The Pet QR Tag offers pet information via a matrix bar code designed
to be read by smart phones. Photo by Arden Moore
By Arden Moore
Our dogs may not be yapping about smartphone apps and our cats might not be purring about identification tags fitt
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National Society of Arts and Letters Season Opener
Dorinda and Bob Spahr home, Highland Beach
A festive dinner party with musical entertainment opened the social season for members and friends of the National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) Bo
Seymour Strauss was a staunch supporter of the
Lyric Chamber Orchestra at Highland Beach.
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Dr. Seymour R. Strauss, a staunch supporter of the Lyric Chamber Orchestra at Highland Beach, is being honored at the first con
Mike Trinley, head golf pro at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.
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By Steve Pike
Mike Trinley is one of those guys average golfers shake their fists at. Sure, Trinley is personable and accommodating, but consider the first time he play
By Tim Pallesen
The ambitious charity that transforms South County churches and synagogues into emergency shelters for homeless families with children was timed perfectly for the recession.
Family Promise launched just as unemployment shot up and th
By Ron Hayes
All together now.
Read!
But what to read?
In 2002, the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County introduced “Read Together Palm Beach County,” hoping to persuade as many as 20,000 residents to read the same book at the same time.
The book
Carnivale of Caring: The Circle of Hope Gala to benefit the Women’s Circle will be held Feb. 20 at The Hamlet Country Club, 3600 Hamlet Drive, Delray Beach. Cocktails and silent auction at 6 pm, and invocation, dinner and dancing with special guest r
By Angie Francalancia
BOCA RATON — Robert “Bob” Yamartino, who had spent nearly 30 winters at the Yacht & Racquet Club of Boca Raton, died peacefully there on Nov. 24. He was 94.
He loved his ocean view and dinners at the poolside Chickee Bar at t
Patriotic pride was evident on many boats in the Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade last month. The parade included the U.S. Marines' Toys for Tots drive with dockside donation pickups to benefit needy children. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Steve Plunkett
BOCA RATON — Architect, preservationist and longtime city resident Howard McCall, whose designs included the Royal Palm Shopping Center and many of the original homes in the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, died Dec. 8, a year af
By Margie Plunkett and Tim Pallesen
Beach area residents rallied in protest of planned luxury beachside sober houses in December, filling commission chambers at two meetings and spurring city leaders to scour law in search of change
By Emily J. Minor
This is the time of year so many of us dread — packing up all the Christmas gear, and stowing it away until next — but at Valerie Miller’s house in Delray Beach, they’re probably doing it with happy hearts.
By Steve Plunkett
Police Chief Clay Walker will end 12 years of safeguarding the town when the holidays are over.
‘’Careers do come to a close and I have decided to retire effective at the end of the business day January 2, 2012,’’ Walker said in an
By Tim O’Meilia
It’s been more than four years since the $510 million sale of Briny Breezes blew apart like, well, a mobile home in a hurricane.
And it’s not likely anyone will offer anything near half a billion dollars for the 43-acre oceanfront m
12/3 - Winterfest Lantana is presented by the Greater Lantana Chamber of Commerce and Palm Beach School for Autism at the Lantana Sports Complex on Lantana Road just east of I-95. Rides, food, crafts, Santa, entertainment and more. Noon-midnight. Fr
Here are 10 holiday safety tips from the Boca Raton Police Department:
1. Minimize the amount of cash and the number of debit or credit cards you carry.
2. Keep gift cards close and secure. They are easily redeemable and difficult to recover once they
ABOVE: What better way for Florida children to ring in the holiday season than with a spirited snowball fight. Aca McGowen takes aim at some family members from a “artificial” snow pile at Mizner Park.
RIGHT: Boca Raton Com
By Jan Norris
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The holidays are a whirlwind and everybody’s seemingly busy — too busy, generally, for dinner parties.
Cocktail or wine parties have become the way to entertain large numbers and do it with ease — with the right foods on h
By Angie Francalancia
The best place for Boynton Beach Fire Rescue Station No. 1 might be in Ocean Ridge.
Boynton Beach’s City Commission agreed during a workshop late last month to talk about the potential of moving Station No. 1 into Ocean Ridge
By Thomas R. Collins
Across the state and the country, cities are going to back to a principle that was taught in kindergarten: Sharing is good.
For everything from police officers to roadwork to water pipes, cities are teaming up with other government
