By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton is looking for public suggestions as well as letters of interest from potential developers on uses for the Wildflower property, a vacant piece of waterfront land the city bought for $7.5 million in 2009.
“This is a pre
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Jennifer Sullivan and Ann Margo Peart attend the fifth annual PR Yak-Yak held July 21 at Crane’s BeachHouse in Delray Beach. Co-hosted by the Gold Coast PR Council and PRSA-Palm Beach, the event drew more than 80 local marketing, media and public re
Realtor Senada Adžem represented the buyers in the purchase of a $10.4 million condo.
Photo by Tim Stepien
By Christine Davis
The One Thousand
By Steve Plunkett
Former Mayor Jim Newill is moving out of town five months after losing his re-election bid to a campaign engineered by his neighbors and former supporters at Villa Costa condominiums. He bought his new condo in Trieste at Boca Rat
Diane Benedetto (left) poses with her mother and
her brother Buddy in a photograph dating from the 1920s.
Photo by Lauren Loricchio. Historical photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
By Mary Jane Fine
She looks so grandmothe
Steven V. Maklansky is the new director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Steven V. Maklansky began his new post as director of the Boca Raton Museum of Art in July.
Previously, Maklansky was the execu
By Steve Plunkett
The city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plan to spend $15,000 in the coming budget year at Ocean Strand, mostly to cut the grass.
It’s the same amount that was set aside in the current fiscal year, which starte
By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton’s city manager will submit his recommended preliminary tax rate to the county after the City Council declined to vote on a tax rate late in July.
City Manager Leif Ahnell recommended a tax rate of $3.15 for $1,000 of a
A surprise addition to the Town Commission’s July agenda made the mayor’s day.
“I’m here this morning not seeking a variance, not seeking an appeal, not seeking an exception,’’ state Rep. Bill Hager said after commissioners en
Globalstar's GSP-1700 satellite phone sells for about $499.
By Steve Pike
The saying “Technology is great as long as it works,” couldn’t be more true than in the aftermath of a dev
More and more communities are taking action
against owners who allow their dogs to leave
deposits on lawns and walkways.
By Arden Moore
As a pet behaviorist who travels all over North America to help people better understand why dogs and cats d
Karen Robinson wears a dress was made for her by the aunt
of the boy she tutored. The pattern was made from the
Vanuatu flag. The walking stick was a gift from teachers
of SE Ambrym in appreciation for the five-day
literacy workshop she ran. Photo
More than 200 former Seacrest High School (1949-1970) athletes, coaches, faculty, cheerleaders and others attended a July 8-10 reunion.
LEFT: Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie, jokes with event organizer Dr. Carey J. Snyder (center), and Mary Ann
Photo by Tim Stepien
Special Report: Does what's flowing from your tap pass the taste test?
By Steve Plunkett
Town Commissioner Louis DeStefano has a one-word opinion o
Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
What a jolt to Ocean Ridge commissioners, who found a defibrillator at each of their chairs on the dais at the start of last month’s town meeting.
The brand-new machines weren’t intended as commentary on the livelin
NCCI Holdings employees Lindsay Kaye, Beth Miller and Irania Acevedo Montello and an adoptable pup pose during a Cutest Pet Contest in Boca Raton. The event raised $1,000 for three shelters — The Tri-County Humane Society, the Humane Society of Br
