Mary Kate Leming's Blog Posts Tagged 'Manalapan' (20)
Manalapan: Gatehouse beautification plan hits a weedy patch
A plan to refurbish Point Manalapan’s gatehouse has stalled, frustrating landscape committee members and the man who volunteered to pay for at least part of the project.
Committee chairwoman Daryl Cheifetz told town commissioners at their Oct. 25 meeting her panel met three times with landscape architect John Lang “and kept following and following up.”
But they’ve never seen a rendering of their ideas.
“The bottom line to this is Mr. Lang has never… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on November 2, 2011 at 4:12pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Inlet crowds expanding and intruding
Recreational boaters and snorkelers gather along the north side of Bird Island, where Manalapan residents say their presence can be a nuisance. Photos by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
The summer sun is hot, and so are neighbors of the Boynton…
Added by Mary Kate Leming on August 3, 2011 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments
Boynton Inlet spruced up and spritzing sand
By Tim O’Meilia
Thirty-odd years ago, a barely teen-aged Geoff Pugh and his brother would climb down to the rocks at the bottom of the north jetty of the Boynton Inlet and spear fish until a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy shooed them away.
Other days they would cast nets for sheepshead or whatever…
Added by Mary Kate Leming on June 29, 2011 at 3:06pm — 2 Comments
Manalapan: Gatehouse appearance options discussed
By Steve PlunkettThe gatehouse at Point Manalapan may be rescued by an unlikely knight: the man whose request to remove Australian pines along A1A prompted a review of town policy on exotic vegetation.
Point residents came to the Town Commission’s meeting in April to protest Stewart Satter’s plan to… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on June 1, 2011 at 1:20pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Stumpf gets manager job despite salary concerns
Seven weeks after her promotion was announced, it’s a done deal: Linda Stumpf is Manalapan’s town manager.
When town commissioners fired Thomas Heck on Oct. 28 they elevated Stumpf from finance director to interim manager until she and Mayor Kelly Gottlieb could negotiate an employment contract. But the proposal they devised was pulled from the November agenda after Stumpf talked separately with commissioners.
After a series of one-on-one conferences,… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 30, 2010 at 12:12pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Stumpf contract still to be negotiated
Linda Stumpf is still Manalapan’s acting manager and is still negotiating an employment contract.
When town commissioners fired Town Manager Tom Heck in late October, they merged his position with Stumpf’s job as town finance director and named her acting town manager pending a “mutually satisfactory’’ agreement. Stumpf and Mayor Kelly Gottlieb were to negotiate the new terms.
But the proposed contract was taken off… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 1, 2010 at 5:34pm — No Comments
Manalapan: New manager is shown the door in swift reorganization
By Steve Plunkett
In the end, the firing was much quicker than the hiring.
Manalapan commissioners spent less than 70 minutes collapsing the duties of finance director into Town Manager Tom Heck’s job, dismissing him and offering Finance
Director Linda Stumpf the reorganized…
Added by Mary Kate Leming on November 4, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Town looks again at burying utilities
By Steve Plunkett
Manalapan is once again looking at whether to put electric, cable and telephone lines underground on the Point.
Mayor Kelly Gottlieb told commissioners she had learned that Gulf Stream was planning to bury its lines for about $16,000 per home, much less than the…
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Manalapan budget update
2009-10 tax rate: $2.80 per $1,000 taxable property value
Change in property value: 5.5 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $3.5 million general fund budget; $20,765 library fund budget; $4.6 million utility fund budget; $1.7 million estimated… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on September 1, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Memories crowd space Florida Stage leaves behind
By Hap Erstein
Ask Nancy Barnett, managing director…
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A Coastal Star: Helping Manalapan Library turn a new page
Maybe it’s because she was a reading teacher and librarian “in another life.”
Perhaps it’s because she wanted to give back to her small hometown of five
years.
Whatever the reasons, when Joan Bernstein was asked to lead a fundraising drive
to update and refurbish the Manalapan town library, she quickly agreed.
