After hearing from town residents struggling to pay increasing utility bills, Lantana commissioners voted July 27 to not change the existing millage rate as part of their 2010 budget — charging Town Manager Michael Bornstein with finding other ways t
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By C.B. Hanif
It’s something that any congregation — or, better yet, group of congregations — can do.
This time it’s the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association.
The idea germinated from photocopies of Peace Notes. And the note scribbled across t
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Caption: Manalapan resident Oblio Wish demonstrates Gyrokinesis: a low-impact body conditioning system developed in the mid 1980s by a former ballet dancer with the New York City Opera. A yoga teacher, her Kundalini naRead more…
By Mary Thurwachter
Later this year, patrons of the Palm Beach International Airport will be able to zip in and out of airport parking lots settling with SunPass, the prepaid system used on Florida’s Turnpike and other toll roads.
“We don’t have it
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By Mary Katherine Stump
OCEAN RIDGE — James Clark died July 21 at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Katherine Clark.
Mr. Clark was born in Fayetteville, Ark., and graduated cum laude from the University of Arkansas with a degre
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The Boynton Beach City Commission has taken the first step toward the possible creation of a historic preservation ordinance.
The commission voted at its July 21 meeting to appoint an ad hoc committee to look into the issue. Although commissioners ar
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By Margie Plunkett
Anyone fishing for shark, be on notice: Delray Beach commissioners in July voted to prohibit shark fishing 300 feet from the municipal beach.
As part of the ordinance passed July 21, no chumming or baiting — using cut up bait to a
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Florida’s resident saltwater anglers who fish from shore, or a structure affixed to shore, will need to buy a shoreline fishing license by Aug. 1, unless they have a regular resident saltwater fishing license. The cost is $7.50, plus administrative a
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By Craig Dolch
Palm Beach Par-3 has long billed itself as “golf on the ocean” — that’s even the name of the course’s Web site — and soon this statement will be more appropriate.
Thanks to a long-awaited $4.8 million renovation that combines public
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By Ron Hayes
COUNTY POCKET — Mark Alba was never a mayor, but to his many friends and acquaintances in South County, he was "The Mayor."
"You couldn't go anywhere in Delray Beach without someone knowing him," remembers his roommate, John Kiggins.
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By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Cavet Snyder made money selling cold air, then gave it away with a warm heart.
Entering the nascent air-conditioning business just after World War II, Mr. Snyder sold the Stromberg Sheetmetal Co. of Rockville, Md., in 19
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Obituary
Ralph R. Zuckerman
By Mary Katherine Stump
OCEAN RIDGE — Ralph Zuckerman, 93, a long-time resident of Crown Colony, died Monday, July 20. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Violet Schmitt Zuckerman. “Theirs’ was a true love s
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By Mary Thurwachter
Everyone who lives on a barrier island should have a hurricane evacuation plan and that plan should include Fido and Fluffy.
There is a shelter in the area that accepts pets, but if a shelter or a friend’s house is not in your pl
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By Arden Moore
Love your mutt, but perplexed when it comes to pinpointing his breed blend? Sure, you make your best guess — and maybe solicit the suggestions of others. Now, thanks to a new DNA test, there’s a scientific way to sniff out your canine
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By Nirvi Shah
See 100 photos of Ocean Ridge beach at night
Outdoor lights at 41 properties along the Ocean Ridge coastline may have led to the disorientation of more than 2,000 sea turtle hatchlings in 2008, Palm Beach County officials said.
An ins
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By Vicki McCash Brennan
Boaters beware: Anchoring on coral, even accidentally, can be expensive. New federal and state laws make it a crime to damage two species of coral that are most common along the coast of South Florida. Federal law provides fo
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Like in Lake Wobegon, we know our coastal kids are way above average.
The children and teens I've met in our area are without exception more charming and poised than I ever was in my misspent youth.
I'm sure there are plenty of coastal kids who will
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In the sifting sands along the Ocean Ridge shore, there is one constant: Gary Solomon.
Solomon is the founder of Sand Sifters, and one Saturday morning a month, he and volunteers he has recruited descend on the beach to pluck the cans, bottles, ciga
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By Thom Smith
In many ways, it seems like forever, and in others like only yesterday, but after two years away, Dak Kerprich is back in action on Ocean Avenue in Lantana. In early June the veteran restaurateur unveiled his newest concept, Pizzeria ORead more…
By Margie Plunkett
BRINY BREEZES – Town Council will solicit proposals for police protection from local law enforcement agencies as its current contract with Boynton Beach will expire in the fall of 2010.
The contract with the Boynton Beach police d
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