Deborah Hartz-Seeley's Blog Posts Tagged 'Boca Raton' (198)

  Pam O’Brien with some of her miniature creations. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Jane Smith

Most women would toss out the top of an empty lipstick tube.

Not…

Art of Bee Sweet Honey is available at the Boca Green Market.

Photos by Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star

By Jan Norris

In Boca Raton, where the market is in its…

Live Work Play: Second of a three-part series looking at the downtowns of  Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Boynton Beach…

By Margie Plunkett

A $181,000 feasibility study of a customs facility for international flights arriving at Boca Raton Airport garnered the backing of City Council in January.

Council passed a resolution to support the study, which would examine the feasibility of a customs facility and the impact on the community, according to a memo for City Manager Leif J. Ahnell.

“Considering the potential positive overall economic impact for the city, it…

At 17, Tyler Morrison is proudly out and doing something to ensure equality

for all in Boca Raton, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

He was recently appointed to the city’s Community Relations…

By Cheryl Blackerby

The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District has been without an executive director since mid-August, and the search may not begin anytime soon. 

Former executive director Bob Langford told the board in late 2011 that he was going to retire. In March 2012, he gave the board a formal notice that he would leave Sept. 20, 2012, but quit working in mid-August because of illness.

As yet, commissioners have not…

Boca Raton resident Robert Campbell, who made his fortune in the footwear business,

embraced the idea of philanthropy early in his career. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star…

Mary Kaplan, Eunice Morres and George Peters, all clients of the Louis and

Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center participate in a yoga class. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By…

Ralf Brookes

By  Tim Pallesen

Residents alarmed by massive new rental housing projects in Boca Raton and Delray Beach turned to a Cape Coral attorney to be heard.

Ralf Brookes has filed lawsuits…

By Cheryl Blackerby

Chastened by a losing court fight against a grassroots citizens group, Boca Raton City Council members are moving at warp speed to pass a new ordinance that will prohibit private uses of public beaches and waterfront land.

 “I think we all will join hands in kumbaya and introduce this ordinance,” said Boca Mayor Susan Whelchel as the council unanimously approved the first reading of the new law on Jan. 8.

But not so fast.…

The winners of Boca Raton Rotary Club’s OPAL (Outstanding People and Leaders) Awards are (from left) Rick Zimmer / Rotarian Lifetime Achievement, Robert Campbell / philanthropy, Kevin Ross / education, Leif Ahnell / civic and Jay DiPietro / community service. Photo…

A charity shopping night brought in $2,500 from more than 150 attendees for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boca Raton. Photo: Zak Odhwani, chairman the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boca Raton’s unit board, with Stacy Dowdle. Photo…

The American Fine Wine Competition JM Lexus VIP Kickoff Reception featured a champagne-sabering performance by judges (from left) Patrick Sullivan, Jenny Benzie, Peg San Felippo, Cary Combine and Charlie Arturaola. The sixth-annual event benefited Diabetes…

The Junior League and Whole Foods Market have partnered to benefit the Boca Raton Community Garden.  Whole Foods representatives recently presented the league with a check for more than $8,000 to support the garden, raised through its ‘Five Percent…

Florence Fuller Child Development Center’s Wee Dream Ball raised a record-breaking $480,000, which will help ensure the 625 children at the Boca Raton facility have access to early-childhood education, programs and health screenings.…

By Jane Smith

BOCA RATON — Mary Devlin “Devey” Abbott, a generous and caring woman, passed away on Jan. 5 surrounded by her family. She was 89 and died from natural causes.

Originally from Trenton, N.J., Mrs. Abbott lived in and loved Boca Raton for more than 40 years. In 1971, she married J. Alan Abbott, a recently retired president of Homelite Corp. He had a home in Boca Raton and one in Stamford, Conn.

The Abbotts entertained often and were…

Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum volunteer Jo Ann Messuri

leads the The Boca Express Train Museum tours on the first and third Fridays of the 

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By Thomas R. Collins

Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach have dropped the idea of rolling their police dispatch operations into one after a consultant’s report recommended having higher staffing levels at a joint center than the departments have now on their own.

Plus, Boca Raton police officials said, it seemed that the departments were not on the same page on upgrading their existing communications systems, which would have been critical in…

There’s been a change in his title, but the job description remains the same for Boca Raton’s Steven Abrams.

By a 4-3 vote in mid-January, Abrams, the District 4 Palm Beach County commissioner, became the mayor of Palm Beach County, instead of the commission chairman. Vice chairperson Pricilla Taylor became…

Better backyard photography: Sue Dickes, a guest of The Grass River Garden Club,

photographs a bloom in the gardens of the Sundy House during a recent class. 

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star…