By Tim O’Meilia
A heated argument between the South Palm Beach mayor and a council member ignitedan extended round of shouting and catcalling from residents who attended the July 27 Town Council meeting.
At the center of it all: the Palm Beach Oce
By Tim O’Meilia
A heated argument between the South Palm Beach mayor and a council member ignitedan extended round of shouting and catcalling from residents who attended the July 27 Town Council meeting.
At the center of it all: the Palm Beach Oce
By Antigone Barton
While authorities still can’t say when, where and how much oil from BP’s DeepwaterHorizon drill site might show up on local beaches, they can say where the first tar balls spotted here will go next.
Packaged as a hazardous mat
By Margie Plunkett
Delray Beach finished sifting through its trash in July, ending an investigation ofrefuse hauler Waste Management’s billing that turned up about $76,000 due the city and several dysfunctional business practices. No impropriety
The Mediterranean fruit fly invasion is likely on its last wings, according to Mark Fagan, spokesman for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services — the agency responsible for containing the pest.
“We did a full l
Among the dozens of the dead and dying and the iffy west of the bridge along George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach, one Calophyllum inophyllum is emphatically alive.
Even the experts can’t say why. Within a single variety, trees s
They’re cool. They’re cotton. They’re colorful.
They’re addictive.And in coastal South Florida, they’ve long been summer’s uniform: the Lilly Pulitzer classic shift.
“My grandma spent her winters in Naples and her whole wardrobeHis neighbors call him the Turtle Man, because he walks the five-eighths-mi
Here’s some turtle low-down, according to Robert Schonfeld:
Endangered species There are only seven species of sea turtles — all endangered — and under the Endangered Species Act, the government keeps a record on them, so from year to year, we can sThe sun rising over the Atlantic warms the sand and sparkles off the ocean, making a beautiful image framed by the sliders in Jackie Balestrieri’s bedroom window.
The 8-year-old is oblivious to the perfect beach day developin
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Scott
Ellington, a Florida native who grew up in Panama City and always loved the
water, died in July after a battle with a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
He was 66.
Ellington,
who lived in coastal Delray Bea
By Greg Stepanich
Beginning with this coming season, the Boca Raton Museum of Art will mark its 10thanniversary at its lovely building in Mizner Park.
It moved there in January 2001 after having been in a small space on Palmetto ParkRoad since 19
Hurricanes can put the hurry in you. When Hurricane Andrew took aim on South Florida in1992, I stood inside my bathtub with my roommate and three puzzled cats. Living just a mile from the ocean in Lantana, we waited for the Category 5 storm to str
DELRAY BEACH — Dr. Peter T. Janulis struggled with his health recently, spending the last four and a half months in and out of Bethesda Memorial Hospital. He and
his wife, Lyn, knew his heart condition was very serious, but he h
Picturesque outside and serene within, the First Church of Christ, Scientist sanctuary almost belies its amazing journey from an Air Force base in Boca Raton to its
200 SE Seventh Ave. home in Delray Beach. The January 1949 move was a
By Tim O’Meilia
Manalapan Mayor Tom Gerrard resigned abruptly Wednesday, delivering a five-sentence resignation letter to town hall just before 5 p.m.
“Pressing family issues require that I spend extended amounts of time away from the town and the
It's here folks... in less than twelve hours, after the stroke of midnight, it's time to go a- hunting! With the crowd of divers, boats and measuring tape things can get crazy quick. Since there were four deaths last year, it's always a good idea to
Ask Nancy Barnett, managing director of the award-winning Florida Stage, what she will miss about the
Manalapan playhouse now that the company is leaving and she mentions the baby cr
On a hot summer morning, the temperatures already topping the 80-degree mark at a little after 9 o’clock, key members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 54 have reported for duty.
Happily.
They’ve checked the boat from b
By Antigone Barton
A break in the current that could carry oil from BP’s exploded Deepwater Horizon site from the Gulf of Mexico to these shores has added uncertainty to local response preparations.
But a plan for training that will enable local
“On this side of the bridge, people wave with all five fingers.”
I laughed out loud when Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi said this to helpexplain why his department was better suited to provide protection to Briny Breezes at its June 24 tow