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Big crowd bounces around ideas for beach area

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:30

See more photos from the event By Kelly Wolfe They’d streamed in throughout the morning: deeply tan folks with knitted brows sporting flip flops, shorts, Hawaiian-print shirts and dozens of palm tree insignias — serious beach dwellers. The sign on

New rules for golf carts get first approval

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:10

By Margie Plunkett Golf carts with speeds under 20 mph will be subject to regulations designed to enforce responsible driving, according to a Gulf Stream town ordinance in the works that stops short of requiring operators to have a valid driver’s li

Town manager decides to move on

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:07

By Margie Plunkett Help Wanted: Manalapan town manager. Manalapan is in the market for a new town manager after Gregory Dunham, who has filled the role for most of this decade, told commissioners at their November meeting he is retiring from municip

Towns may fall in line on election dates

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:03

By Margie Plunkett Election day in Ocean Ridge and Manalapan may find a permanent home on the second Tuesday in March if commissioners in each town follow through on preliminary approvals in November. Most of the 38 cities in Palm Beach County hold m

Protection sought for dwindling loggerhead population

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:01

By Nirvi Shah Loggerhead sea turtles nested in smaller numbers this year than they did 20 years ago, says one international research and advocacy group pushing to change loggerheads’ status from threatened to endangered. “The data is disappointing b

For everything there is a season

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:00

In our household, the word November has a unique usage. To us it means sadness, the blues. As in, “I have a bad case of the Novembers.” It’s been that way for about 10 years now, since a series of losses initiated this annual sense of dread. Through

More to being a patriot than flying the flag

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 13:00

As an American and veteran, I am very pleased when condo- and homeowners fly the flag on Veterans Day. However, I am very displeased knowing that some of these owners plant impatiens, over-water their grass so that the roots rot and it has to be repl

Small town is big on culture and education

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:54

By Christine Davis The town of South Palm Beach may be small — a short stretch of about five-eighths-mile long, and a sliver less than a city block wide — but it stands gloriously high in its salute (and commitment) to art, music and education. This

Three planning board members face ethics complaint

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:50

By Tim O’Meilia The shadow of a proposed 10-story hotel — rejected by a single vote by the South Palm Beach Town Council in October — continues to darken town politics. Urged by one of the owners of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn, the council voted 3

City buildings’ future prompts tense exchange

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:46

By Thomas R. Collins A debate over east vs. west — and where the City Hall and police station belong — has erupted in Boynton Beach, fraught with questions over the identity of the city, biting exchanges between city commissioners and impassioned ple

Church marks pastor’s quarter-century

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:41

By C.B. Hanif How typical of Dr. Theodore “Ted” Bush: His church congregation was celebrating him. But he was celebrating them. That would be the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, whose members assemble at a historic site a block from the o

Lighting survey illuminates turtle hatchlings’ challenge

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:30

By Nirvi Shah A two-year survey of lighting violations along Palm Beach County’s coast found just about what sea turtle protectors expected: More than 40 percent of the properties on the beach have lights that could lead hatchlings astray. The findi

Book now to celebrate library’s past, future

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:30

By Margie Plunkett The Delray Beach Library is commemoratining its 96th year at a December meeting and celebrating four years at the current location in January with its annual Laugh with the Library fundraiser.

“The library is older than the town

Dessert shop duo melt away

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:26

Both employees forced to hand over free ice cream to an insistent Delray Beach police officer last April have since moved on to other professions, a co-owner of the shop said. One employee is now in the medical profession and the other — in an ironic

Postal Service delivers good news to Lantana

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:24

By Mary Thurwachter Christmas came early in Lantana, where officials received word on Nov. 20 that the town’s post office will stay in business, after all. The branch at 201 West Ocean Avenue was taken off the list of 241 post offices facing possib

Imperial House’s beach work runs into brick wall with neighbors

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:15

By Tim O’Meilia Thirty-three years ago Bonnie Fischer found the dream retirement home — an affordable first-floor oceanfront condominium apartment at Imperial House with a view of a beach several hundred feet wide. In mid-November, an angry north wi

Volunteer call, traffic planning precede race

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:00

Lantana’s Nature Preserve is preparing for thirsty runners at the Dec. 6 Palm Beach Marathon, putting together the only “wacky” water station in Lantana, according to Ilona Balfour, a director for the preserve. The station will be located on Ocean Av

Lantana stands firm on beach access costs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:00

By Margie Plunkett Lantana council members took a hard stand against helping the neighboring Imperial House condominium building at taxpayers’ expense and said it would charge $213,500 to allow the co-op to stage equipment to fix its rapidly deterio

A dozen December delights

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 11:30

Twelve tiny treasures I was challenged to find. In shops and boutiques — even online. So I hunted and searched Our coastal communities. From Delray to Lake Worth. I sought with impunity Objects diminutive, Either in price or in size, Perfect for stuf

Selecting the right gift wine for the holidays

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 2, 2009 at 14:28

By Jan Norris It can be confusing to choose a bottle of wine to take to someone else’s home — there’s the unknown menus and the host’s taste to consider. We went to three area wine experts to get their opinions on wines that are suitable for takin