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If change is coming to Ocean Strand, it isn’t coming quickly.
At least not quickly enough for the coastal parcel’s neighbors, who have been asking City Council, the Planning and Zoning Board and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park D
Who can forget Hurricane Wilma, the menacing Category 3 storm of October 2005 that sneaked up on us from the southwest and left us without power for days?
Now here we are smack dab in the middle of another hurricane season that expe
The city’s Planning & Zoning board recommended denying it in 20
It’s home to me — from the sweet stench of the Glades to the bracing spray of the ocean and everything in between.
I was born here, grew up on Florida’s west coast, and returned to Palm Beach County to attend Florida Atlantic
By Thomas R. Collins
When I visited my mom at the nursing home the other day, I talked with the wife ofanother resident there.
In the dining room, with a crime drama on the TV in the background, she saidsomething that I’ve heard a lot: “You lo
The city ended its 99-year lease with the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park, the nonprofit group that built the am
For the second time in two years, Town Manager Dale Sugerman wanted the library to spend less. And for the second time in two years, he was rebuffed.
Library director Mari Suarez had asked for $85,000 for new books and publications fo
By Thom Smith
Affluent. Great weather. Diverse population. Good schools. Beautiful beaches. Great restaurants. Swinging nightlife.
But until recently it was always known as a resort town. Sprung from a hotel, it was
By Ron Hayes
In the fall of 1936, twocountry boys arrived in Columbus, Ohio, to begin their freshman year at the
state university.
Robert Neff was from
Canfield; William Saxbe from Mechanicsburg.
They became friends, fraternity
brothers and, seven
By Skip Sheffield
Gloria Drummond marked her 80th birthday on Aug. 20, but festivities are being delayed so the whole community can join in.
By Dianna Smith
OCEAN RIDGE — In his 83 years of life, Roy Titus started more than 15 businesses andhe watched carefully as his four grown children continued what he had started so many years ago.
Titus, responsible for Minuteman Press Internatio
By Emily J. Minor
Betty
Ives, who for many years traveled seasonally between her beloved Michigan and
her beloved Florida, died Aug. 5 after a fairly brief illness. She was
87.
Born
March 3, 1923, outside Flint, Mich., Mrs. Ives — who often went b
The couple, who live just north of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, have volunteered for nearly 11 years at the educational and sea turtle rescue center, a place they th
By Greg Stepanich
Before James Cameron made his dream of 8-foot blue people on a distant planet come stunningly to life, makers of film and television had much more modest resources on hand when they wanted to bring the creatures of nightmare to s
Educational field trips to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in coastal Boca Raton may continue despite the school district’s budget having no money for them.
In June, Palm Beach County School Superintendent Art Johnson advised Boca Raton
By John William Johnson
Boynton Beach city commissioners have opposed the sale of local public radio station WXEL to Classical South Florida, citing the potential loss of jobs — and perhaps local programming.
According to some commissioners,
BOCA RATON — Anne M. (Connolly) Formichella, “Nan” to her family and friends, never revealed her age, but those who knew her best say she always looked younger than her years. In high school, she looked much too young and would-be
By C.B. Hanif
September is a very busy month in the Jewish faith, and one can learn a lot about the coming holidays from Rabbis Robert A. Silvers and Randall J. Konigsburg.
