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BRINY BREEZES: Theft spree unsettles residents, police advise locking cars

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:52

By Margie Plunkett A rash of burglaries from parked autos this month sent Briny Breezes residents a clear message: Lock your cars. Boynton Beach police arrested a suspect, the 21-year-old son of a Briny Breezes resident, on Jan. 27 after GPS units, c

Haiti Relief —How you can help

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:46

Local Boynton Beach fire stations: Station No. 4 at 1919 Federal Highway, and Station No. 5 at 2080 High Ridge Road, are accepting food, water, medical supplies and diapers. The Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach is collecting money for the Catholic Reli

Delray men among earliest responders to Haiti

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:35

By Christine Davis Frank McKinney, Delray Beach real estate developer and founder of the Haitian charitable foundation The Caring House Project, has been chartering planes to travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, along with medical and search-and-rescu

Mayfair House board offers beach access to Imperial House

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:25

By Tim O’ Meilia The Mayfair House has come to the rescue of the Imperial House, a nearby six-story co-operative in South Palm Beach in danger of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean during another angry nor’easter. The Mayfair House, five buildings no

SOUTH PALM BEACH: Planning board members keep seats

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:23

By Tim O’Meilia For the second time in three months, South Palm Beach Mayor Martin Millar’s attempt to remove three planning board members failed by an identical 3-2 vote. The mayor called for the removal of planning board Chairman Mike Nevard and me

Filing open for March 9 municipal elections

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:18

By Margie Plunkett Municipal elections are scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, and candidates for open seats face deadlines in the second week of February. Election dates at seven municipalities in The Coastal Star’s coverage area run in synch with Palm

SOUTH PALM BEACH: Petition drive falters with clerk’s ruling

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:15

By Tim O’Meilia A petition drive to banish a high-rise hotel permanently from the South Palm Beach landscape was rejected by town officials Jan. 26. More than 20 percent of the town’s 1,300 registered voters signed petitions to put three charter ques

Art and antiques events will whet a collector's appetites for finery.

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:05

It’s high season for antiques in South Florida. In the next month alone, there will be four major art and antiques shows in Palm Beach County, two of them noteworthy for the caliber of their wares. In addition to those, there also is a specialty glas

Manalapan: Sand plant work goes on; new town manager sought

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:00

By Margie Plunkett

The sand transfer plant at South Lake Worth Inlet is up and running, but the new silence of its electric motor may be offset by the pounding of pilings through March, according to Manalapan Mayor Tom Gerrard.
“The plant was dead

Recipes for Romance

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:57

Photo model from 32 East in Delray Beach — Photo by Tim Stepien By Jan Norris Perhaps the romantics are right — the past is more dreamy than today. It was a time when linens and china dressed the tables, and more formal wear dressed the diners — w

Before Flagler, there was Woodward — and her paintings

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:43

Reproductions of Laura Woodward’s work can be seen at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd., through April. A similar exhibit at the Delray Beach Historical Society, 3 NE First St., runs through May. By Ron Hayes In the 1890s, that

Meet Your Neighbor: Sheree Ladove Funsch

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:17

I just followed my heart and let it take me on this amazing journey. Sheree Ladove Funsch wears many hats. She’s the CEO of her company, La Dove, Inc., which is about ready to introduce a new high-end haircare product line. She’s a busy mother with

Local Voices: Mom and me

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:07

By Thomas R. Collins A month ago I watched an adult film with my mother. Let me explain. My mom has advanced dementia and lives in a nursing home. Her roommate has satellite TV, with the TV big enough to share, but she’s not so good at working the

Delray Beach designers create dramatic spaces on a smaller scale

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 13:00

By Christine Davis The 2010 Red Cross Designers’ Show House takes up residence at CityPlace South Tower in West Palm Beach through Feb. 20. This year, 18 designers transformed four units on the 19th-floor middle-penthouse level of the 20-story luxur

Cold forces end to inshore gamefish harvest

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:55

By Mike Readling The unprecedented cold temperatures that sent shivers up the spines of South Floridians in early January did a lot more than provide intriguing video of chilled iguanas falling out of trees. Waters from the Keys north absorbed the m

Obituary – Howard A. Kloss: Ocean Ridge

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:52

By Mary Katherine Stump OCEAN RIDGE — Howard A. Kloss passed away on Dec. 29. He was 85 years old. Mr. Kloss was born and raised in Chicago, and worked as a stationary engineer for the Chicago School Board until his retirement to Florida in 1990. He

Obituary - Lenore G. Rubinstein: South Palm Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:50

By Tim O’Meilia SOUTH PALM BEACH — When the men went off to World War II, Lenore Rubinstein went to the ballpark. A reporter for Newsweek, her editors made her a sportswriter during the war. But the male sportswriters refused to allow her in the p

Obituary —Elena Forrester: Gulf Stream

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:47

By Emily J. Minor GULF STREAM — Elena M. Forrester, a native of San Francisco and a world traveler who moved to Gulf Stream in 1972 and told her family she’d never leave, died in her sleep at her beloved home on Jan. 11. She was 99. Mrs. Forrester

OBITUARY — Nora Priest: County Pocket

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:45

By Ron Hayes COUNTY POCKET — When she wasn’t strolling the beach, chatting with friends and strangers alike, Nora Priest was contacting politicians with letters and phone calls in support of liberal causes. In Boston, where she spent summers, Mrs.

Obituary — Godfrey A. Rockefeller: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 12:39

By Ron Hayes DELRAY BEACH — He had a name that inspires awe, and accomplishments to match, but Godfrey Rockefeller wore both lightly. “He was very much a gentlemen, with a wonderful reaching out to people from all stations of life,” says his daught