By Margie Plunkett
Following months of work by a committee, Manalapan officials and residents met in a December workshop to debate ways to landscape town swales yet protect electric, cable and water utilities.
The efforts seek a landscaping plan tha
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By Nirvi Shah
For Donald Silpe’s 70th birthday, he got the ultimate gift for a lifelong scuba diver: an artificial reef built and named in his honor.
Silpe, who lives in Manalapan, said his family came up with the idea to make a donation to the co
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By Tim O’Meilia
With the Imperial House facing another winter without a seawall, the South Palm Beach Town Council voted on Dec. 15 to ask Palm Beach County to intervene in a dispute between the condominium and the town of Lantana over beach access.
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By Margie Plunkett
The Lantana Town Council dismissed as “insulting” a counterproposal from the Imperial House to pay $5,000 for beach access to fix its failing seawall, and said it would investigate if, under an agreement for emergency work, it cou
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By Thomas R. Collins
Of all the tense exchanges over the years between city leaders and residents over whether to save the old Boynton Beach High School, it might be hard to find one more openly bitter than the one between Mayor Jerry Taylor and 50-
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By Thomas R. Collins
Palm Beach County public radio station WXEL President Jerry Carr is retiring from the station he has piloted for 13 years.
Carr ushered WXEL’s TV and radio operations into the digital age and led the station through repairs afte
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By Margie Plunkett
County and town officials urged residents to keep pets up-to-date on rabies vaccinations after a rabid raccoon attacked a miniature Doberman at 9 E. Ocean Ave. early in December. Two family members were expected to undergo precaut
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By Christina Denardo
In an effort to revitalize Boynton Beach’s downtown and save money, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency is moving the annual free concert series from the waterfront to downtown.
It’s a return to downtown for the concert se
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By Margie Plunkett
Briny Breezes’ appeal to pay lower residential water rates backfired after supplier Boynton Beach denied the request and determined that the seaside town actually should be billed even more.
Boynton Beach said it realized it has b
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By Margie Plunkett
Gulf Stream commissioners are looking into hiring a consultant to determine the feasibility of burying electric lines and determining how much of the study’s cost the town’s Civic Association would pay.
Burying the town’s power li
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By Christine Davis
In real estate it’s always been about location, location, location and our beautiful barrier island fits those requirements perfectly. This might explain the recent rash of real estate brokerage consolidations, mergers, moves and
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Delray Beach commissioners authorized the Fire Department to apply for a grant from U.S. Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency that would fund four firefighter positions for Fire Station No. 2.
A successful grant would fund four pos
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By Mary Katherine Stump
OCEAN RIDGE — Alphonse “Al” Lembo of Ocean Ridge died Nov. 23 at the age of 96. He was a 30-year resident of Ocean Ridge, and an active member of the Hypoluxo community.
“Al may have resided in O
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Kathy Fazio “came home” to coastal Delray Beach with her husband, John. Her daughter, Annie, is now 22 and in Washington, D.C. Her son, Jay, is a junior at Southern Methodist University. In her spare time she keeps her fingers in the inRead more…
By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — On Feb. 27, 1945, a B-24 bomber exploded during a bombing run over Leipzig, Germany.
Nose gunner/bombardier Don O’Fee, who normally didn’t wear a parachute, was wearing one that day. He landed
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By C.B. Hanif
A monthly book discussion group at the Delray Beach Public Library has been getting good reviews for addressing engaging topics. The latest theme: “ ‘The Other’ — Other Cultures and How We View Others,” was intriguing.
So when I heard t
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By Arden Moore
These days, with the price of gas gushing skyward and foreclosure signs littering lawns, penny pinching is now in vogue. We need to figure out ways to s-t-r-e-t-c-h our family budgets and that includes spending on pets.
Unless you’re
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Posted by Dee McNamara on December 29, 2009 at 16:00
38 Cities in the County have Election Day on 2nd Day in March.Cities who deviate from the County's General Election Date on 2n Tuesday in March,will have to pay ALL THE COSTS of STAFF, per new accurate Supervisor of ElectionsSusan Bucher. She advises
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Manalapan will hold a workshop on landscaping in swales at 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at Town Hall. Town Attorney Trela White drafted a proposed ordinance after discussions on what vegetation should be allowed in swales. The workshop continues the discussion th
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By Ron Hayes
One day in 2000, a high school freshman from Ocean Ridge decided to volunteer as an “attorney” in the county's Youth Court.
Anthony Arash Arsali would alternately act as both prosecutor and defense “attorney” in determining appropriate
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