By Emily J. Minor
Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty is back in Palm Beach County, done with her federal prison time in Texas and living in a West Palm Beach Salvation Army halfway house.
“I have not seen Mary, but Mary got out of prison [March
Judi Getch Brodman is an engineer who
took up painting about 20 years ago. There
is an exhibition of her watercolors at
the Highland Beach Library. Photo by Tim Stepien
An engineer by trade, Judi Getch Brodman has become an accomplished watercol
Bethesda Ball, ‘Evening at the Oscars’
At The Breakers, Palm Beach
Bethesda Hospital Foundation Executive Director Kay
Harvey (left) with Lady Sheila Germain and Foundation Board
Chairman Mary Morrell at the Bethesda Ball, which raised more
than
Elise Moore speaks to an audience member after
one of her talks on texting God. Photo by C.B. Hanif
By C.B. Hanif
On its surface, “Texting God: Effective Short Prayers,” might sound like the latest high-tech way of connecting with the Creator
A gate kept Arden Moore’s dogs Chipper (left)
and Cleo from possibly hurtling through the windshield when
she was rear-ended in traffic. Photo by Arden Moore
By Arden Moore
My dogs, Chipper and Cleo, love to ride in the back of my Saturn SUV fo
By Emily J. Minor
HIGHLAND BEACH — Lydia Theurer Mikell Pfund, a popular docent at the Norton Museum of Art whose tours were always lively and informative, died March 8. She had just finished up a recent exhibit of her own paintings at the Delray B
By Liz Best
BOCA RATON — A longtime friend describes Joseph J. Redington III as being “outrageously handsome, caring, interested and engaging.” Mr. Redington, of Boca Raton, died March 15. He was 69.
“Joe and I first met in September 1955, when we
By Tim O’Meilia
BOCA RATON — Ray Osborne, Florida’s first lieutenant governor in 80 years and an influential attorney in Boca Raton for nearly four decades, died March 3. He was 77.
Mr. Osborne, a former legislator, was appointed lieutenant governo
By Liz Best
BOCA RATON — Joseph G. Spangenberger will be remembered for all the right reasons: kindness, intelligence and his good-natured, fun-loving personality. Mr. Spangenberger, 77, of Boca Raton, died Feb. 22.
Born in Newark, N.J., Mr. Sp
By Skip Sheffield
Cloris Leachman has been here, there, and everywhere and she’s done it all. Now she will share her experiences in her funny, joyful and sometimes touching one-woman show as part of Libby Dodson’s Live at Lynn Theatre series at Lyn
Two out of three coastal Delray Beach residents would rather switch — to curbside garbage pickup, according to results of a city survey obtained March 16 by The Coastal Star.
The city in late November mailed surveys
By Mary Jane Fine
Flags are flying at the beach on this Tuesday morning, the yellow caution flag and the purple one that warns of dangerous marine life: Portuguese man-o-war, littering the sand like so many blue-tinted, oval ba
By Ron Hayes
In March 1968, a ragtag band of local surfers rode a wave of anti-surfing sentiment all the way to Florida’s Supreme Court, and changed the history of their sport in Palm Beach County.
They were teenagers then, high school ki
Kristine de Haseth and Bob Ganger in the Florida Coalition for Preservation office in Delray Beach. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Thomas R. Collins
Word arrived like a weatherman’s warning that a Cat 5 was whirling his way: The residents of Briny Breezes we
Jay Leno awards the “Big Dog Best of Show” to Titusville residents George and Fran Nolan for their 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. Photos by Tim Stepien
By Ron Hayes
Tom Gerrard scanned the green at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and ventured a di
Communications consultant Martel and his wife bought their Gulf Stream condominium after they saw the ocean view. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes
Lucy is a very friendly poodle.
Yap! Yap! Yap!
One morning last month, as a visitor arrived at her ocea
John McEnroe plays to the crowd Feb. 18 during the 2nd annual ‘Tennis on the Ave.’ Grand Slam champions McEnroe and Mats Wilander competed as part of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Thom Smith
Spring t
