By Mary Thurwachter
When people find out how dedicated Tom Honker is to shell collecting, they assume he frequently lingers on sandy shores. But that’s not the case.
“I don’t spend much time on the beach,” the Delray Beach conchologist said. “Mostly
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In my role as host of the radio show, OH BEHAVE! on Pet Life Radio (www.petliferadio.com), I get the chance to chat with "top dogs" in the pet world. One delightful guest was Jon Provost, perhaps you knew him better as "Timmy" on the 1960s TV show, L
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By Vicki McCash Brennan
People have been sharing stories since the beginning of time. We know myths, legends and fairy tales only because people long ago passed them from generation to generation and place to place.
Although today we have many el
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Local authorities in the town of Briny Breezes can now issue traffic citations on private streets. With the unanimous passing of a resolution at March’s Town Council meeting, the town acknowledges that it will accept and exercise traffic control juri
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Renny Reynolds and Jack Staubs. What aren’t those two into?
The part-time Manalapan residents also own Horatulus Farm Nursery in Wrightstown, Pa., a 100-acre 18th-century farmstead with 30 acres of formal gardens hosting up to 75 garden and touring
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By Mike Readling
It only takes a short trip along the Intracoastal to see the beauty and elegance of some of the docks and decks that line the waterway. Colorful woods in various designs, small piers jutting out from the sea walls and boats of numer
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By Cynthia Thuma
DELRAY BEACH — When the Sandoway East Handicap golf tournament was first announced in December 1934, its creators hoped the match-play event would blossom into one of the nation’s most prestigious amateur events.
The first year’s e
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DELRAY BEACH — When she lived on Vista Del Mar, Margaret Rockefeller’s home was affectionately known to friends as “Chez Margo.”
The nickname was a testament to a woman whose life balanced irrepressible wit with a
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NOTE: With so many Summer Camps offered in our area, we selected those located between the Boca Raton Inlet and the Port of Palm Beach. We kept our listing east of I-95. Not all Summer Camp schedules have been set. Please check back next month for adRead more…
By Florence Kizza
“It should be an interesting next few years,” says Steven Abrams, fresh out of his swearing-in ceremony as Palm Beach County District 4 commissioner at the end of March.
Abrams, the former mayor of Boca Raton, replaced Commissio
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By C.B. Hanif
Adam Frankel, Delray Beach’s new Seat 4 commissioner, noted that in the March 10 municipal election he won the only race in which there was no incumbent. Voters also returned Commissioner Gary Eliopoulos to Seat 1 and elected Woodie Mc
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BOYNTON BEACH — Latte at the library?
It could happen this summer at the long-awaited café at the Boynton Beach City Library.
The 800-square-foot café moved one step closer to reality on March 17 after city commissioners approved a contract with Ell
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By Thomas R. Collins
A bill in Tallahassee is causing buzz again about a topic that can make even the most laid-back seaside residents here grow tense: Briny Breezes development.
The consideration of the bill by state lawmakers has conjured the not
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Just shy of its sixth-month anniversary in Plaza de Mer, Epicurean Gourmet Market has closed.
A phone message to customers lays out numerous problems the store’s owner, Jacob Schlesinger, had with the plaza lease corporation. Air conditioning, floodi
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BOYNTON BEACH — The city faces a budget shortfall of $10.5 million to $16 million, and there’s no easy fix, city commissioners were warned at their March 17 meeting.
“That's a reduction of 15 to 22 percent," said Barry Atwood, the city’s finance dir
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By Thomas R. Collins
WEST PALM BEACH — Mary McCarty, who for 18 years represented the southern coastal area on the Palm Beach County Commission dais, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services fraud.
With sentencing set for June 4
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The Delray Beach City Commission moved closer in March to changing the name of the Nassau Street Historic District, adding properties to the district and expanding its period of significance.
A resurvey report before the commission recommended corre
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An independent investigation has concluded that Delray Beach did not substantively violate laws or city policies while it worked with bond issue underwriting companies that employed Kevin McCarty, husband of former County Commissioner Mary McCarty.
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By Florence Kizza
DELRAY BEACH — Atlantic Plaza II was the main topic of discussion at the Delray Beach Site Plan Review and Appearance Board’s March 11 meeting.
The mixed-use complex, planned for nine acres at Atlantic Avenue and Federal Highway,
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By C.B. Hanif
South Florida’s winter weather draws many northerners, but Rabbi Marc Schneier of New York has an even better reason to visit: His mother, Donna Schneier Goldberg, and her husband, Leonard, live in Manalapan.
On a recent sunny Sunday
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