By Thomas R. Collins
The website’s home page has an aerial shot of the coastline, with turquoise waters washing over the sand and sunbathers dotting the beach.
Delray Beach, says the site recently created by the
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Boynton Beach’s city manager is contemplating history — more specifically whether to proceed with an ad hoc committee’s recommendation to create a Historic Preservation Board and to hire a preservation planner to run the show.
City M
By Scott Simmons, managing editor
When opportunity knocked, I hesitated. Agonized, even.
But when a newspaper in northern Palm Beach County offered me a position to write full-time, I decided to accept.
But acceptance doesn’t mean abandonment.
I
Mike Nevard, chairman of the South Palm Beach Planning and Zoning Board, and frequent bookmobile patron checks out the Bookmobile’s offerings. Photos by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes
The Palm Beach County Library System boasts 17 branches, from Boca Raton
Flossy Keesely lives in Highland Beach with her Yorkie, Schatzi.
Photo by Tim Stepien
By Scott Simmons
The phone doesn’t stop ringing at Flossy Keesely’s Highland Beach home.
Brrrring!
“Ah, so good to hear from you.”
Brrrring!
“Definitely! Plan to be
By Dianna Smith
BOCA RATON —When someone had a question about Boca Raton history, Donald Curl usually knew the answer.
Mr. Curl’s knowledge of the area was so vast that he recorded most of his knowledge in books that will live on forever. Mr. Curl, 7
Mrs. Claus, aka Bev Williams, spreads holiday cheer throughout Briny Breezes. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Tim Norris
At Briny Breezes, Santa takes a back seat. This is Mrs. Claus, red dress, white bonnet, lacey apron and all, and she is coming to hug the
Black vultures, shown basking in
the sun to warm up on a recent chilly morning,
are smaller than turkey vultures, which can weigh up
to 6 pounds. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Joanne Davis
They start migrating in October, and by early to mid-November
Seven weeks after her promotion was announced, it’s a done deal: Linda Stumpf is Manalapan’s town manager.
When town commissioners fired Thomas Heck on Oct. 28 they elevated Stumpf from finance director to interim manager until she an
Vinnie Laudicina, Lantana Police Department
fleet manager (left), and Simion Pavlov,
with one of the department’s
2006 Ford Crown Victorias. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Rich Pollack
For almost two decades, the police car you were likely to see in yo
Manalapan town commissioners will vote on raising water rates for everyone and making sewer customers pay the full cost of that service at a Jan. 25 public hearing.
Consultants Mock, Roos and Associates are recommending that water rat
GULF STREAM — Alvin Curtis True Jr., a retired doctor who helped his community by serving on several town panels, died Nov. 28 after apparently developing complications from heart surgery. He was 81.
Dr. True, the father of three, is
MIAMI —The sale of WXEL, the station started more than 40 years ago to educate local migrant workers, moved closer to joining the nation’s biggest team in public radio when the Florida Board of Education granted a lease transfer D
By Steve Plunkett
A $100,000 Homeland Security grant will boost border patrols in coastal communities, County Commissioner Steven L. Abrams said.
“This money will provide additional security for our community, especially along our coastline, a larg
Svetlana Simon’s heirloom hens lay colorful eggs at her farm west of Boynton Beach. You can buy free-range eggs like these, plus locally produced cheeses and vegetables at local green markets. Photos by Jerry Lower
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Eating lo
Peggy Henry grew up in Fort Lauderdale, and now calls Gulf Stream home. She recently was named chairman of the board at the Florence Fuller Child Development Center.
Photo by Jerry Lower
Fourteen years ago, Peggy Henry was invited to tour the Floren
Svetlana Simon sells eggs, yogurt, cheese and milk from her Heritage Farm at the Delray Beach Green Market. BELOW: A sign at her stand describes her products and her philosophy. Photos by Jerry Lower
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
At the Saturday Delr
The county’s new ethics watchdog office could cost the town of Highland Beach up to $10,848 in its first year.
“We do not know yet which particular contracts might be exempted from the fee, and there’s going to be some that are exempt
Boca Raton residents are mounting another assault in their campaign to ensure that Ocean Strand becomes a park.
A new group, Keep Your Boca Beaches Public, is circulating petitions to place an ordinance and a charter amendment targeti
