By Tim O’Meilia
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Leon “Lee” Sol Zimmerman, a former vice mayor and councilman and one of the founders of the town’s popular music and lecture series, died Jan. 23. He was 90.
When Lee and Bernice Zimmerman settled permanently in South
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BRINY BREEZES — Connie Oleson liked to paint furniture and give it to friends. She liked long walks up and down Old Ocean Boulevard. She liked fishing in the surf in front of the Briny Breezes clubhouse.
Most of all, she liked people, and
OCEAN RIDGE — Donald Vigeant spent his final years doing the things that defined his life — gardening, walking the beach, playing golf and listening to music.
“He couldn’t sit still,” said his wife, Lynne Vigeant. “He was not a couch potato
By Dianna Smith
DELRAY BEACH — Carter Golembe wanted to be a poet.
This powerful, intelligent man who spent his life as a star of sorts in the banking industry once wanted to focus his talents on writing, but life had different plans for Mr. Golembe. H
OCEAN RIDGE — John M. Regan Jr., or Jack, as he was called, left a rich legacy that went beyond academic achievements, military decorations, business promotions, board and trustee appointments, and all the other trappings of public
Frank Maguire Jr., an owner of Quigley-Maguire of Delray Beach, has designed an office space in the 2011 Red Cross Designers’ Show House in West Palm Beach. This is his fifth year participating in the show house.
Photo by
Jerry Lower
Are designers bo
The Devil’s Food Cake prepared by Ana Pheterson, pastry chef at 32 East. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Jan Norris
Who knows when chocolate began to be associated with Saint Valentine’s Day? The history of that marriage is vague. Suffice it to say that toda
By C.B. Hanif
The Chabad of South Palm Beach’s new center in Manalapan’s Plaza Del Mar is just plain welcoming.
“We really did try to create that feel,” said Rabbi Leibel Stolik. “We wanted it to be an inviting, warm, welcoming atmosphere, so that peo
Dr. Tiffany Brown (left) holds Red Boy, a Bichon Frise, as his owner Clare Dana of Jupiter practices brushing his teeth. This was a follow-up visit at El Cid Animal Clinic after dental surgery. Photo by Tim Rivers
By Arden Moore
Foul odors coming
By Mary Thurwachter, managing editor
A yellowed newspaper clipping floated out of the Christmas card my sister Susie sent in December.
“That’s me!” I yelped, getting a quizzical look from my husband across the breakfast table.
Beneath a photo
A new I-95 interchange at Spanish River Boulevard in Boca Raton has been officially adopted as a future development project by the Florida Department of Transportation.
So says County Commissioner Steven Abrams, who is a member of the Metropolitan Pl
By Thom Smith
If you had hoped to catch a pre-Oscar screening of Black Swan or The Social Network at the Sunrise Cinemas 8 in Mizner Park, change your plans. The multiplex closed down in mid-January amid a wealth of rumors and misinformation.
This
The Boca Raton Symphonia quartet offers some classical
fare for partiers at the home of Patti Carpenter.
From left: Mei Mei Luo (violin), Rob Prester (piano),
Christopher Glansdorp (cello) and Jeff Kaye (trumpet). Photo by Thom Smith
By Thom S
Marliss Hadeed, who has lived in Highland
Beach nearly 30 years, heads the FAU Foundation's
University Club. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Mary Thurwachter
After Hurricane David blew into Palm Beach County in 1979 — just in time to ruin Labor Day wee
By Steve Plunkett
The city, which last summer installed parking meters on Palmetto Park Road east of the Intracoastal Waterway, might now assume ownership of the road.
Palm Beach County, which owns the highway, told city officials it will not permi
Red Reef Park’s splintery boardwalk is getting a 21st-century makeover. “They’ve been out there 30 years, and it’s time,’’ said Bob Langford, executive director of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District. Low bidder for the Red Reef project wa
By Mary Thurwachter
HIGHLAND BEACH — Friends say Anne Iffland Ryan was a loyal friend, a quick-witted conversationalist, a competitive bridge player and an avid golfer.
Known as “Nancy,” Mrs. Ryan died on Jan. 14 at the age of 90.
The only child o
Wonder what the weather is like at the Boca Raton Inlet?
Wonder no more. You can find out by visiting www.pbcgov.org/erm/beachcams.htm. You’ll find up-to-date photos of the area, a service that will be especially useful for boaters, surfers and beach
John J. Chluski
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — As a top executive with ITT, John J. Chluski lived what many would consider a dream job.
As a teenager during World War II, he lived what all would call a nightmare.
Mr. Chluski, who died Jan. 3 at
By Steve Pike
TaylorMade R11 Driver
For: Low- and medium-handicap players.
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Details: TaylorMade-Adidas Golf takes moveable weight technology a step farther with what it calls “adjustable sole plate’’ technolog
