By Mary Thurwachter,
In this down economy, where cities are doing everything they can to balance budgets —including Boca Raton’s putting up parking meters in Mizner Park and at the beach — good news continues to come out of South County.
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Pat Thomas practices with dance instructor, Ivan Rivera, 22,
at Fred Astaire dance studio in Boca Raton. They will be partners
in the Boca Ballroom Battle. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Mary Thurwachter
As the pros at Fred Astaire Dance Studio as
By Steve Plunkett
Fields at a park being built in Boca Raton will have natural grass, not artificial turf, despite the stated goal of city officials to install turf to save money and increase playing time.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park Distr
By Steve Plunkett
Fields at a park being built in Boca Raton will have natural grass, not artificial turf, despite the stated goal of city officials to install turf to save money and increase playing time.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park Distr
By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners approved a contract that enabled their interim town manager to drop “interim” from her title effective June 30, the day before new state rules tightened pension requirements for public employees.
The vote to mak
By Skip Sheffield
In troubled economic times, it is tougher than ever to convince people to give to any charity. In its 29th year of operation, the George Snow Scholarship Fund defies the odds.
At an annual awards reception at Royal Palm Yacht Club,
Dinner by the Bite
Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center
Festival of the Arts BOCA held an encore “Dinner by the Bite” and fundraising concert May 21 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center. Quartetto Gelato provided entertainment.
ABOVE: Jim and Hele
Mike Arra and Ruth Berman have created Bon Beer Voyage,
a beer-oriented travel company. Photo by Susan Mann
Learn more about travel options at African Gems Travel Inc., and Caligo Ventures
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Bon Beer Voyage
Boynton Beac
Dinner by the Bite
Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center
Festival of the Arts BOCA held an encore “Dinner by the Bite” and fundraising concert May 21 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center. Quartetto Gelato provided entertainment.
Bill and Sharon Sh
Birdwatchers can see about 400 species at the Asa
Wright Nature Centre and Lodge in Trinidad including
birds like this female green honeycreeper seen below. Photos by Jerry Lower
Learn more about travel options at Beer Bon Voyage, African Gems Trav
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Even if you can’t leave South Florida during these
hot and humid summer months, it’s a good time to plan a future getaway.
South Florida companies offer a variety of niche tours and accommodations
in some very differen
Guests stay close to nature — and elephants — at Sanctuary Baines’ Camp,
near the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Photos provided
Learn more about travel options at Beer Bon Voyage and Caligo Ventures
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
African Gems
Trav
Flutist Karen Dixon (left), bassoonist Michael Ellert
and clarinetist Michael Forte founded the Palm Beach
Chamber Music Festival in 1992. Photo provided
By Greg Stepanich
In 1992, the cultural scene in South Florida was on the verge of a new pha
James T. Heverin
BOCA RATON — Gumbo Limbo Nature Center was near and dear to James T. Heverin’s heart. He spent many hours there as a volunteer.
So when Mr. Heverin died last month, the family asked that donations in his memory go to the nature cen
Susan Epling’s son Brandon was 4 when the pair first
began planting flags throughout Highland Beach to mark the
Fourth of July. It’s been a patriotic tradition for 20 years now. Photo by Tim Stepien
Highland Beach residents who awaken on the
Members of the Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan performed recently at Abbey Delray North. Photo by C.B. Hanif
By C. B. Hanif
The Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan rolled into Abbey Delray North on a June morning, 10 teens showing off great voice
Jeanne Bice
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By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Jeanne Bice, who took her love for glitter, paired it with a young widow’s instinct to provide for her children and then parlayed all that into QVC fame and fortune, died June 10. Mrs. Bice was 71.
Whi
Veterinarian Marty Becker recently published Your Dog:
The Owner's Manual. Up next is a guide for cat owners.
By Arden Moore
Cars, flat-screen television sets and even irons come with owner’s manuals to explain how they operate and how t
By Hap Erstein, http://www.pbartspaper.com/
Next week, Florida Stage was supposed to launch its 25th anniversary season, beginning with the return of the musical biography Ella and continuing with a slate of world and regional premieres.
But the
By Angie Francalancia
The beach is timeless, forever lapped by waves and shaped by shifting sands.
Not so the parking meter, a ticking intrusion into the untroubled landscape that is a day at the beach.
Parking meters or daily fees are the norm at city
