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Ocean Ridge Election Results

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 16:10

Zoanne Hennigan (left)

and
Ed Brookes (right)

were the top two vote earners for two commission seats up for election in Ocean Ridge. Hennigan earned 39.7 percent of the vote, Ed Brookes earned 35 percent. Incumbent Betty Bingham, with 25 percent, wa

Lure of fiction called when real estate took a dive

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 15:52

By Steve Pike

You might say that A.C. Brooks has seen it all in his 20 years at the area’s watering holes, restaurants, fishing boats and boat docks. And what Brooks, a Lantana resident, hasn’t seen he’s made up in his first book, Foul Hooked.
Sub

Cocktails at The Colony Cabana Club

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 15:47

Cocktails at The Colony Cabana Club will be held from 6-8 pm April 7 as a celebration of Old Delray benefiting the Delray Beach Historical Society. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with live music on the beach. The Colony Cabana Club is at 1801 S. Ocean

10 fun things to do (beyond the beach)

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 15:30

With Easter right around the corner and grandkids en route, we’re always looking for entertaining activities beyond the beach. We are ardent seashore fans, but you can only hang out there so long without becoming restless and sunburned. Even if you

Highland Beach swearing in

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 15:14

Highland Beach Town Clerk Beverly Brown swears Mayor Bernard Featherman into office.
Photo by Tim Stepien

Easter Sunrise Services

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 15:00

Our Savior Lutheran Easter Sunrise Service is held at 6:30 am at R.G. Kruesler Park at the Lake Worth Beach, 10 S. Ocean Blvd., Lake Worth. All are welcome. Following service, public is invited to the traditional Easter Breakfast at Our Savior Luther

Manalapan Lecture Series

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:59

Dr. Christos Papatheodorou chats with audience members after his lecture on ‘The Evolving Health Delivery Systems — Total Quality Management and Information Technologies, the Critical Elements’ held March 3 at the Manalapan Library. Photo by Jerry Lo

Ocean Ridge Garden Club Rummage Sale

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:53

The Ocean Ridge Garden Club Rummage Sale held March 12 at Town Hall brought in $1,227 profit for the club. Taking a late-in-the-day break are Garden Club members (l-r): Kim Hanson, Dottie Morrison, Ann Cody, Lynn Allison, Zoanne Hennigan, Julie Walke

Boynton Beach: Officials hope preservation will boost city identity

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:34

By Linda Haase

It’s been said that the past holds the key to the future. If that’s true, Boynton Beach is propelling itself forward — while safeguarding its past.
Historic preservation efforts have taken center stage since the City Commission unanimous

Boynton Beach: Residents brim with ideas for 1927 high school building

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:32

By Ron Hayes

For four and a half hours on Saturday, March 26, about 40 men and women who could have been enjoying the breezy spring weekend gathered at the Boynton Beach library to give their city a brighter future in sync with its past.
On paper, they

Obituary — Elizabeth Lacewell Armstrong

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:31

By Emily J. Minor

DELRAY BEACH — Elizabeth Lacewell Armstrong, a native Texan who loved to golf, loved to read, and could trace her heritage back to the Alamo, died March 10.
She was 86.
A self-proclaimed Southern girl who attended Louisiana State Univ

Meet Your Neighbor: Don Thompson — Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:30

It’s not every day you meet someone who competed against tennis ace Arthur Ashe, owned a corporate monopoly and custom-ordered a painting from Salvador Dali.
Today is the day.
Meet 77-year-old Don Thompson — athlete, entrepreneur, musician — whose succ

Obituary — Walter Richard Donahue

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:29

By Emily J. Minor

PALM BEACH — Walter Richard Donahue, who moved to Florida in 1982 after a prosperous business career with several major U.S. corporations, died Feb. 24, nine weeks shy of his 91st birthday.
His second wife, Mary Sloneker Donahue, sai

Obituary — Florence Murray

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:19

DELRAY BEACH — Florence Murray, a Romanian-born lifelong artist who spent her older years passing her love for painting on to her grandchildren, died Feb. 24. The family asked that her age be kept private.
Mrs. Murray’s husband, A. Harold Murray, prec

Obituary — Robert 'Bob' Long

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:18

By Dianna Smith

LANTANA — Robert “Bob” Long might have known a lot about real estate and what it took to sell a luxurious home, but the legacy he left behind to those who knew him wasn’t just that he was a fantastic Realtor.
Mr. Long’s legacy was that

Along the Coast: Realtors see action pick up in residential market

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:15

By Emily J. Minor

Real estate sales for both new and old construction seem to be picking up in the coastal areas, and local Realtors and developers say they expect the uptick to only get stronger as hesitant buyers and sellers decide it’s time to move

Ocean Ridge: Town not sure how to put teeth into shark-fishing ban

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:13

By Margie Plunkett

An ordinance that would ban fishing for sharks from Ocean Ridge’s shores was delayed last month to allow research on whether the high water line that marks the town’s boundary would impede enforcement of the law.
“If they’re in the w

Coasting Along: When drivers delay, city reaps pay

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:05

A volunteer checks vehicles for expired meters along Ocean Boulevard in Delray Beach. City officials say they hope meters bring in $1.2 million per year. Photo by Jerry Lower

By Tim Norris

Delray Beach’s parking checkers do not hide their light. It’s

Nature's shell game: Turtle nesting season begins

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:00

By Liz Best

Whether you’re a seasoned South Florida beachcomber or a relative newcomer to coastal Palm Beach County, consider this either a timely reminder or a heads-up to one of the marvels Mother Nature is kind enough to let us witness every year.
S

Delray Beach: Patrick returns as parade's principal porker

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:00

Kimberly Vislocky feeds Patrick the pig during Delray Beach’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Patrick, age 2, replaced Vislocky’s pig Petunia in the parade. Petunia died last year. Photos by Jerry Lower

Slideshow: St. Patrick's Day Parade in Delray Bea