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By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
We’ve had a long, hot
I don’t think I’m a snob. But, except on rare occasions, I don’t go west of I-95 or south of Linton to dine or shop.
I have friends who live south and west, but I don’t see them very often. I can’t explain it. I used to work in Miami Beach and
By Steve Plunkett
Homeowners would pay $800 to $1,100 a year for 20 years to put overhead electric,telephone and cable TV wires underground, the town’s consulting engineer says.
The cost will depend on how much each household benefits from buryi
2009-10 tax rate: $2.87 per $1,000 of taxable value
Change in property value: 5.8 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $2.6 million
Total proposed cuts/savings: More revenue sharing
By Margie Plunkett
The Delray Beach City Commission’s decision to explore turning to the Palm BeachCounty Sheriff’s Office for police protection was dropped as quickly as it was launched early last month, deflated after the panel learned that see
Delray Beach has set a course to boost the price of storing a sailboat on the beach.
Commissioners passed an ordinance on first reading Aug. 17 to increase the annual fee forstoring a sailboat on the municipal beach to $250 plus sales tax, up fro
2009-10 tax rate: $7.19 per $1,000 taxable value
Change in property value: 12.7 percent decrease
Initial Budget Target (Operating and Capital): $100.1 million, as per Aug. 3.
Total proposed cuts/savi
By Thom Smith
Colonel Sanders was the chicken king, but Michelle Bernstein may be the new queen, andif enough of her subjects seek an audience, it could be good news for the troubled Omphoy Resort just north of the Lake Worth bridge.
The rag
By Angie Francalancia
Leaders in the coastal communities were rejoicing over the recent news thatcontroversial Senate Bill 360 had been declared unconstitutional — a bill they believed would have opened the door to rampant coastal development and
By Tim O’Meilia
Basil Diamond, the man who led the battle to revamp Manalapan’s voting system eightyears ago, is back on the Town Commission. But he isn’t the mayor, as many had hoped.
Instead, commissioners chose Vice Mayor Kelly Gottlieb, who wa
By Dianna Smith
The Wachovia Bank near Briny Breezes is closing and consolidating with a nearby branch, leaving longtime customers with one less bank on the island.
The bank is scheduled to close on Sept. 21.
Branch Manager Ray Lanzi would only sa
By Tim O’Meilia
For the second month in a row, the South Palm Beach Town Council rejected a request by the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn by the same 3-2 vote.
In July, the request was to operate watercraft. On Aug. 25, it was to extend bar hours on Fri
By Emily J. Minor
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi is looking into red-light and surveillance cameras for the two major intersections in the town of Ocean Ridge, and he’s including Briny
Breezes in that research.
If it happens, the Briny cam
Name: Richard Lincoln
Age: 60Years in Lantana: 10
Past Life: Began his police career in the city of Delray Beach, where he served for 23 years, including a year as interim chief in 1990; served as Palm Beach County Sheriff Robert Newmann’s second2009-10 tax rate: $7.65 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
Change in prop
2009-10 tax rate: $2.80 per $1,000 taxable property value
Change in property value: 5.5 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $3.5 million general fund budget; $20,765 library
2009-10 tax rate: $5.40 per $1,000 of taxable value
Change in property value: 7.2 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $5.3 million
Total proposed cuts/savings: Proposes using $73,
2009-10 tax rate: $10 per $1,000 taxable property value
Change in property value: 6.3 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $740,000
Total proposed cuts/savings: Would stay the s
2009-10 tax rate: $3.24 per $1,000 assessed property value
Change in property value: 17 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $7.8 million general fund expenditures
Total prop
