Mary Kate Leming's Blog Posts Tagged 'Boynton Beach' (13)

The Rev. Martin W. Zlatic leads the groundbreaking for the new music building at St. Joseph’s Episcopal church in Boynton Beach. A Champagne toast and ceremony was held directly after the July 10 dedication.

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By Thomas R. Collins



At the height of the real estate boom, news that a new developer was stepping in to complete a 30-townhouse, 40-condo project might have been greeted with a long stretch and a yawn.

But it’s not 2005 anymore.

So city officials here are pretty pumped about the Peninsula.

The project, which was in foreclosure and sits on the east side of Federal Highway at the north edge of town, has been bought by Boca Raton-based Altman Companies, a developer with… Continue

By Angie Francalancia

For the first time since the sale of WXEL-FM 90.7 was announced six months ago, the

public broadcasting station’s Citizens Advisory Board had a chance to tell its board of trustees why the members and the community oppose the sale.…

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Local merchants talk about Walmart

By Dianna Smith

Small business owners are wondering if their…

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Cathy Patterson

Co-owner of Natural Forest Patio

1815 S. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach

In business 33 years and family-owned…

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By Margie Plunkett

A majority of residents favor rehiring the Boynton Beach Police Department to patrol and protect Briny Breezes, according to a survey conducted by the town

as aldermen prepare to choose between Boynton Beach and the Ocean Ridge Police

Department in May.…

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We joined the Citizen’s Police Academy sponsored by the Boynton Beach Police Department. This is our second

year taking this class. The class meets on Wednesdays for 10 weeks from 7 to 10

p.m.

During each session we had up to six policemen give us demonstrations and slideshows. Police instructors answered all our questions. We had two or three…

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By Thomas R. Collins



After a majority of Boynton Beach city commissioners pursued, full-throttle, a new police building along Congress Avenue, all five are now practically falling over themselves to postpone that effort. Plans for a move of the police station to the Renaissance Commons development on Congress Avenue — a controversial switch from east to west — have been put off indefinitely.

Most likely, city commissioners will review plans in its budget process later this year,… Continue

By Thomas R. Collins



Attention Walmart shoppers: In about a year, you’ll be able to shop at a new store at Federal Highway and Gulfstream Boulevard — to the chagrin of some residents.

Residents from nearby Gulf Stream, particularly residents from the Place Au Soleil neighborhood across the street from the store site, urged commissioners to delay a vote and work to make the store more aesthetically pleasing. They also implored that the store not be 24 hours, a request that was… Continue

By Thomas R. Collins



For years, city planners in Boynton Beach have been trying to cultivate an urban feel to Federal Highway, with attractive buildings close to the roadways to make life more pleasant for walkers and to draw new residents to the east.

Now, here comes along a business that has a reputation of being about as un-urban as you can get: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

The big-box staple of small-town, rural life wants to build a store at the city’s southern entryway: the… Continue

By Kelly Wolfe



It’s 8:03 on a Saturday night in January — arguably the busy season — on a mild evening just after the cold snap.

Boynton Beach Police Officer Mike Mulcahy is on duty. In the past hour and a half, he’s cruised each Briny street; shined his spotlight in between each trailer; walked the length of the clubhouse and checked the beach for vagrants. He’s sat at the red light; shined lights on the boats and been invited to a… Continue

By C.B. Hanif



“The triumvirate,” is how an admiring colleague described them.

“They all work together so much that as far as the Women’s Circle is concerned, they’re kind of inseparable,” said fellow volunteer Mary Crawley.

That would be the Women’s Circle, whose Circle of Hope dinner gala fundraiser, Feb. 8 at Benvenuto in Boynton Beach, will profit from the toil of many volunteers, not the least its co-hosting trio of Eileen… Continue

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 pleas from residents that the city’s headquarters stay near the coast.

City commissioners have decided to ask voters whether they want to pay for a new police station in the already existing Renaissance Commons complex on Congress Avenue,… Continue