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Coastal Star: Joe Santarella — Gulf Stream

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 13:34

By Ron Hayes

When Joe Santarella left New York for South Florida in 1982, he brought the New York accent along. It’s still here.
“My father was a laborer, and my mother was in retail,” he says. “I was the first or second in my family to attend college.

Briny Breezes: Town readied Q&A for residents’ queries

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 13:20

By Emily J. Minor

About 50 residents packed the Briny Breezes Town Council’s January meeting to listen to a civics lesson on why the town handles its money the way it does.
“Many people don’t understand what we are forced to spend money on,” said Mayo

Manalapan: Water, sewer rate increase not going down well

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 13:16

By Steve Plunkett

Manalapan town commissioners raised water and sewer rates, but not before hearing from a handful of unhappy customers.
Josh Nichols, who shares a Hypoluxo townhome with his wife, complained that they were being charged too much for ha

Manalapan: Town tackles dilemma of Plaza Del Mar — Shopping center has lost tenants, faces rising sewer rates

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 13:00

By Steve Plunkett

Manalapan is ramping up efforts to breathe new life into flagging Plaza Del Mar.
Daryl Cheifetz, who sits on Manalapan’s Architectural Commission, told town commissioners in December that with this year’s planned closing of the Ocean

Along the Avenues: Bamboo Room to return to playing the blues in Lake Worth

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 12:00

Charles Benoit (left) gets a chuckle from comedian Eddie Brill who entertained hundreds Jan. 28 at the Delray Beach Marriott, during the 5th Annual Laugh with the Library fundraiser to benefit the Delray Beach Public Library.

Delray Beach: Team plans talent show to help pay for beach pavilion

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:43

Architect Bob Currie has designed a beach pavilion to replace the current one at Atlantic Avenue and A1A in Delray Beach.
Photo by
Tim Stepien

By Mary Jane Fine

Right now, the project has something of the feel of a Mickey Rooney “Hey gang, let’s put o

South Palm Beach: Citizen board appointed... to fill other boards

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:36

By Tim O’Meilia

Q: What’s the best way to fill a town advisory board?
A: Form another board.
That’s what the South Palm Beach Town Council did Jan. 25. They had to. The town charter says so.
It’s right there in Art. II, Sec. 2-9: “To assist the Town M

Municipal governmental seats up for grabs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:32

By C.B. Hanif

It’s been said that all politics is local. For folks seeking to resolve local issues, the second Tuesday in March — Election Day — is the traditional date for significant civic action.
Public offices from mayor to town councils will be up

Voter registration deadline is near

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:30

By C.B. Hanif
The books close Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. for those who need to register to vote in the March 8 general municipal elections.
To register, contact the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office at (561) 656-6200 or pbcelections.org.
Generally,

Forums on calendar to hear views of candidates

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:29

It maybe snow season up North, but it’s municipal election season in Palm Beach County.
Since it’s hard to tell the candidates apart without a candidate forum, several have been scheduled in south county municipalities where elections are expecte

Delray Beach: Segway Tours looks to segue into street-legal status

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:27

By Linda Haase

When Buck Ward opened Segway Tours of Delray in November, he was ecstatic. The Pineapple Grove business’ grand opening was a festive event, attracting a crowd, including Delray Beach City Commissioner Gary Eliopoulos.
A few days later,

Ocean Ridge: Town aims for more control over neglected properties

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:24

Town commissioners will hold public hearings Feb. 7 on two ordinances that would let Ocean Ridge collect payment for repairing or demolishing neglected properties.
The ordinances provide a means for commissioners to set up a special tax district and

Blaze kills boater; classes aim to lesson boating dangers

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:22

Firefighters extinguish a blaze on a boat at Delray Harbor Club Marina. One man died in the fire. Photo courtesy of Delray Beach Fire-Rescue

By Rich Pollack

The 32-foot cabin cruiser, The Quarterdeck, had finished refueling at the Delray Harbor Club M

Delray Beach: Musical memoir is perfectly Patsy

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:00

Lisa Mills (left) and C.C. Currie star in the Delray Beach Playhouse production of Always ... Patsy Cline. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes

During the day, C.C. Currie is a cat-scan technologist from Sunrise.
At night, she’s Louise Seger, a star-struck

Obituary — Alieda Nelson Riley: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:00

DELRAY BEACH — Alieda Nelson Riley, a long-time Delray Beach resident and World War II veteran who moved here after the war, raised six children in a historic house by the sea and later became an ardent preservationist and avid gardener, died Jan. 10

Obituary — Margot Suzanne Graham: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 10:43

By Emily J. Minor

DELRAY BEACH — Margot Suzanne Graham, who grew up on Long Island and developed her sense of adventure as the daughter of a career Navy man, died Dec. 21 at the age of 65.
Mrs. Graham moved to Florida to live with her parents in the mi

Obituary — Joseph A. Piantedosi Sr.: Ocean Ridge

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 10:30

By Emily J. Minor

OCEAN RIDGE — Joseph A. Piantedosi Sr., the retired president of the Piantedosi Baking Co. Inc., who moved to Ocean Ridge 20 years ago after first trying Boca Raton and deciding condo living wasn’t for him, died Jan. 9.
He was 87.
Mr.

Obituary — Leon Sol Zimmerman: South Palm Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 10:30

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

Obituary — Connie Oleson: Briny Breezes

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 10:30

By Ron Hayes

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

Obituary — Donald Vigeant: Ocean Ridge

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 10:30

By Liz Best

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