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Deborah Lee Prescott is a Christian, who teaches at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a Christian college, but whose passion is to study the memoirs and autobiographies of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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By Mary Jane Fine
From the outset, it was clear that FeeBee possessed star quality, a certain je ne sais quoi that set her apart from all the rest. She had vitality, drive, oodles of personality. And not even Dakota Fanning debuted at so tender a
By Tim Norris
Oct. 3, Sunday, 10 a.m.: It was quiet in the Van Egmond home at the end of Coconut Lane in Ocean Ridge.Too quiet.
Philip Van Egmond and his wife, Gina, just back from a trip to Pittsburgh, knew the minute they walked in and looBy Steve Plunkett
The town of Gulf Stream is “regretful’’ it wasn’t able to stop a Walmart from beingbuilt across the street in Boynton Beach the way homeowners in Delray Beach apparently were, its town manager says.
“We’re still trying to apply p
Chief Craig Hartmann assured them other towns use volunteers as a receptionis
The old Highland Beach fire truck was used in a dramatic rescue at the Toscana condos.
Photo courtesy of Delray Beach Fire-Rescue
Photo courtesy of Delray Beach Fire-Rescue
By Steve Plunkett
It’s in the shop a lot, and repair bills are mounting. It’s not easy to drive in tight places. And eve
By Mary Jane Fine
Patrick McGlamery wasn’t nicknamed Squid for nothing. A water-baby who learned to swim at three months, he surprised no one when he dived into life guarding just out
of high school. He joined Boca Raton’s Ocean Rescue Departme
New signs that warn boaters of speed limits and note the possible presence of manatees in the Intracoastal Waterway could be months away from being installed.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission has plans for several
By Tim O’Meilia
Picture a neighborhood agitator. A troublemaker. An interloper. Now imagine a white-haired thoracic surgeon dressed in his croquet whites — cotton Bermuda shorts and polo-style shirt — propping a croquet mallet on his shoulder at a jBy Scott Simmons
With Betty Grinnan, her voice says it all.
It is at once authoritative and humorous. Focused, but sweetened with the honeyed accent of her native Virginia.
And Grinnan uses that voice to get things done.
As a member of the Friends of th
Another season is upon us, and that’s cause for celebration.
As writer Hap Erstein underscores in his report on the state of the arts in eastern Boca Raton and Highland Beach, our cultural leaders are cautiously optimistic in these times of econom
By Margie Plunkett
The direction Boca Raton council gave its city manager on where to locate the new library: Two blocks north from the current building at the former Causeway Lumber site.
The council favored the new site 3 to 1, and made its wishe
Upbeat, but not without concern.
That is the way professional arts institutions describe their view of the season ahead, which they certainly hope will be the last for a while that is riddled with economic challenges.
“The verbal r
By Hap Erstein
Despite economic challenges, there are are two new venues on Boca Raton’s arts scene. A completely new art film complex is opening at the end of the month at Florida Atlantic University, and Lynn University’s new theater continues t
By Thom Smith
Mustard and ketchup. Bees and honey. Beer and pretzels. Abbott and Costello. The Miami Dolphins and Boca Raton. They just naturally go together.
Lots of Dolphins alums live in the area. Hall of Fame center Dwight Stephenson recentl
Mizner Park and Royal Palm Place are home to new restaurants and new concepts
By Jan Norris
No matter what the economic climate, diners still must eat. Restaurateurs may be scaling back, lowering menu prices or offering less unfamiliar foods,
But, as director of choral and vocal studies at Florida Atlantic University, Fleitas has taken her role a step furth
They came. They relaxed. And then they headed out to sea from the same beach their ancestors have used for thousands of year.
The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center helped more than 50 baby loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles on their journey
Fall has come and, with it, the season of higher-than-usual tides.
In the Intracoastal Waterway west of Ocean Ridge, for example, tides crested at 3.3 feet above mean low water levels in September. They’ll hit 4.1 feet with the new mo
