By Margie Plunkett
The Ocean Ridge Police Department is two officers stronger, and back to full staff, but more changes are in store come spring with the planned retirement of Chief Edward Hillery.
Hillery is expected to retire as of April 1, Town M
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By Margie Plunkett
The Palm Beach County Library System closed the book on Ocean Ridge’s request to opt out of the library taxing district because it has its own community library.
Ocean Ridge’s pitch was the first of its kind, according to Library
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Stacey A. Dowdle is all heart. She is, after all, vice president of the Palm Beach chapter of the American Heart Association.
But the Delray Beach woman is so much more than that. She’s a wife, a mothe
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By Linda Haase
The cry went out, “Save the school.”
Boynton Beach city officials got the message loud and clear, and today the two-story 1913 elementary school building is the thriving, award-winning Schoolhouse Children’s Museum. As the museum ente
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Lucy Linn Stewart
By Mary Katherine Stump
Delray Beach — Lucy Stewart, a 37-year resident of Delray Beach and an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the community died peacefully at her home on Oct. 14. She was 96.
“Everyone
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InterFaith21
First year of helping families is cause for celebration
By C.B. Hanif
Unite 21 interfaith congregations in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach to address homelessness among children and families, and you have Family Promise of S
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CAPTION: Callie pokes her head out the carrier after receiving a senior wellness exam at the vet clinic in 2007.In life and death, feline friend teaches lessons
By Arden Moore
Fifteen years ago, my co-worker Diego brought an itty-bitty calico ki
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Although all our local elementary private schools are committed to offering quality education, they come from diverse backgrounds and histories.
The oldest of these schools, Gulf Stream School, was started in 1938 by Ada Belle and William Johnson, an
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It takes a village to raise a newspaper — or at least to open a newspaper office! We couldn’t have done it without all of our friends who contributed their time and effort toward making this move a reality. As of this edition, we are publishing from
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By Mary Thurwachter
Deborah Sargeant’s mind races at 2 a.m. That’s when she does her best thinking, she says, and lately her nocturnal thoughts have to do with plans for the Women of Grace Luncheon.
She may have an idea about an ad, or a sponsor, o
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Get the 'Mad Men" style
Witness a mid-century style makeover!
To everything there is a season, and this fall seems the perfect time to embrace the burgeoning popularity of AMC’s Emmy award-winning Mad Men, now in its third season.
The show chronicl
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See slide show from Sunday morning yoga
By Ron Hayes
When the Colony Hotel opened on Atlantic Avenue in 1926, the dining room glittered with smartly dressed ladies and gents, come to winter in sunshine and style. They dined, they danced, and they s
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Maury Jacobson was born Aug. 18, 1920, the youngest of five siblings. Their father died in an explosion when Maury was 9. Growing up during the Depression, he learned important life lessons from his
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By Kelly Wolfe
It’s a typical summer afternoon in paradise.
A large, black cloud hangs low over the Ocean Ridge beach and the air is so muggy, a short walk results in impressive sweat stains.
No wonder the only figure on the sand is Jim McCracken, 6
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By Tim O’Meilia
A controversial proposal that would allow a 99-unit, 10-story hotel will go to the South Palm Beach Town Council without the endorsement of the South Florida Regional Planning Council.
The planning council labeled the change to the to
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In other business, Mayor Martin Millar’s well-publicized trip to Rachel’s, his request for a police ride home and his conduct during a rowdy budget hearing last month have galvanized the opinions of townspeople, based on comments at the Sept. 22 meet
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By Tim O’Meilia
Even though the 2010 budget year is just beginning (Oct. 1), town councilmen agreed to chop more than $1 million out of the 2011 budget. Yet it won’t save South Palm Beach residents any money. The council agreed unanimously Sept. 22 t
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Brinyite Terry Kline fondly recalls the “summer of giving,” with her neighbor, Celene “Candy” Alexandra. “I gave her some tomatoes one day, and the next day she shows up at my door with peaches and pears. As soon as you give her one
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By Thomas R. Collins
Mayor Tom Gerrard lives just seven houses down from where Tom Petters used to live. And as mayor, he probably comes into contact with more people than just about anyone else in town.
But Gerrard said he never heard of, let alone
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By Stephanie Slater
Seconds.
That’s how long it takes for someone to steal your purse or wallet.
Days, months, years.
That’s how long you’ll be dealing with creditors and banks when the thieves use your credit cards or steal your identity.
It all beg
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