As customers come through the door of Mercer Wenzel off Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, owner Bruce Wenzel and his son, Mark, can size them up. The department store’s whole staff can. This man’s a 42 regular, long in the shoulders, short
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DELRAY BEACH — Mildred Toledano Barrett loved bright red lipstick, getting her hair curled, collecting antiques, dancing, horror movies, red beans, white wine — and people. She hated being called Mildred. To friends, she was always Millie.
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Now that all the hype of Black Friday and Cyber Monday has passed, it’s time that the less shopping-crazed of us shake off the Thanksgiving food-fog and begin to think about holiday gifts. To that end, I hope you’ll find this edition helpful. Please
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In our November story regarding the state ethics commission’s probable cause findings regarding South Palm Beach’s mayor [Millar to face hearing on ethics], we stated the proposed height of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn’s redevelopment was 19 stories
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During a celebration for donors to the refurbishing of the Manalapan Library, librarian Mary Ann Kunkle said that she is very pleased with the work that was recently completed. Photo by Jerry Lower
Linda Stumpf is still Manalapan’s acting manager and is still negotiating an employment contract. When town commissioners fired Town Manager Tom Heck in late October, they merged his position with Stumpf’s job as town finance directo
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The Ocean Ridge Police Department is fully staffed after commissioners approved hiring 27-year veteran David Ralph Kurz. Kurz, who started in October, filled an opening created when Officer Gene Rosenberg retired last December. The department has sin
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Coastal Delray Beach residents are being asked whether they want to continue back-door garbage pickup or save $10 a month by bringing their refuse to the curb. A survey sent to residents on the barrier island last month asked them to indicate which me
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Surfers and sunbathers enjoy the portion of Lantana beach that is already protected by a seawall. Plans are under way to protect the remaining gap between the public beach and the Imperial House seawall, visible in the top center in black. Photo by
Deck 84 is finally a reality, and Burt Rapoport’s new restaurant on the Intracoastal in Delray Beach appears to be a hit. After a soft opening in mid-November, the veteran restaurateur held two opening parties Nov. 18 and 19 and went pub
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Come March, South Palm Beach residents won’t have Martin Millar to kick around anymore. The embattled mayor said he is bowing out of town politics when his term ends in the spring. “I’m finished. I’m done. Politics is not my forte,” M
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The first round of reviews on Briny Breeze’s proposed changes to its long-range comprehensive plan are in, and there are two apparent trouble spots, according to agency and town officials who have filed initial comments. Water and tra
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The Community Advisory Board of WXEL has a seat on the bus for anyone willing to help show the state Board of Education that there’s local opposition to the public radio station’s sale to Classical South Florida. The Board of Edu
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Delray Beach Historical Society archivist Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Patterson’s base of operations is in the Ethel Sterling Williams Learning Center at Hunt House. Photo by Jerry Lower
Dorothy “Dottie” Patterson has a passion for art, history and barrier is
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GULF STREAM — During the three decades Virginia Lyne Sloan lived in Gulf Stream, she played golf, tennis and bridge, did some needlepoint — and wore a bunny suit, in season. “For several years, she would dress as the Easter bunny for the c
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DELRAY BEACH — Colleagues called on Mildred McKinnon George, known to friends as “Mim,” to help with projects right up until the day she died at age 85 on Nov. 6. “I called her that day to ask her to help us with a special assessm
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