September 2010 Blog Posts (90)

By Mary Jane Fine

Patrick McGlamery wasn’t nicknamed Squid for nothing. A water-baby who learned to swim at three months, he surprised no one when he dived into life guarding just out

of high school. He joined Boca Raton’s…

New signs that warn boaters of speed limits and note the possible presence of manatees in the Intracoastal Waterway could be months away from being installed.

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission has plans for several new signs throughout Palm…

By Tim O’Meilia

Another season is upon us, and that’s cause for celebration.

As writer Hap Erstein underscores in his report on the state of the arts in eastern Boca Raton and Highland Beach, our cultural leaders are cautiously optimistic in these times of economic strife.…

By Margie Plunkett

The direction Boca Raton council gave its city manager on where to locate the new library: Two blocks north from the current building at the former Causeway Lumber site.

The council favored the new site 3 to 1, and made its wishes known after a Sept. 13 public…

Upbeat, but not without concern.

That is the way professional arts institutions describe their view of the season ahead, which they certainly hope will be the last for a while that is riddled with economic challenges.

“The verbal reports that I’m getting from our…

By Hap Erstein

Despite economic challenges, there are are two new venues on Boca Raton’s arts scene. A completely new art film complex is opening at the end of the month at Florida Atlantic University, and Lynn University’s new theater continues to…

By Thom Smith

Mustard and ketchup. Bees and honey. Beer and pretzels. Abbott and Costello. The Miami Dolphins and Boca Raton. They just naturally go…

Mizner Park and Royal Palm Place are home to new restaurants and new concepts

By Jan Norris

The pest from the Pacific Ocean called a lion fish could soon be called dinner.

Scott Hardin, exotic species coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,…

Residential trash collection rates will fall as of Oct. 1 after commissioners voted to reduce them about 3 percent. Despite the rate cut, many commercial users will

see costs go up, because the Solid Waste Authority raised disposal charges,

according to a memo from City Manager David Harden to commissioners.…

By Steve Plunkett

Coming to your mailbox as soon as this month: a straw ballot asking whether the town should spend $4.6 million to bury electricity, cable TV and phone lines.

Town commissioners unanimously agreed at their September meeting that Town Manager William H. Thrasher…

By Tim O’Meilia

South Palm Beach police officers are following the lead of those in neighboring Manalapan and will join the Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association.

The town’s five rank-and-file officers voted unanimously last month to have the PBA as their collective…