Should Gulf Stream annex the portion of the county pocket just to its north?
Voters in both areas may be asked the question on March’s ballot. Town Manager William H. Thrasher was told to report back to the Town Commission in December
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Should Gulf Stream annex the portion of the county pocket just to its north?
Voters in both areas may be asked the question on March’s ballot. Town Manager William H. Thrasher was told to report back to the Town Commission in December
As customers come through the door of Mercer Wenzel off Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, owner Bruce Wenzel and his son, Mark, can size them up.
The department store’s whole staff can.
This man’s a 42 regular, long in the shoulders, short
A 1940 home on Gulf Stream Road was demolished to make way for a new 6,605-square-foot home. Photos by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
A gray two-story, wood-sided house that’s a piece of Gulf Stream history had a date with the wrecking crew in mid-Nov
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Mildred Toledano Barrett loved bright red lipstick, getting her hair curled, collecting antiques, dancing, horror movies, red beans, white wine — and people.
She hated being called Mildred.
To friends, she was always Millie.
Please
During a celebration for donors to the refurbishing of the Manalapan Library, librarian Mary Ann Kunkle said that she is very pleased with the work that was recently completed.
Photo by Jerry Lower
Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
A 15-by-18-inch plaque at the libr
Linda Stumpf is still Manalapan’s acting manager and is still negotiating an employment contract.
When town commissioners fired Town Manager Tom Heck in late October, they merged his position with Stumpf’s job as town finance directo
Noreen Papatheodorou with her dog Beau, has made working with children, diabetics and the mentally ill her passion. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Emily J. MinorNoreen H. Papatheodorou is a persevering sort.
She’s raised two kids, handled a chronic disease
Kurz, who started in October, filled an opening created when Officer Gene Rosenberg retired last December. The department has sin
A survey sent to residents on the barrier island last month asked them to indicate which me
Surfers and sunbathers enjoy the portion of Lantana beach that is already protected by a seawall. Plans are under way to protect the remaining gap between the public beach and the Imperial House seawall, visible in the top center in black. Photo by
Deck 84 is finally a reality, and Burt Rapoport’s new restaurant on the Intracoastal in Delray Beach appears to be a hit. After a soft opening in mid-November, the veteran restaurateur held two opening parties Nov. 18 and 19 and went pub
By Tim O’Meilia
Come March, South Palm Beach residents won’t have Martin Millar to kick around anymore.
The embattled mayor said he is bowing out of town politics when his term ends in the spring.
“I’m finished. I’m done. Politics is not my forte,” M
Students look at old photographs and clippings from the Delray Beach School, circa 1954-55. Photos by Tim Stepien
By Ron HayesThe first rule of etiquette at high school reunions is very simple.
Everybody present is a “boy” or “girl” — even if they’re
The first round of reviews on Briny Breeze’s proposed changes to its long-range comprehensive plan are in, and there are two apparent trouble spots, according to agency and town officials who have filed initial comments.
Water and tra
The Community Advisory Board of WXEL has a seat on the bus for anyone willing to help show the state Board of Education that there’s local opposition to the public radio station’s sale to Classical South Florida. The Board of Edu
Delray Beach Historical Society archivist Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Patterson’s base of operations is in the Ethel Sterling Williams Learning Center at Hunt House. Photo by Jerry Lower
Dorothy “Dottie” Patterson has a passion for art, history and barrier is
GULF STREAM — During the three decades Virginia Lyne Sloan lived in Gulf Stream, she played golf, tennis and bridge, did some needlepoint — and wore a bunny suit, in season.
“For several years, she would dress as the Easter bunny for the c
DELRAY BEACH — Colleagues called on Mildred McKinnon George, known to friends as “Mim,” to help with projects right up until the day she died at age 85 on Nov. 6.
“I called her that day to ask her to help us with a special assessm
