmas Day, 2011. She was 93 years old.
Mrs. Thompson was preceded in
By Emily J. Minor
BRINY BREEZES — Carolyne Lanxon Kelley, who began coming to Briny Breezes with her husband and children to visit her mother back in the 1960s, died Jan. 18 after a five-year fight with cancer. She was 84.
A lifelong musician with
By Ron Hayes
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — Jenny Bremanis’ son had a theory about his mother’s longevity.
“In New Jersey, her house had a basement, two floors and a walk-up attic,” Jake Bremanis recalled not long before her last birthday. “She got a lot of exe
OCEAN RIDGE — Greg Cunningham, 64, of Ocean Ridge, died Jan. 17 at his home.
Greg lived life with salt water in his veins, choosing to spend his entire life in, on, or around boats and the water. In his youth, Greg spent summers on Cape Cod, Mass. le
Centenarian Athena Scangas (left) is joined by her daughter Kathryn Diamond at the La Coquille Club as her birthday cake is lit with 100 candles. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Allen Whittemore
“Greek food. I ate everything my mother ever made, and she was
A manatee sighting in the marina at Briny Breezes drew onlookers in late January. In addition to eating some lettuce offered by one of the residents, the manatee rolled on its back and lapped up fresh water squirted from a hose.
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By Jan Norris
In our quest to help coastal residents replace businesses that will be cut off once the Ocean Avenue bridge in Lantana closes next month, here are those that can fill in for customers using the Lake Worth bridge.
These are just a few o
The Palm Beach Plein Air (fresh air) Artists converged on the grounds of the Old Key Lime House in Lantana recently for a painting meet-up.
ABOVE: Stan Dornfest of Boynton Beach adds finishing touches to his oil painting.
LEFT: The
When Plaza del Mar in Manalapan celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of events that included fashion shows and musical performances, organizers turned to local chalk artist Jennifer Chapparo to create a vintage postcard effect on the grounds
By Antigone Barton
The beach changes every day. The routine of Delray Beach residents Carolyn Hoffman and her husband does not.
The Tennessee transplants walk the Delray shoreline at low tide, scanning the sand for trash and treasures.
They
