Steven V. Maklansky is the new director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Steven V. Maklansky began his new post as director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art in July.
Previously, Maklansky was the execu
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By Steve Plunkett
The city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plan to spend $15,000 in the coming budget year at Ocean Strand, mostly to cut the grass.
It’s the same amount that was set aside in the current fiscal year, which starte
By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton’s city manager will submit his recommended preliminary tax rate to the county after the City Council declined to vote on a tax rate late in July.
City Manager Leif Ahnell recommended a tax rate of $3.15 for $1,000 of a
A surprise addition to the Town Commission’s July agenda made the mayor’s day.
“I’m here this morning not seeking a variance, not seeking an appeal, not seeking an exception,’’ state Rep. Bill Hager said after commissioners en
Globalstar's GSP-1700 satellite phone sells for about $499.
By Steve Pike
The saying “Technology is great as long as it works,” couldn’t be more true than in the aftermath of a dev
More and more communities are taking action
against owners who allow their dogs to leave
deposits on lawns and walkways.
By Arden Moore
As a pet behaviorist who travels all over North America to help people better understand why dogs and cats d
Karen Robinson wears a dress was made for her by the aunt
of the boy she tutored. The pattern was made from the
Vanuatu flag. The walking stick was a gift from teachers
of SE Ambrym in appreciation for the five-day
literacy workshop she ran. Photo
More than 200 former Seacrest High School (1949-1970) athletes, coaches, faculty, cheerleaders and others attended a July 8-10 reunion.
LEFT: Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie, jokes with event organizer Dr. Carey J. Snyder (center), and Mary Ann
Photo by Tim Stepien
Special Report: Does what's flowing from your tap pass the taste test?
By Steve Plunkett
Town Commissioner Louis DeStefano has a one-word opinion o
Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
What a jolt to Ocean Ridge commissioners, who found a defibrillator at each of their chairs on the dais at the start of last month’s town meeting.
The brand-new machines weren’t intended as commentary on the livelin
NCCI Holdings employees Lindsay Kaye, Beth Miller and Irania Acevedo Montello and an adoptable pup pose during a Cutest Pet Contest in Boca Raton. The event raised $1,000 for three shelters — The Tri-County Humane Society, the Humane Society of Br
South Palm Beach music lovers will no longer have a choice of two nights to watch their favorite performers, as the town’s cultural committee decided to cut the traditional back-to-back performances to a single night for each artist in
Ann Matlack Greene
By Liz Best
BOCA RATON — All of Ann Greene’s friends knew that her favorite color was pink, but this “The Lady in Pink” was also known and loved for her warmth, generosity and gentle demeanor.
Mrs. Greene, of Boca Raton, died
Cornucopia 04-Y’IV (2004), by Etsuko Tashima
By Greg Stepanich
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is one of Palm Beach County’s most interesting cultural outposts, and it’s playing host through October to an exhibit that tells us some
The Briny Breezes Town Council and the corporation that owns most of the town took steps during July town budget meetings to ease the tensions between them.
The council and the president of Briny Breezes Inc. discussed signing a
In 1925, the famed society architect Addison Mizner agreed to design a building for the Boynton Beach Woman’s Club, provided the construction cost did not exceed $50,000.
Today, that wouldn’t keep his beautiful landmark open a year.
“Our an
Sisters Joan Carusillo (left) and Lorraine Ryan star in a WXEL documentary about Women’s Circles.
Photo by C.B. Hanif
By C.B. Hanif
Our own Women’s Circle’s sisters are about to become TV celebrities.
Yes, in living color. Sister Lorraine Ryan a
DELRAY BEACH — Some men are blessed with long lives, and some are blessed with full lives.
Robert Hudson Neff had both.
He was born on Jan. 24, 1916, in Canfield, Ohio, and died here on July 24, at exactly 95½ years of age.
In between,
Mr. Coleman was a graduate of Dartmouth College. He joined
