By Ron Hayes
GULF STREAM — On the wall of his New York study, the celebrated journalist Bill Moyers keeps signed photographs of the great men he has known — John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson.
He also keeps a photograph of Robert F
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Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway changed life in Southeast Florida. A century ago, it made its way over the waters of the Keys.
By Nancy Klingener
As early as the 1830s — within the first decade of Key West’s settlement — town boosters w
By Tim O’Meilia
Out-of-towners traveling I-95 and headed for the Ritz-Carlton Resort in Manalapan or Grandma and Grandpa’s condo in South Palm Beach better have an updated GPS system.
When the Ocean Avenue bridge is closed in March for repl
Eleanor and Heath Larry stand beside their Bentley at the Ballentrae condominium in the late 1970s.
Photo provided
By Ron Hayes
GULF STREAM — Heath and Eleanor Larry were married for 73 years.
She died on Nov. 20, at 95.
He died on Dec. 18, e
By Steve Pike
You might say Tony Chateauvert owes his job to two things: A navy blue blazer and a box of crayons. The blazer goes back more than 25 years and the crayons go back less than one year.
An explanation: As an aspiring golf profession
By Ron Hayes
Would you spend a little time to give the past a future?
In 1986, the Delray Beach Historical Society created a time capsule to mark the city’s Diamond Jubilee.
Among other items, the capsule held a cassette tape from C. Spencer
By Ron Hayes
How many families does it take to sell a light bulb?
In Boynton Beach, just one.
But they have to sell it for 40 years.
This year, Dale and Edris Hatch, their children, their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren will c
Bethesda Ball supporters attended a luncheon and fashion show at 32 East in December featuring the fashions of Miami couture designer Rene Ruiz.
The 57th Ball coincides with the 65th year of the Bethesda Hospital Foundation. Activities planned for th
(l-r) Event Co-Chair Heidi Sargeant; anchor WPEC, CBS 12 Suzanne Boyd; library director Alan Kornblau; and Event Co-Chair Becky Walsh.
Everybody needs a good laugh. So why not get some giggles and help raise money for a good cause at the same time?
We’re keeping it Coastal this holiday season.
That’s right — Coastal. For our fourth holiday gift guide, we’re looking at objects inspired by our lives along the shore.
What better time to reflect on life in paradise?
With the sand and the surf
By Margie Plunkett
and Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach coastal residents rallied in December in protest of planned luxury beach-side sober houses, filling commission chambers at two meetings and spurring city leaders to scour law in search of changes that
By Steve Plunkett
County officials have put an accountant’s touch on the local match needed for grants to convert Lake Wyman spoil islands into thriving mangrove canoe trails and a manatee stopover.
“Sharpening the pencil, we can move $36,000 from l
Plans to replace the 1939 Camino Real Bridge were thwarted
after engineers discovered the structure is protected as a historic
treasure. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Tim Pallesen
Plans to replace the Camino Real Bridge have been canceled after count
By Mary Thurwachter,
Managing Editor
Some of us didn’t make it through 2011 to celebrate the New Year, but we continue to celebrate their lives.
Gloria Drummond, for one, was a shining example of what one person can do to make the world better pla
Peter Leonard and Jacqui Wyatt
By Ron Hayes
The talk of the town is “The Talk of The Town.”
But don’t expect it to be all happy talk.
On July 17, 2010, Jacqui Wyatt and Peter Leonard welcomed listeners of radio station WBZT-1230 AM to a new show —
The Debbie-Rand Memorial Service League Board of Trustees includes
front row, from left: Debbie Leising, Diana Rivellino, Marci Nowak. Back
row: Mildred Schwartz, Barbara Gideon, Eileen Carlins, Diana Bubb, Marty
Lambert, Lois McGinn, Deyse Norwitz
Delray Beach police are investigating the reported disappearance of more than $1 million held in escrow accounts for Mizner Grande Realty clients, police said.
Mizner Grande owner Ari Albinder said he was called by a client whose escrow money, held b
By Steve Plunkett
The Boca Raton City Council may act as soon as this month to designate the controversial Ocean Strand property public land instead of zoned for residential use.
With little discussion, the city’s Planning and Zoning Board endorsed
An artist’s rendering shows the proposed apartment building
and new boat dock space that could be built where the Wildflower
Resturant once stood at the base of the Palmetto Park Bridge. Rendering provided
By Steve Plunkett
The city has plenty
By Steve Plunkett
Coming soon to a shopping mall near you — a decidedly 21st century movie theater with “premium-plus” leather recliners, pillows and blankets, and someone to take your food and cocktail order at the start of the show.
An artist’s re
