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You scream, I scream for ice cream!

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 13:13

By Jan Norris It’s always sundae at the local ice cream shops – especially in summer when melting residents look to ice cream for a chill thrill. July is National Ice Cream Month, so parlors and shops around the country celebrate the frozen treat.

Meet your neighbor: Ed Manley

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:30

Caption: Briny Breezes resident and 101st Airborne Infantry Division, 502nd Parachute Battalion veteran Ed Manley returned to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1994, to jump again.

Through good, bad and worse, he’s lived life ‘ful

Summer brings opportunities at close-to-home clubs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:25

By Mary Thurwachter Despite a slumping economy, many private island clubs are sitting pretty this summer.

At the Delray Beach Club, a 40-year-old beauty designed by architect Samuel Ogren Jr., summer membership is up 20 percent over last year, said

McCarty departs sentencing straight to jail

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:12

By Emily J. Minor Former Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty’s life as a public servant ended with emotion and a bit of surprise in early June when she was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal prison, then whisked off that very mor

Public hearing will air city’s definition of family: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:10

By Margie Plunkett How do you define a family? Delray Beach’s version will be that a family is no more than three unrelated people living in a single-family house if commissioners vote to approve an ordinance at their first meeting in July. The ordi

Obituary — Alice Nan Edge

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:06

By Mary Katherine Stump Hypoluxo Island — Alice Nan Edge, 80, a long-time resident of Hypoluxo Island in Lantana, passed away peacefully at her home on June 16 following an extended illness. Mrs. Edge was a life-long resident of Palm Beach County, h

Obituary – Elizabeth Matthews Paton

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:04

By Ron Hayes DELRAY BEACH — During her 40 years in the area, Elizabeth Matthews Paton played golf at The Little Club in Gulf Stream, and she wrote its history. She enjoyed the beach, and worked to beautify it. Mrs. Paton, who died May 22, had celeb

Interfaith21: Obama’s speech in Cairo addressed many audiences

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 12:00

By C.B. Hanif There he was in Cairo, our president, stealing our lines: Uniting people of faith, or no particular faith, in the 21st century. President Barack Obama bestrode multiple worlds, representing Americans in ways that hasn’t happened since

Paws Up for Pets: Now flying is really going to the dogs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 11:30

By Arden Moore Some of the best ideas are born during the worst economic times. The latest gem: an airline that caters strictly to pets — or, “pawsengers.” Pet Airways officially takes flight on July 14. Credit this new flying venture to the husban

City of Delray Beach’s review process for renovating historic properties

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 11:09

Delray Beach has five historic districts, where the architecture is protected in order to maintain Delray Beach’s character: Nassau Park, east of the Intracoastal Waterway; Old School Square, the initial footprint of the town; the Del-Ida Park Distri

Delray Beach designer lauded for preservation efforts

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on July 2, 2009 at 11:00

By Christine Davis See photos of the house When you think of an “old” house in Florida, a 1920s Spanish Mediterranean villa or a 1930s Key West-style cottage might come to mind. But time waits for no man, or building either, it seems. And now, mid-

Obituary — Robert John Wibbelsman Jr.: Gulf Stream

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on May 30, 2009 at 12:46

Robert John Wibbelsman, Junior passed away on May 2nd, 2009 at the age of forty-one in his home in Venice, California. Mr. Wibbelsman was born in New York City on May 16th, 1968. He was raised in Los Angeles, California and Louisville, Kentucky, whe