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School days steeped in love of reading
By Dianna Smith
Inside this beautiful school by a crystal blue sea are children who love to read.
Mysteries, thrillers, fantasies — anything and everything that will draw them into another…
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Summer Arts: New theater troupe tries tangling with 'Hair'
By Greg Stepanich
It was controversial when it first hit the stage back in 1967, but today it stands as a landmark of the American theater, and the first truly successful rock
musical.
I speak, of course, of Hair, which…
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Obituary – Eugene Lyne: Ocean Ridge
By Emily J.
Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — It’s never
easy…
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Obituary – Richard Keresey: Delray Beach
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Not long ago, as his health failed and his birthday neared, Dick Keresey told his son, Jim,
“You know, I think I’d like to have my 94th birthday. I…
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Obituary — Lydia Crozier: South Palm Beach
By Antigone Barton
Life had become easy for Lydia Crozier, who was happily married and a successful decorator, when a little-understood epidemic began stealing people from her
midst.…
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Obituary – Francis P. Kelley: Delray Beach
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Francis P. Kelley, who all his adult life worked tirelessly for the rights of the mentally handicapped and helped Eunice Shriver establish the
first games in the Special Olympics, died in his sleep at home in late April.
He had just turned 85.…
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Obituary - John Sideris: Briny Breezes
By Emily J. Minor
BRINY
BREEZES — John S. Sideris, a Briny Breezes resident since 2000 who had no
trouble trading his Long Island lifestyle for South Florida living, died April
26 with his family at his hospital bedside.… Continue
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Obituary — Susan Findlay Cathey: Manalapan
By Antigone Barton
MANALAPAN — A child when she learned to ride, and a young woman when she competed as an equestrian in Madison Square Garden, Susan Findlay Cathey never
lost her love for horses. She picked up more…
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Hindu youth center opens in Boynton
By C.B. Hanif
Jitu Patel was explaining that the rain sprinkles punctuating a sunny May afternoon in Boynton Beach were a part of a divine script:…
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Paws Up for Pets!: Common sense and products help with the dog-days of summer
By Arden Moore
Living in South Florida gives true meaning to the dog days of summer. Just ask Susan Baker, of Lake Worth, who must set her alarm clock pre-sunrise just to ensure her two poodles can get in a morning walk before
turning into hot dogs.
“I grab their leashes and…
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Manalapan: New commissioner shakes up meeting with charges against mayor
A newly elected commissioner claims Manalapan’s mayor was personally motivated to generate a turtle lighting ordinance and has called for a vote to charge the mayor with misconduct.
During the April 27 meeting, Commissioner Howard Roder voiced his concerns about the town’s process for initiating ordinances, noting Mayor Tom Gerrard instructed the town attorney, without the commission’s consent, to draft the turtle lighting ordinance, which would have placed the… Continue
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Another store proposed on Federal in Delray Beach
Wal-Mart wants to build on the former Ralph Buick site, at 2501 S. Federal Highway. Store officials are requesting a zoning change from the city to allow the opening of a 79,000-square-foot Walmart with 316 parking spots at the sound end of the city.
If approved, the store would be about three miles from the coming Walmart in Boynton Beach.
The request will be considered on May 17 and the city commission is expected to vote on… Continue
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Briny Breezes: Council seeks nominees for two-year appointment
By Margie Plunkett
Alderman Karen Wiggins stepped down from Briny Breezes Town Council to accept a seat on the corporate board last month, leaving vacant a two-year term that will be
filled by appointment.
“We’ll be looking for a…
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Merchants: Some wary, some welcome Walmart
Local merchants talk about Walmart
By Dianna Smith
Small business owners are wondering if their…
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Local merchants talk about Walmart
Cathy Patterson
Co-owner of Natural Forest Patio
1815 S. Federal Highway, Boynton BeachIn business 33 years and family-owned…
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Fish tale: Former water baby loves her dream job
By Emily J. Minor
Sarah Onnen knew what she wanted to be since she was little, except she never thought it was possible.
Get paid to swim with animals?…
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Editorial: Obituaries convey spirit of life
“Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.”
— Mark Twain…
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Briny Breezes: Poll numbers favor Boynton for police protection
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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Along the Avenues: Atlantic rapidly becoming place to be for cultural events
By Thom Smith
Once known as sleepy Delray, it now seems like the town that never sleeps. A couple of months ago we had Savor The Avenue, with diners at “long tables” down the
middle of Atlantic Avenue. Then the Delray Beach Film…
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A Coastal Star: Injured seabirds have a friend in ‘pelican man’
By Tim O’Meilia
His business is called “Kenny Brown’s Trapping and Wildlife Rescue.” His truck says, “Pelican and Wildlife Rescue and Release.”
The kids call him “Noah.” Or “Dr. Doolittle.” Some…
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