For the eighth consecutive year, Boca Raton Regional Hospital was named as a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence by HealthGrades, the country’s top independent health-care ratings organization.
The distinction puts the hospital among the t
Town police will work 5 percent fewer hours but keep their same pay under a new contract proposal.
“So that is essentially a 5 percent [pay] increase,” Town Manager Kathleen Weiser told town commissioners at their January workshop.
Commissioners sche
By Steve Plunkett
City Council Member Constance Scott was effectively re-elected Jan. 25 when challenger Bill Trinka officially quit the race just two weeks after filing to run.
“After deep personal reflection I am suspending my campaign for City Co
The Allianz Championship’s focus is on golf,
but it has added the Grapes on the Green Golf and Wine
Event at The Old Course at Broken Sound to attract a range
of spectators. Photo provided
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
The weeklong 2012 Allianz Cha
This year’s OPAL Award winners were Rabbi Merle Singer (left),
pilot Kenneth Davis, longtime volunteer Patricia Thomas, George
Snow Scholarship Fund President Timothy Snow, and 1st United
Bancorp and 1st United Bank Board Chairman Warren Orlando. P
Cancer patients who have had to travel out of the county for proton therapy treatments got some good news late in January. That’s when Boca Raton Regional Hospital announced plans to build a $120 million proton therapy center on Glades Road.
Proponen
Major Donald E. Schofield, commander/conductor of the Air Force Reserve
Concert Band (left), gives Boca Raton Community Resources and Affairs
Specialist Emily Lilly (right) a lesson on how to conduct the band at the Count
de Hoernle Amphitheater i
The planning committee for the local Oscar Night America.
Back row, from left: Terry Watkins, Barbara Russo, Joan Schnell
and Harvey Wachman. Bottom row: Mimi Sadler, Randi Emerman,
Barbara Brietstein and Robin Trompeter. Photo provided
By Mary Th
A girl’s best friend sparkles in a darker way
White and chocolate diamond starfish brooch is set in 18k
white gold. It was custom-made for a local couple at Jewelry Artisans.
Photos by Tim Stepien
By Paula Detwiller
Here’s some Valentine’s Da
Eva Hirschenstein Appelbaum survived the Holocaust
in Yugoslavia, moved to the United States and has written
a book on how Italian soldiers helped save Jews during
World War II. She will read from her book at 5 p.m.
March 8 at the Highland Beach
Chocolate Decadence organizers: Back row, from left: Chim Francisco; Sydney Lynn; Stephanie Economos; Christine Rothenberg; Colleen Occhiograsso; Michelle Silverstone; Laura Nowadly; and Kirsten Tuzzo. Front row: Sunnie Brooks; Co-Chairs Melissa R
With 40 years of experience at Disney World, the Ocean Reef Club
and the Atlantis Country Club, Jim Simon has settled in at
St. Andrews Club. Photo by Kurtis Boggs
By Steve Pike
Jim Simon and the St. Andrews Club are a perfect match. Each is class
2011 Laugh with the Library: (l-r) Becky Walsh, co-chair; Mark A. Peterson, Bank of America (platinum event sponsor); Comedians Angela Manfredi & Eddie Brill; Brenda Pumillia, Private Jewelers (platinum event sponsor.)
The 2012 Laugh with the Library
The Tuesday/Thursday Paddlers take off into the Intracoastal Waterway.
Photo by Tim Stepien
For information on places to paddle, click here
Tuesday/Thursday Paddlers
If you are an experienced paddler who’d like to get on the water with a group, you
Aaron Medow puts in his kayak with the other Tuesday/Thursday Paddlers at
Harvey E. Oyer Jr. Park in Boynton Beach to paddle along the Intracoastal
Waterway. Photo by Tim Stepien
By D
Rich Anderson, director of the Peggy Adams Animal
Rescue League, found out that his pooches Rex and
Roxie are a mix of Chihuahua annd Yorkie. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Each February, more than 185 different breeds vie for Best in Show honors
Retired pastor Dr. Ronald Siegenthaler of Delray Beach
led the nondenominational service in the Briny Breezes
auditorium on Jan. 22. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Tim Pallesen
Regis Philbin will be keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Prayer Breakfast t
Psychotherapist Elaine Donaghue (right) of Ocean Ridge
and Sherry Weinschenk at the Center for Healing and
Expressive Arts in Delray Beach. Photo by Kurtis Boggs
By Paula Detwiller
Can participating in an art-related exercise be as cathartic a
By Steve Plunkett
Travelers along State Road A1A will be able to glimpse the ocean at four “view corridors” after sea grapes bordering the highway are trimmed this month.
The city approved a low bid of $400,000 from Florida Native Nurseries Inc. of
By Steve Plunkett
The former Wildflower nightclub site on the Intracoastal Waterway will become home to a family-style restaurant if the city’s Marine Advisory Board has its way.
Chairman Gene Folden told City Council members at a January workshop:
