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Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts to to enchant and inspire

Posted by Scott Simmons on December 1, 2010 at 18:00

It’s not the snow, it’s not the frost.
And it’s not even the holly.
It’s the spirit that makes the holidays merry in Florida.
We have surf and sand and palm trees galore.
And tropically themed gifts for the ones you adore.
Savor and shop, and avoid all

Surf's up!

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 18:00

November brought cool breezes to area beaches, where hundreds of people enjoyed the surf last month. Above, a personal water craft tows a surfer along the shore just south of the Boynton Inlet. Photos by Jerry Lower

St. Joe's flag football

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:59

St. Joseph’s Episcopal School hosted its first-ever faculty versus flag football team fund-raising event on Nov. 12. The teams played a 30-minute flag football game in front of parents, friends and other school supporters. Head of School Tami Pleasa

Miami Dolphins Cycling Challenge

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:52

Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi and Officer “Doc” Darville ride through the County Pocket at mile 81 of the Nov. 20 Miami Dolphins Cycling Challenge. The two-day bicycling event traveled between Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens and CityPlac

Meet Your Neighbor: Mary Mills

Posted by Scott Simmons on December 1, 2010 at 17:50

Mary Mills has a passion for golf.
She has played since the age of 11, when her father signed her up for lessons, back in the day when folks from the Midwest would head south to her home state of Mississippi to spend a few weeks on the links.
“I could

Turkey Trot 5K Run and Health Walk

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:49

Turkey Trot 5K Run and Health Walk to benefit the Keith Straghn Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving Drive for needy families in Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Boca Raton was held along A1A in Delray Beach. The Nov. 20 race hosted by Delray Beach Parks & R

Benefit for cancer-stricken dive boat captain

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:42

Inga Zechner gives a hug to Capt. John Allen during a fund-raiser held at Hurricane Alley in Boynton Beach on Nov. 13. Allen is owner of Loggerhead Dive Charters and a longtime staple at the Boynton Marina. He has been diagnosed with melanoma and le

Thanksgiving Cornucopia Project

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:39

Students from St. Mark Catholic School joined other volunteers in helping to assemble Thanksgiving gift boxes at the Community Caring Center in Boynton Beach on Nov. 17. 200 boxes including a traditional holiday meal were distributed to needy famili

GSS Students on Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:35

Gulf Stream School teachers Doris Sousa and Marie Boslow recently took the second-graders to the beach, where students were asked to locate items and describe them using nouns and adjectives for a writing assignment. ‘Having access to the beach real

Elves’ training available for the cheerily inclined

Posted by Scott Simmons on December 1, 2010 at 17:30

Elves practice singing Christmas songs during ‘elf training’
at Boca Raton Community Center on a recent evening.
Claire Riccardi (left), Roberta Eberling, Loretta Lombardo and Fran Moran.
Photo by Tim Stepien

By Linda Haase

Who knew elves had to go to

Obituary —Dona Culhane: Boca Raton

Posted by Scott Simmons on December 1, 2010 at 17:30

By Ron Hayes

BOCA RATON — A former model, accomplished bridge player and 30-year resident of Boca Raton, Dona Culhane, died Nov. 18 after a lengthy illness.
She was 82 and lived at the Stratford Arms.
Mrs. Culhane was born Oct. 1, 1928, in Hudson, N.Y.
A

Gulf Stream: Information key to annexation vote

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:25

By Steve Plunkett

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

Coasting Along: At Mercer Wenzel, it's all in the family

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:18

By Tim Norris

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

Gulf Stream: Historic early home demolished

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:11

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

Obituary—Mildred Toledano Barrett: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:05

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.

Editorial: We think locally, and we hope you'll shop locally this season

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 17:01

Now that all the hype of Black Friday and Cyber Monday has passed, it’s time that the less shopping-crazed of us shake off the Thanksgiving food-fog and begin to think about holiday gifts. To that end, I hope you’ll find this edition helpful.
Please

Correction

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 16:59

In our November story regarding the state ethics commission’s probable cause findings regarding South Palm Beach’s mayor [Millar to face hearing on ethics], we stated the proposed height of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn’s redevelopment was 19 stories

Manalapan: Library benefactors' recognition plaque gets moved indoors

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 16:37

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

By Steve Plunkett

A 15-by-18-inch plaque at the libr

Manalapan: Stumpf contract still to be negotiated

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 16:34

By Steve Plunkett

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

Coastal Star: Manalapan woman fights for underdogs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 16:30

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. Minor

Noreen H. Papatheodorou is a persevering sort.
She’s raised two kids, handled a chronic disease

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