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This year’s OPAL Award winners were Rabbi Merle Singer (left),
pilot Kenneth Davis, longtime volunteer Patricia Thomas, George
Snow Scholarship Fund President Timothy Snow, and 1st United
Bancorp and 1st United Bank Board Chairman Warren Orlando. P

Cancer patients who have had to travel out of the county for proton therapy treatments got some good news late in January. That’s when Boca Raton Regional Hospital announced plans to build a $120 million proton therapy center on Glades Road.

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Major Donald E. Schofield, commander/conductor of the Air Force Reserve
Concert Band (left),  gives Boca Raton Community Resources and Affairs
Specialist Emily Lilly (right) a lesson on how to conduct the band at the Count
de Hoernle Amphitheater i

The planning committee for the local Oscar Night America.
Back row, from left: Terry Watkins, Barbara Russo, Joan Schnell
and Harvey Wachman. Bottom row: Mimi Sadler, Randi Emerman,
Barbara Brietstein and Robin Trompeter. Photo provided

By Mary Th

A girl’s best friend sparkles in a darker way

White and chocolate diamond starfish brooch is set in 18k
white gold. It was custom-made for a local couple at Jewelry Artisans. 

  Photos by Tim Stepien

By Paula Detwiller

Here’s some Valentine’s Da

Eva Hirschenstein Appelbaum survived the Holocaust
in Yugoslavia, moved to the United States and has written
a book on how Italian soldiers helped save Jews during
World War II. She will read from her book at 5  p.m.
March 8 at the Highland Beach

Chocolate Decadence organizers:  Back row, from left: Chim Francisco; Sydney Lynn; Stephanie Economos; Christine Rothenberg; Colleen Occhiograsso; Michelle Silverstone; Laura Nowadly; and Kirsten Tuzzo. Front row: Sunnie Brooks; Co-Chairs Melissa R

With 40 years of experience at Disney World, the Ocean Reef Club
and the Atlantis Country Club, Jim Simon has settled in at
St. Andrews Club. Photo by Kurtis Boggs

By Steve Pike

Jim Simon and the St. Andrews Club are a perfect match. Each is class

2011 Laugh with the Library: (l-r) Becky Walsh, co-chair; Mark A. Peterson, Bank of America  (platinum event sponsor); Comedians Angela Manfredi & Eddie Brill; Brenda Pumillia, Private Jewelers (platinum event sponsor.)
The 2012 Laugh with the Library

The Tuesday/Thursday Paddlers take off into the Intracoastal Waterway.

Photo by Tim Stepien

For information on places to paddle, click here

Tuesday/Thursday Paddlers

If you are an experienced paddler who’d like to get on the water with a group, you

Aaron Medow puts in his kayak with the other Tuesday/Thursday Paddlers at 

Harvey E. Oyer Jr.  Park in Boynton Beach to paddle along the Intracoastal
Waterway. Photo by Tim Stepien

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Rich Anderson, director of the Peggy Adams Animal
Rescue League, found out that his pooches Rex and
Roxie are a mix of Chihuahua annd Yorkie.  Photo provided

By Arden Moore

Each February, more than 185 different breeds vie for Best in Show honors

Retired pastor Dr. Ronald Siegenthaler of Delray Beach

led the nondenominational service in the Briny Breezes

auditorium on Jan. 22.  Photo by Jerry Lower

By Tim Pallesen 

Regis Philbin will be keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Prayer Breakfast t

Psychotherapist Elaine Donaghue (right) of Ocean Ridge
and Sherry Weinschenk at the Center for Healing and
Expressive Arts in Delray Beach.   Photo by Kurtis Boggs 

By Paula Detwiller

Can participating in an art-related exercise be as cathartic a

By Steve Plunkett

Travelers along State Road A1A will be able to glimpse the ocean at four “view corridors” after sea grapes bordering the highway are trimmed this month.

The city approved a low bid of $400,000 from Florida Native Nurseries Inc. of

By Steve Plunkett

The former Wildflower nightclub site on the Intracoastal Waterway will become home to a family-style restaurant if the city’s Marine Advisory Board has its way.

Chairman Gene Folden told City Council members at a January workshop:

Mitt Romney Fundraiser

Home of Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, Palm Beach

Boca Raton residents Karen Asher, Bobby Campbell, Maureen Egan
(wife of the late Ambassador to Ireland Richard Egan) and Senada Adzem
were among those attending the $2,50

By Steve Plunkett

City Council Member Constance Scott was effectively reelected Jan. 25 when challenger Bill Trinka officially quit the race just two weeks after filing to run.

‘’After deep personal reflection I am suspending my campaign for City Cou

By Antigone Barton

       Decorated with photos of the “calming Atlantic Ocean,” a brochure for a proposed residence for recovering addicts promises: “You can’t get more private than this — gated and secure with no signage. Anonymity and discretion s

Staff Report

     A group of beachside homeowners is mailing a flier to every house in eastern Delray Beach that outlines its efforts to prevent a clinic from housing large numbers of people in recovery in single-family neighborhoods. The mailing a