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Obituary — Elizabeth Lacewell Armstrong

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:31

By Emily J. Minor

DELRAY BEACH — Elizabeth Lacewell Armstrong, a native Texan who loved to golf, loved to read, and could trace her heritage back to the Alamo, died March 10.
She was 86.
A self-proclaimed Southern girl who attended Louisiana State Univ

Meet Your Neighbor: Don Thompson — Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:30

It’s not every day you meet someone who competed against tennis ace Arthur Ashe, owned a corporate monopoly and custom-ordered a painting from Salvador Dali.
Today is the day.
Meet 77-year-old Don Thompson — athlete, entrepreneur, musician — whose succ

Obituary — Walter Richard Donahue

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:29

By Emily J. Minor

PALM BEACH — Walter Richard Donahue, who moved to Florida in 1982 after a prosperous business career with several major U.S. corporations, died Feb. 24, nine weeks shy of his 91st birthday.
His second wife, Mary Sloneker Donahue, sai

Obituary — Florence Murray

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:19

DELRAY BEACH — Florence Murray, a Romanian-born lifelong artist who spent her older years passing her love for painting on to her grandchildren, died Feb. 24. The family asked that her age be kept private.
Mrs. Murray’s husband, A. Harold Murray, prec

Obituary — Robert 'Bob' Long

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:18

By Dianna Smith

LANTANA — Robert “Bob” Long might have known a lot about real estate and what it took to sell a luxurious home, but the legacy he left behind to those who knew him wasn’t just that he was a fantastic Realtor.
Mr. Long’s legacy was that

Along the Coast: Realtors see action pick up in residential market

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:15

By Emily J. Minor

Real estate sales for both new and old construction seem to be picking up in the coastal areas, and local Realtors and developers say they expect the uptick to only get stronger as hesitant buyers and sellers decide it’s time to move

Ocean Ridge: Town not sure how to put teeth into shark-fishing ban

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:13

By Margie Plunkett

An ordinance that would ban fishing for sharks from Ocean Ridge’s shores was delayed last month to allow research on whether the high water line that marks the town’s boundary would impede enforcement of the law.
“If they’re in the w

Coasting Along: When drivers delay, city reaps pay

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:05

A volunteer checks vehicles for expired meters along Ocean Boulevard in Delray Beach. City officials say they hope meters bring in $1.2 million per year. Photo by Jerry Lower

By Tim Norris

Delray Beach’s parking checkers do not hide their light. It’s

Nature's shell game: Turtle nesting season begins

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:00

By Liz Best

Whether you’re a seasoned South Florida beachcomber or a relative newcomer to coastal Palm Beach County, consider this either a timely reminder or a heads-up to one of the marvels Mother Nature is kind enough to let us witness every year.
S

Delray Beach: Patrick returns as parade's principal porker

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:00

Kimberly Vislocky feeds Patrick the pig during Delray Beach’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Patrick, age 2, replaced Vislocky’s pig Petunia in the parade. Petunia died last year. Photos by Jerry Lower

Slideshow: St. Patrick's Day Parade in Delray Bea

Obituary — Aloha Krueger

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 14:00

By Ron Hayes

GULF STREAM — Aloha Krueger, a resident of Gulf Stream for more than 40 years, died March 17 after a short illness. She was 97 and lived in Place Au Soleil.
Born in Oakland, Calif., on Jan. 24, 1914, Mrs. Krueger moved to New York City af

Delray Beach: Segway operators get first approval

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:57

By Margie Plunkett

A land use ordinance that would allow Segway sales and tours was preliminarily approved at Delray Beach commissioners’ March meeting, with the discussion of safety issues a dominant theme at the first public hearing.
A second public

Delray Beach: Coastal residents request curbside trash pickup

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:55

By Coastal Star Staff

Two out of three coastal Delray Beach residents would rather switch to curbside garbage pickup, according to results of a city survey obtained by The Coastal Star.
The city in late November mailed surveys to 830 coastal homeowners

Gulf Stream: Accepted annexation goes swiftly and smoothly

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:54

By Steve Plunkett

The transition of power over the county pocket was peaceful and without incident.
At 12:01 a.m. March 15 the unincorporated area just north of town, and its roughly 150 residents, became part of Gulf Stream.
Pocket residents left no d

Ocean Ridge: Ex-town manager gets Highland Beach gig

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:50

Former Ocean Ridge town manager Kathleen Dailey Weiser is back on the coast with a new last name, Weiser, and a new position: interim town manager in Highland Beach.
When Highland Beach’s town manager, Dale Sugerman, was suspended last month, town att

South Palm Beach/Lantana: County drops breakwater, leaving few options for town

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:42

By Tim O’Meilia

Hope for a proposed 1.3-mile breakwater project designed to protect the shrinking South Palm Beach and Lantana shoreline is eroding faster than the beach.
When Palm Beach County commissioners voted 5-2 on March 22 to scuttle a $50 mill

Lantana swearing in

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:40

Councilman Tom Deringer won re-election in Group 3 with 68.3 percent of the vote. Challenger Joseph Ferrell earned 31.7 percent.
In Group 4, Philip Aridas won election with 52.2 percent of the vote, with challenger Susan McCreery gaining 47.8 percen

South Palm Beach swearing in

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on March 30, 2011 at 13:37

South Palm Beach Mayor Donald Clayman jokes with newly elected councilwoman Bonnie Fischer after being sworn in by U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley on March 22. Also sworn was Joseph M. Flagello, who won reelection with 45.9 percent of the vote

Boca Raton: Behind the scenes at Bacchanal

Posted by Deborah Hartz-Seeley on March 30, 2011 at 13:30

Chef Robbin Haas spoons lobster into bowls. His assistants, Michael Boothe and Alexandre Camilus from Silver Sac Catering of Boca Raton, follow along with sauce and vegetables in assembly-line fashion. They work in a 3-bay garage at the Boca Rat