By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — During her 40 years in the area, Elizabeth Matthews Paton played golf at The Little Club in Gulf Stream, and she wrote its history. She enjoyed the beach, and worked to beautify it.
Mrs. Paton, who died May 22, had celeb
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By C.B. Hanif
There he was in Cairo, our president, stealing our lines: Uniting people of faith, or no particular faith, in the 21st century.
President Barack Obama bestrode multiple worlds, representing Americans in ways that hasn’t happened since
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By Arden Moore
Some of the best ideas are born during the worst economic times. The latest gem: an airline that caters strictly to pets — or, “pawsengers.” Pet Airways officially takes flight on July 14.
Credit this new flying venture to the husban
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Delray Beach has five historic districts, where the architecture is protected in order to maintain Delray Beach’s character: Nassau Park, east of the Intracoastal Waterway; Old School Square, the initial footprint of the town; the Del-Ida Park Distri
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By Christine Davis
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When you think of an “old” house in Florida, a 1920s Spanish Mediterranean villa or a 1930s Key West-style cottage might come to mind.
But time waits for no man, or building either, it seems. And now, mid-
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Robert John Wibbelsman, Junior passed away on May 2nd, 2009 at the age of forty-one in his home in Venice, California.
Mr. Wibbelsman was born in New York City on May 16th, 1968. He was raised in Los Angeles, California and Louisville, Kentucky, whe
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By Mary Katherine Stump
Delray Beach — Lucienne Driskill, of Delray Beach and Greenwich, Conn., passed away on May 17.
Mrs. Driskill was preceded in death by her husband, Walter S. Driskill, with whom she helped to found Dribeck Importers in 1967.
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By Mary Katherine Stump
DELRAY BEACH — William Seach, a resident of Delray Beach and Pittsburgh, Penn., died April 26 after a long illness. He was 81 years old.
Mr. Seach was a native of Clairton, Penn., and a longtime resident of Bethel Park, Penn.
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By Ron Hayes
OCEAN RIDGE — His older brother was “Joltin’ Joe,” the baseball legend with the 56-game hitting streak. He was the “Little Professor,” the 5-foot-9 center fielder with spectacles. But in the hearts
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Lothar Mayer, the former president of Liberty Hardware Manufacturing, a supplier of decorative cabinet hardware and bath accessories, sold one of his two Ocean Ridge properties, a home at 6017 Old Ocean Blvd.
The house was listed for $11.5 million a
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By Arden Moore
With Mother Nature unleashing hurricane season upon South Florida this month, our dogs, cats and other pets depend on us for protection. I remember sitting in the bathtub with my two cats in Lantana while listening to the winds of Hur
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10 questions
Howard Schnellenberger has proved to be one of football’s enduring coaching figures. An all-America tight end at the University of Kentucky, Schnellenberger went on to complete his playing career with stints at Hamilton and Vancouver i
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By Dan “the Beer Man” Oliver
Standing a hundred yards from the Atlantic Ocean, enjoying the balmy
breeze, cold beer and good conversation, I had this thought: "Why don't I
do this more often?" Now this may qualify as a "duh" moment to many of you,
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By Jan Norris
Here’s an easy Father’s Day gift: Clip this article and slip it inside a nice new charcoal grill.
Sure: He’s got a gas one already, but a real wood-and-charcoal fire is the fuel of choice for making great ribs, at least according to th
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By Mike Holliday
There’s something inherently special about walking on the beach barefoot. Ninety percent of my reasoning for living along the coast is related to being able to feel sand between my toes. The other 10 percent toggles between an affin
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By Mary Katherine Stump
South Florida is known for, among other things, its fishing and its glamorous black-tie benefits. Rarely do the two pastimes intersect.
Enter Microgiving.com, the brainchild of Advertising.com founder John Ferber, a resident
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By Margie Plunkett
Steven Abrams made his “12-city tour” in May, introducing himself as the new Palm Beach County commissioner for District 4 — the successor to former commissioner Mary McCarty, who resigned after public corruption charges.
“It’s be
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By Nirvi Shah
When a developer offered to buy Briny Breezes recently, the deal fell through in part because state planners didn’t warm to the deal. The state was concerned the proposed waterfront high-rises would overwhelm the surrounding area.
But
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By Christine Davis
Bob Montgomery has “found the bottom” and it is at $1.5 million.
Montgomery, of Ocean and Intracoastal Properties in Lantana, had been dropping his selling price daily for a couple of months to pique interest in his two-bedroom, t
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By Margie Plunkett
Coastal residents just can’t stop the drifting, shifting sand from slipping through their fingers — or off their beaches.
Palm Beach County is working on beach erosion projects all along the coast, including Lantana and South Palm
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