By C.B. Hanif
The last Monday in May is the unofficial beginning of summer. It’s also a day when Americans visit cemeteries, gather for parades and picnics, or watch the
National Memorial Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol.
Most important, folks ref
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Raise your hand if you cruised I-95 back in the late 1980s with a goofy, orange tabby stuffed animal suction-cupped to your car window. It’s OK; I’m raising my hand,
too.
America’s connection to Garfie
Fire rescue officials from Boynton Beach and Palm Beach County pledged to improve emergency response times in the county pocket — even without an agreement in hand that would put the city in charge of the area.
Boynton Beach has fire stat
Private Clubs — The Manalapan Club: An occasional history series
Back in 1957, Eisenhower was president, Leave It To Beaver premiered on TV, and Elvis was shaking, rattling and rolling
his way toward becoming the King of rock
When we moved to the area over 25 years ago, Easter marked the beginning of the endof tourist season. I-95 was still four- to six-lanes wide and occasionally a group of young locals would stand on the overpasses and wave goodbye to the cars in the
Just south of Briny Breezes, east of the St. Andrews golf course and north of Gulf Stream sit two rarities: pieces of barrier island land that are unincorporated,
belonging to no city.
By Emily J. Minor
The fitness bug took root many, many years ago, with little notice, when Leonard Griff began teaching his four children through example.
Griff, a retired radiation oncologist, would take the stairs. He’d bike to work. He
jogged bef
We joined the Citizen’s Police Academy sponsored by the Boynton Beach PoliceDepartment. This is our second year taking this class. The class meets on Wednesdays for 10 weeks from 7 to 10 p.m.
During each session we had up to six policemen give us d
By Thom Smith
Brace yourselves. It’s April, but it seems like the season is just starting.
Savor the Avenue’s long table has barely been cleared, the last reel is stillspinning at the Delray Beach Film Festival, and already the aroma of conch
By Margie Plunkett
Five more sets of crosswalk signs designed to safeguard pedestrians and educatedrivers will be installed on A1A after a state study deemed test signs near Atlantic Avenue effective.
The Florida Department of Transportation g
By Dianna Smith
Local officials are continuing to comb the seas and beaches for Haitians fleeingtheir devastated country.
Though no refugees have been spotted in Palm Beach County since January’s deadlyearthquake in Haiti, four Haitian nationals
By Tim O’Meilia
The South Palm Beach Town Council is going green. Not environmentally speaking, butexperience-wise.
Two new council members, Stella Jordan and Susan Lillybeck, were sworn at the March23 Town Council meeting by U. S. District
By Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
McKinley Park on Hypoluxo Island has been a meeting ground, a community “piazza” that’s brought parents and children together over the years to bond and play. A main
draw for families, the playground equipm
Incumbent Robert Evans (left), who ran unopposed, is joined by new commissioners Howard Roder and Louis DeStefano. In Manalapan, 209 voters of a total of 353 registered voters, or 59.2 percent turned out for the March elections. Photo by Jerry Low
The Beach Property Owners Association is taking the next step toward a long-termplan for the beachfront, after meeting March 24 with city leaders, city employees and residents.
At its April 1 board meeting, the association intended to set a date t
By Tim O’Meilia
South Florida whistled past the hurricane graveyard last summer and nary a stormhowled in return. Only three hurricanes formed last year and none sent anyone scurrying to Home Depot for plywood.
Don’t expect to sneak by aga
By Margie Plunkett
Herons, cranes, spoonbills, terns, pelicans and even red hawks make Ocean Ridge theirhome. Now, the town is moving toward becoming a bird sanctuary to protect them.
The town was exploring and preparing an ordinance it expects
By Margie Plunkett
Burying Gulf Stream’s overhead power lines would cost roughly $4.6 million and entailsix months of pre-construction work and six to eight months of construction, according to a consultant hired to study the feasibility of the
