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It was Christine Carton’s love of adventure, appreciation for self-improvement and admiration of Japanese artw
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Arthur Jaffe’s passion is books. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Ron Hayes
One lazy summer day when he was a boy, Arthur Jaffe wandered over to the Carnegie Library in Butler, Pa., and asked the helpful librarian to recommend a book.
“She gave
By Paula Detwiller
They called her “the holdout.”
The year was 1997, and the city of Delray Beach wanted to take Pat Healy-Golembe’s historic house by eminent domain to expand a parking garage near the beach. She said “no sale.”
The developer proposed
If town commissioners had term limits, would there be enough candidates to fill all seven seats?
Commissioner David Cheifetz answers yes and asked his colleagues to consider limits at their May meeting.
“For a long time the
The gatehouse at Point Manalapan may be rescued by an unlikely knight: the man whose request to remove Australian pines along A1A prompted a review of town policy on exotic vegetation.
Point residents came to the Town Commission’s
Kathleen Dailey Weiser
By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners balked at signing a contract with Interim Town Manager Kathleen Dailey Weiser but this time around had no
Changes to state growth management laws passed during the latest legislative session have area watchdogs and officials wary of the prospects for development in and around coastal barrier island towns.
The changes, pushed th
By Thom Smith
For decades the family yacht tied up at local marinas, the better for dad to entertain big clients and the family to enjoy a little respite from Northeast winters.
Malcolm Forbes died in 1990, but the wining and dining aboard Highlande
The Boynton Beach Woman’s Club has reluctantly offered to deed its historic, 85-year-old building to the city because it can no longer afford the $70,000 annual operating budget.
The all-volunteer club supports itself by renting the buildi
More than 30 people attended a recent Gulf Stream Town meeting, some (in red shirts) to complain about undergrounding power line assessments. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Wearing red, Gulfstream Shores residents kept up their assault on what
Lantana kicked off its budget process with the prospect of further drops in property tax revenue and other income that could once again force it to grapple with cost cutting. But as one council member put it, the glass is lookin
A Lantana police officer was arrested and charged with three counts of robbery after he allegedly pulled over Hispanic men and stole their money after they left check-cashing stores.
Officer Mark Ott, 35, faces a maximum of
Ocean Ridge officials breathed a sigh of relief this month when a state board overseeing police officer training let three dozen arrests stand even though the officers who made them hadn’t gotten their firearms recertification
NOTE: Story has been corrected since printed to reflect the following date change:
• Changed the date of the June council meeting to the 21st, rather than the 28th, also to accommodate Flagello’s schedule.
By Tim O’Meilia
Clutching to a sliver o
Israel Under The Stars
Sunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca Raton
Brett Loewenstern, 17-year-old American Idol semifinalist from Boca Raton, with students from the Donna Klein Jewish Academy choir.
The National Society of Arts and Letters Red Rose Dinner
Jackson Langford and Carolina Carney attend
St. Joseph’s auction April 8, which raised more than $160,000 for the school.
Grass River Garden Club Co-President Susan Lyons presents a $6,000 check to Nature Center Executive Director Patrick Moorehouse recently at the nature center in Delray Beach.
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