By Margie Plunkett
Seawall construction won’t threaten the sea turtles this year: The state turned down Lantana’s request to build after the start of turtle season, pushing back the start date to Nov. 1.
The town instructed its manager, Michael B
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For recipes, see Mother's Day Brunch
By Jan Norris
Nanci Moore’s Mix It Up class at Gulf Stream School simply can’t wait for Mother’sDay. Nine students in the after-school cooking class have a special breakfast surprise in store for their
By Thomas R. Collins
My mom was on a gurney, tubes everywhere, strangers leaning over her, machinesmaking beeps and whirs, fluorescent lights shining cold and bright.
When I got to the emergency room that day six months ago, after my mom turned bl
By Greg Stepanich
The arts season for 2009-10 is in the books, but that doesn’t mean we’re all goingto be reduced to flipping on the A/C and watching videos of cats playing piano apps on an iPad (cute as that is).
Longtime observers of the cultu
By Ron Hayes
County Pocket —When they saw the American flag athalf-staff over Surf Road, the painting of Ponce De Leon against the pole, his
neighbors knew Elvin Priest was gone.
A resident of the county pocket since
the late 1960s, Mr. Priest di
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Lisl Bischof Ekvall, anative of Vienna, Austria, who fell in love with a U.S. Navy man after the war
and moved to the states — died April 17 after a sudden hospitalization. She was
85.
Mrs.
Ekvall married her hus
By Antigone Barton
Gulf Stream — When thieves took a boy’s wheelchair, the story made the news.
Louise
Mallory’s response didn’t make the news, but the child got a new wheelchair.
That
was the way Mrs. Mallory wanted it, Frank Giacalone, her
By Emily J. Minor
Gulf Stream — Shirley Bennett, a Gulf Stream resident who was loved for her easysmile, sense of humor and outstanding Key lime pie, died March 31 in the hospice unit at Bethesda Memorial Hospital after a very recent series of
Meet Your Neighbor — Christian Leighton
Coastal Delray Beach!
“Three years ago,
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Ret. Air Force Col. George Robert Brendle, 92, died in his home at Seagate Towers
Condominiums on April 6 surrounded by his family, including his wife of 67
years. His son said he had been in failing health for so
Briny Breezes — L.J. “Jay” Beardslee passed away on March 25 at his residence in Palm Bay with his wife of 64 years, Grace, at his side.
His daughter Louise and son-in-law Bob, who live in nearby Melbourne, are assisting with final arrangements.M
SUMMER CAMPS SAMPLER 2010
NOTE: With so many Summer Camps offered in our area, we selected those located between theBoca 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 c
By Antigone Barton
Gulf Stream — Charles R. Carden flew around the country as an airline pilot and immersed himself in history, reading whatever accounts of centuries past he
could find.
But mostly, the Gulf Stream resident loved his life in Flo
By C.B. Hanif
The last Monday in May is the unofficial beginning of summer. It’s also a day when Americans visit cemeteries, gather for parades and picnics, or watch the
National Memorial Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol.
Most important, folks ref
Take this trivia test (see answers below):
1. Jim Davis first attempted to syndicate a comic strip featuring:
bugs
horses
rabbits
2. Garfield was named in honor of Jim’s:
son
Test your Garfield knowledge with our quiz
Raise your hand if you cruised I-95 back in the late 1980s with a goofy, orange tabby stuffed animal suction-cupped to your car window. It’s OK; I’m raising my hand,
too.
America’s connection to Garfie
Fire rescue officials from Boynton Beach and Palm Beach County pledged to improve emergency response times in the county pocket — even without an agreement in hand that would put the city in charge of the area.
Boynton Beach has fire stat
Private Clubs — The Manalapan Club: An occasional history series
Back in 1957, Eisenhower was president, Leave It To Beaver premiered on TV, and Elvis was shaking, rattling and rolling
his way toward becoming the King of rock
When we moved to the area over 25 years ago, Easter marked the beginning of the endof tourist season. I-95 was still four- to six-lanes wide and occasionally a group of young locals would stand on the overpasses and wave goodbye to the cars in the
Just south of Briny Breezes, east of the St. Andrews golf course and north of Gulf Stream sit two rarities: pieces of barrier island land that are unincorporated,
belonging to no city.
