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Delray Beach: Team plans talent show to help pay for beach pavilion

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:43

Architect Bob Currie has designed a beach pavilion to replace the current one at Atlantic Avenue and A1A in Delray Beach.
Photo by
Tim Stepien

By Mary Jane Fine

Right now, the project has something of the feel of a Mickey Rooney “Hey gang, let’s put o

South Palm Beach: Citizen board appointed... to fill other boards

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:36

By Tim O’Meilia

Q: What’s the best way to fill a town advisory board?
A: Form another board.
That’s what the South Palm Beach Town Council did Jan. 25. They had to. The town charter says so.
It’s right there in Art. II, Sec. 2-9: “To assist the Town M

Municipal governmental seats up for grabs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:32

By C.B. Hanif

It’s been said that all politics is local. For folks seeking to resolve local issues, the second Tuesday in March — Election Day — is the traditional date for significant civic action.
Public offices from mayor to town councils will be up

Voter registration deadline is near

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:30

By C.B. Hanif
The books close Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. for those who need to register to vote in the March 8 general municipal elections.
To register, contact the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office at (561) 656-6200 or pbcelections.org.
Generally,

Forums on calendar to hear views of candidates

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:29

It maybe snow season up North, but it’s municipal election season in Palm Beach County.
Since it’s hard to tell the candidates apart without a candidate forum, several have been scheduled in south county municipalities where elections are expecte

Delray Beach: Segway Tours looks to segue into street-legal status

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:27

By Linda Haase

When Buck Ward opened Segway Tours of Delray in November, he was ecstatic. The Pineapple Grove business’ grand opening was a festive event, attracting a crowd, including Delray Beach City Commissioner Gary Eliopoulos.
A few days later,

Ocean Ridge: Town aims for more control over neglected properties

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:24

Town commissioners will hold public hearings Feb. 7 on two ordinances that would let Ocean Ridge collect payment for repairing or demolishing neglected properties.
The ordinances provide a means for commissioners to set up a special tax district and

Blaze kills boater; classes aim to lesson boating dangers

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:22

Firefighters extinguish a blaze on a boat at Delray Harbor Club Marina. One man died in the fire. Photo courtesy of Delray Beach Fire-Rescue

By Rich Pollack

The 32-foot cabin cruiser, The Quarterdeck, had finished refueling at the Delray Harbor Club M

Delray Beach: Musical memoir is perfectly Patsy

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:00

Lisa Mills (left) and C.C. Currie star in the Delray Beach Playhouse production of Always ... Patsy Cline. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes

During the day, C.C. Currie is a cat-scan technologist from Sunrise.
At night, she’s Louise Seger, a star-struck

Obituary — Alieda Nelson Riley: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 11:00

DELRAY BEACH — Alieda Nelson Riley, a long-time Delray Beach resident and World War II veteran who moved here after the war, raised six children in a historic house by the sea and later became an ardent preservationist and avid gardener, died Jan. 10

Obituary — Margot Suzanne Graham: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 3, 2011 at 10:43

By Emily J. Minor

DELRAY BEACH — Margot Suzanne Graham, who grew up on Long Island and developed her sense of adventure as the daughter of a career Navy man, died Dec. 21 at the age of 65.
Mrs. Graham moved to Florida to live with her parents in the mi