November 2011 Blog Posts (132)

Mary Kate Leming

By Mary Kate Leming, 

 Can it really be December already? Those of us who live here year round may be stunned to realize that summer is over and the holidays are just around the corner, but the…

Junior League of Boca Raton past presidents and other members

gather around a sand castle on the beach.

Photos courtesy of the Junior League of Boca Raton

Junior League Today:…

In addition to the natural areas, Elisabeth Hoffman

is proud of the community gardens in Pearl City.

 Photo by Jerry…

The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach

By Mary Thurwachter

When Forbes Travel Guide (formerly Mobil Travel Guide) revealed its 54th listing of five-star hotels last month, Florida had two winners and both are…

Refurbishing Red Reef Park’s three-decade-old boardwalk wound up costing $129,600 more for additional support beams and other timber, plus $23,758 to make a beach ramp accessible to the disabled.

Engineers examining the dune crossovers to prepare the bid could not see the covered support timber, Buddy Parks, the city’s deputy recreation services director, said in a letter to the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District.

“As the old boardwalk was demolished, extensive wear and…

By Margie Plunkett

and Tim O’Meilia

   

Lantana’s Ocean Avenue bridge closed for two years — bummer.

    Lantana’s lease of sections of two parks for two years — cause for fireworks. Literally.

    The new $33.2 million Ocean Avenue bridge will not only be wider and safer for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists and fishermen, it will also stuff cash into Lantana’s bank account and make the Fourth of July more spectacular.

    The town will pocket $654,000 over the…

By Margie Plunkett

   

A long-awaited drainage and pavement project on Hypoluxo Island is taking shape with a newly awarded contract for design and construction assistance for paving improvements.

    Council approved at its Nov. 14 meeting a $26,623 contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates for engineering services on the project, which is to resurface North Atlantic Drive from Ocean Avenue north and Beach Curve Road from Southeast Atlantic Drive to Barefoot Lane.

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Chris Evert (top) taunts Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan (above) after lobbing a ball at him…

The new Boca Raton Garden Club ornament highlights the 

The Boca Raton Garden Club released its 18th annual holiday ornament, a commemoration of the Pearl City section of the…

Construction for a $62 million, 384-unit rental apartment and townhouse complex called Broadstone at North Boca Village has begun next to the Caldwell Theatre in the old Levitz Plaza.

Permits and plans for the 17-acre site at 7801 N. Federal Highway were approved by the Boca Raton…

By Tim O’Meilia

   

The off-duty Palm Beach County firefighter-paramedic who shot up his South Palm Beach condominium hallway and claimed a bomb had been planted may be a familiar face to town residents.

     Jean A. Pierre II, 37, was assigned to Station 38 at the Manalapan Town Hall,…

Tiger sharks and hammerheads can swim a little easier beginning Jan. 1. That’s when the harvest of three species of hammerhead sharks and tiger sharks becomes illegal in Florida waters. The hammerhead species protected include great, scalloped and smooth.

Also prohibited will be the possession, sale and exchange of these top predators — although catch and release in state waters will be allowed and the new law does not limit catching the sharks in adjacent federal waters.

In…

Pamela Murphy has two hobbies that she loves: cooking and exercising. It really does make a good combination. When you put it on, you just take it off.

    Here’s some background on Pam: She’s been coming to Florida for years, attracted to the warm weather and the beaches. She and her husband, John,…

By Liz Best



    DELRAY BEACH — Doris Asiel Meyer died peacefully at her Delray Beach home on Nov. 5. She was 96 years old.

    She left her hometown of New York City, where she worked in former Mayor John Lindsay’s administration, for the sunny shores of Delray Beach in the late 1970s. Mrs. Meyer…

By Emily J. Minor

   

BRINY BREEZES — Marguerite Sanford, who began coming to Briny Breezes with her mother back in 1954 and was considered somewhat of a matriarch in Briny’s graying neighborhood family, died Oct. 27 during a visit to her daughter’s home in Tennessee. She was 101.

Mrs. Sanford’s…

Visitors will have to drive to Fairchild Tropical Botanical

Garden to see orchids like this paphiopedilum. Photo by Jerry Lower

By Mary Jane…

By Rich Pollack



Dave Spitzer knew the time had come to start car shopping.

    The owner of Old Vines Wine & Spirits in Delray Beach, Dave and his wife had two old cars, both beyond their prime.

    But when he started thinking about it, Spitzer decided that instead of…

Isable Gelb, wearing her husband David’s cap, is offered well wishes by other veterans. 

Photo by Jerry Lower

Hundreds of people ranging from WWII,…

The 12th Annual Bethesda Hospital Foundation Women of Grace Luncheon was held Nov. 9 at The Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan. Pictured (from left) are volunteer honorees Peggy Martin, Connie Siskowski and Linda Gunn with co-chair Michelle Donahue, mistress of ceremonies Suzanne Boyd, co-chair Patty Jones and…

The Kumar family, Maya (front left) and Maddox with their parents Angela and Roger attend the Gulf Stream School Parent/Child Golf Tournament at St. Andrews Club on Nov. 5.  Photo…