When she started in February, the goal was $75,000 to replace the…
Added by Mary Kate Leming on July 1, 2010 at 12:33pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Ponzi schemer gets 50-year sentence
By Mary Kate Leming
Former part-time Manalapan resident Tom Petters was sentenced to 50 years in prison by a federal court in Minneapolis in early April. The sentence mandates that the least time he could spend
behind bars, with credit for good behavior, would be 41 years.…
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Added by Mary Kate Leming on April 29, 2010 at 1:24pm — No Comments
Manalapan: Library’s fundraising and planning move briskly
By Margie Plunkett
The Manalapan library’s refurbishment wish list could soon take shape if the newly kicked-off fundraising effort continues at the current pace: The drive has received more than $26,000 in donations and pledges, according to organizers.
“We’re very fortunate to have this library. We want to make it more comfortable, inviting for people to come,” said Joan Bernstein, who is heading coordination and fundraising… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on March 4, 2010 at 5:31pm — No Comments
MANALAPAN: Sand plant work goes on; new town manager sought
By Margie Plunkett
The sand transfer plant at South Lake Worth Inlet is up and running, but the new silence of its electric motor may be offset by the pounding of pilings through March, according to Manalapan Mayor Tom Gerrard.
“The plant was dead quiet from the outside,” said the mayor. The quiet motor pumps more efficiently than the old, smoky engine — and the mayor said during the town’s January commission meeting that he… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 3:13pm — No Comments
2009: A year of rejuvenation along the coast
Despite a sluggish economy, 2009 brought some upscale and needed improvements to the barrier islands. From new seaside hotels, clubs, restaurants and pampering spas, to new roofs on town halls and an end to the roadwork on A1A, the past year came with plenty of welcome change:
Added by Mary Kate Leming on January 1, 2010 at 1:27pm — No Comments
Home, sweet dome: Manalapan's hidden house of the future
To Gyora Novak, there’s no place like dome.
In January 1968, the self-described “artist, designer, innovator, poet, writer, humanist” erected three geodesic domes at 1860 S. Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan, and lived in them for the next 10 years.
At the time, the county property appraiser valued Novak’s dome homes at $60,000.
Now they’re for sale again.
Asking price, $10.5 million.…
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Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Petters guilty on 20 counts
Jurors in St. Paul, Minn. found the Minnesota businessman guilty on 20 counts including wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.
According to the government, Petters attracted massive investments from hedge funds and other institutions, ostensibly to buy consumer electronic goods and re-sell them to national big-box stores like Wal-Mart and Costco. But… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 12:16pm — No Comments
Reef artificial, but affection real: Family names spot for Manalapan diver
By Nirvi Shah
For Donald Silpe’s 70th birthday, he got the ultimate gift for a lifelong scuba diver: an artificial reef built and named in his honor.
Silpe, who lives in Manalapan, said his family came up with the idea to make a donation to the county in exchange for a reef named in his honor. After months of paperwork, the family foundation’s $10,000 donation led to the creation of the Donnyboy Silpe Reef — just minutes from the… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 12:05pm — No Comments
Town manager decides to move on
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 municipal government and will step down early next year.
“I’ve been a city manager for 28 years,” Dunham said in an interview later. “While I enjoyed every part of it, I would like to try something else. It’s a personal choice; I’m not… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments
Towns may fall in line on election dates
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 municipal elections on that date, but Ocean Ridge, Manalapan, Palm Beach and Jupiter Inlet Colony are among those that don’t. Ocean Ridge’s last elections were the second Tuesday in February; Manalapan’s were the first Tuesday in March —… Continue
Added by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 2:03pm — No Comments
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- Manalapan: Inlet crowds expanding and intruding
- Boynton Inlet spruced up and spritzing sand
- Manalapan: Gatehouse appearance options discussed
- Manalapan: Stumpf gets manager job despite salary concerns
- Manalapan: Stumpf contract still to be negotiated
- Manalapan: New manager is shown the door in swift reorganization
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- 2009: A year of rejuvenation along the coast
- Towns may fall in line on election dates
- Manalapan: Memories crowd space Florida Stage leaves behind
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