Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn owner Pjeter Paloka filed complaints with the state ethics commission against two South Palm Beach Planning Board members in February and said he plans to file against a third. Paloka alleged that Planning Bo
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For the 2010 "Read Together Palm Beach County" campaign, almost 3,000 area book lovers have reached back to Nazi Germany in 1939, to choose a title they hope will steal readers' hearts this year. They also made local history by choosing,
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One day in January 2009, a neighbor on Del Haven Drive asked Ken MacNamee a casual question. “Do you realize we pay more for trash pickup than people on the other side of the Intracoastal?” That can’t be, MacNamee thought. But he decid
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By Christine Davis Quiet please. Counting calories is voluntary. Taking part in the census count is mandatory. South Palm Beach’s ice cream social on Feb. 21 at Town Hall, offered an opportunity for free ice cream and cookies, free U.S. Census T-shi
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Briny Breezes residents and government leaders tallied their pros and cons of Boynton Beach and Ocean Ridge police departments, both contenders for the town’s police contract, pondering factors such as policing style, patrol frequ
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After a majority of Boynton Beach city commissioners pursued, full-throttle, a new police building along Congress Avenue, all five are now practically falling over themselves to postpone that effort. Plans for a move of the poli
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Attention Walmart shoppers: In about a year, you’ll be able to shop at a new store at Federal Highway and Gulfstream Boulevard — to the chagrin of some residents. Residents from nearby Gulf Stream, particularly residents from the P
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Lantana’s plan to build two docks to provide staging for the boat launch at Sportsman’s Park will cost about $224,000, part of $300,000 county funds earmarked for the project. Council approved the design presented by Kimley-Horn &
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The East Ocean Avenue bridge will rise higher and open less frequently when it’s been newly reconstructed, but some nearby neighbors worry that will mean more noise. Town Manager Mike Bornstein presented the new design of the coun
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Don’t believe everything you read about how nobody reads anymore. Those good old-fashioned book lovers are still out there, hungry for intelligent novels, literate histories, provocative biographies, and eager to share their delight — o
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South Palm Beach Mayor Martin Millar isn’t sure whether to believe his own town clerk and said he has asked the Palm Beach County State Attorney to investigate whether a Town Council candidate filed for office after the deadline. It’
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We appreciate restaurants with scrumptious food, good service and a pleasing ambience. But if a dining spot comes with an ocean view, we’re really cooking! Fortunately for us, our islands are blessed with several such gems, where
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Kathy Skipper holds a child at Little Children of Jesus Handicapped Home just outside Port-au-Prince. The home was untouched in
the quake and all the children are OK.
By Kathy Skipper
Haiti is on my mind. Like a newfound love, it is the prism that co
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About gardening, Cooks says, "Create beauty and restore order. This in return will inspire others to create beauty and restore order in their own lives.''
Barbara Cook of Ocean Ridge considers gardening her true calling and describes herself “a farm
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Brimming with vitality and bounding with energy, Gina and Garrett Benders’ charming Mediterranean-style, two-story home on Andrews Avenue will be one of the stops of the March 11 Delray Beach Home Tour. The tour will include seven
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Curls of sawdust flutter through the air. Machines whirl and buzz, slicing through conversations. In the din of this two-story 1,800-square-foot shop, crafters are transforming wood into works of art. When the dust settles, intricate
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Although the weather feels like anything but spring, sea turtles are already arriving along the coast for the year’s nesting trek. Sea turtle nesting season officially began March 1 and lasts until Oct. 31, but the first reports of a l
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A Manalapan home purchased last year for $22.4 million has sold for about half its previous sale price: $12 million. The eight-bedroom, 15-bathroom estate at 1370 S. Ocean Blvd was sold to Illinois-based MGM Design LLC. Bunny Hiatt and Jack Elkins of
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Michael and Lisa Tiernan of Delray Beach and Charles and Sheryl Ranson of Tallahassee are delighted to announce the engagement of their children, Elizabeth Whitaker Tiernan and Alexander Hunter Ranson. Whitney is a graduate of Lawrenceville School,
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