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Lantana rushes to build seawall

By Antigone Barton LANTANA — A precarious structure in front of a condominium to the north, a rush to build when supplies are scarce, and a drill-resisting bed of cement-like sand are among the challenges this town faces in building a wall to save i
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Ocean Ridge Town Hall hailed as success

By Ron Hayes OCEAN RIDGE — When residents gathered for their annual Light The Lights celebration Dec. 5, those long strings of twinkling white bulbs didn’t brighten only the holiday season. They also shone on a beautiful new Town Hall and a new chap
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A Coastal Star of the Month: Delray Beach

Delray Beach resident Kari Shipley can always be found doing something for others. Whether making a special dinner for a friend who is going through chemotherapy, or finding volunteers for myriad local events, she can always be counted on for much-ne
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Joe Froggers

This cookie has great legend behind it, linking it to a Revolutionary War veteran in Marblehead, Mass. The story and recipe I got come from the cookbook, America’s Best Lost Recipes. They write that Black Joe Brown, a freed slave, and Aunt Cresse ope
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DR. WILLIAM R. TOLFORD: Briny Breezes

By Ron Hayes BRINY BREEZES — His name was William, but friends called him “Bill.” Fellow sailors called him “Captain.” Patients called him “Doc.” And come December, children called him “Santa." Dr. William R. Tolford was a big man with a long white
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Local Voices The eventual redevelopment of Briny Breezes is inevitable: The land is too valuable, the trailers are unsafe in a storm, and the shareholders have been offered a fortune. But Briny’s recent flirtation with Ocean Land Investments painful
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How Green Is My Island? By Mary Kate Leming Seed catalogs come at the wrong time of year. Each spring, we curl up in our favorite chair and indulge ourselves in page after page of award-winning zucchinis and crayon-red tomatoes. But while we’re dis
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New Manalapan mayor shares his to-do-list

By Antigone Barton MANALAPAN — While election season raged elsewhere, change came quietly to this town, with the ascension of William “Tom” Gerrard to mayor. Even without the clamor of a contentious campaign, the vice mayor who was appointed by unan
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Atlantic Plaza II: Delray Beach

DELRAY BEACH — City commissioners this month will debate the first in a series of necessary approvals that would allow for the development of condos, shops and office space west of the Intracoastal Waterway. Commissioners on Nov. 18 will address a re
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ERIC JOSEPH MANGIONE: Ocean Ridge

OCEAN RIDGE — A resident for nearly 20 years, Mr. Mangione served on the Town Commission from 1982 until 1994, including four terms as mayor. Mr. Mangione died Oct. 8 after a brief illness. He was 67. A financial adviser, Mr. Magione brought his prof
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