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BRINY BREEZES: Officer finds quiet town a contrast to Boynton

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

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LANTANA: More beach access points put forth

By Margie Plunkett



Lantana isn’t obligated to provide beach access to its neighbors, as far as the county’s concerned, and an increasingly obstinate Mayor David Stewart said he told the county that Lantana won’t allow it for anything less than a six-digit fee. Mayor and council also planned to send a letter to South Palm Beach to set it straight on the facts in that town’s correspondence with the county.

The saga of beach access started late last year as the ocean rolled up to… Continue

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Ocean Ridge: Colonial Ridge residents seek access control

By Margie Plunkett



Colonial Ridge Club residents want to put up gates to stop motorists and pedestrians from cutting through the property located between A1A and Old Ocean Boulevard as well as using the condo’s parking spaces.

A group of residents and officers appeared before Ocean Ridge commissioners in January, requesting permission to install an electric gate at the A1A entrance of the condominiums at 5505 N. Ocean Blvd., which would be attached to a wall that already… Continue

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OCEAN RIDGE: Town Hall to feature artists’ work

By Linda Haase



The walls in Ocean Ridge Town Hall will be transformed from stark to spectacular this month.

Instead of white, barren space, visitors and staff will be greeted by vibrant watercolors depicting banyan trees, feeding koi and palm fronds, oils portraying stunning horizons and intriguing bronze sculptures.

The exhibit — which kicks off with an open house/silent auction/meet the artists at 6 p.m. Feb. 25 — will be displayed for two months.

“Since its official… Continue

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Along the Avenues: Five ♥ recommendations for Valentine's Day

By Thom Smith



Virginia may be for lovers, but let’s face it, if you could choose where to be on Valentine’s Day, which would you prefer: some icy condo along the Chesapeake Bay or one of the choice beachfront resorts along A1A between Lake Worth and Highland Beach? To sweeten the pot, several of our local resorts are offering lovebird specials that show off the best in their bedrooms and their kitchens.



♥ While the Palm Beaches have nothing to compare to the Seine, The… Continue

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BRINY BREEZES: Theft spree unsettles residents, police advise locking cars

By Margie Plunkett

A rash of burglaries from parked autos this month sent Briny Breezes residents a clear message: Lock your cars.

Boynton Beach police arrested a suspect, the 21-year-old son of a Briny Breezes resident, on Jan. 27 after GPS units, cash and other valuables were swiped from several cars in the area, none of them locked. At least two unlocked homes also were burglarized of computer equipment, camera and cash in the same timeframe, although it was unclear if the cases… Continue

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Haiti Relief —How you can help

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Boynton Beach fire stations: Station No. 4 at 1919 Federal Highway, and Station No. 5 at 2080 High Ridge Road, are accepting food, water, medical supplies and diapers.

The Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach is collecting money for the Catholic Relief Services. Checks can be sent to Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203. Write “earthquake in Haiti” in the memo field or call 1-877-435-7277.

Community Caring Center of Boynton… Continue

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Delray men among earliest responders to Haiti



By Christine Davis



Frank McKinney, Delray Beach real estate developer and founder of the Haitian charitable foundation The Caring House Project, has been chartering planes to travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, along with medical and search-and-rescue experts.

Four Delray Beach firefighters — Ed Beardsley, Ed Crelin, Steve Moews and Greg Tabeek — were part of the first group to respond in… Continue

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Mayfair House board offers beach access to Imperial House

By Tim O’ Meilia

The Mayfair House has come to the rescue of the Imperial House, a nearby six-story co-operative in South Palm Beach in danger of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean during another angry nor’easter.

The Mayfair House, five buildings north, has offered to allow its neighbors access to the beach through its parking lot for the equipment and materials necessary to build a seawall to protect the Imperial House against the encroaching ocean.

“It’s humanitarian,” said… Continue

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SOUTH PALM BEACH: Planning board members keep seats

By Tim O’Meilia

For the second time in three months, South Palm Beach Mayor Martin Millar’s attempt to remove three planning board members failed by an identical 3-2 vote.

The mayor called for the removal of planning board Chairman Mike Nevard and members Pat Festino and Dee Robinson at the Jan. 26 Town Council meeting after a fourth planning board member, Michael Mead, complained that the three had conflicts of interest in considering a proposed 10-story hotel.

“Why is everyone… Continue

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Filing open for March 9 municipal elections

By Margie Plunkett



Municipal elections are scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, and candidates for open seats face deadlines in the second week of February.

Election dates at seven municipalities in The Coastal Star’s coverage area run in synch with Palm Beach County Supervisor of Election’s uniform election date this year, the second Tuesday of March. All but one town has seats up for election, although all contenders won’t be known until the end of the candidate qualifying… Continue

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SOUTH PALM BEACH: Petition drive falters with clerk’s ruling

By Tim O’Meilia

A petition drive to banish a high-rise hotel permanently from the South Palm Beach landscape was rejected by town officials Jan. 26.

More than 20 percent of the town’s 1,300 registered voters signed petitions to put three charter questions on the March 9 ballot. But Town Clerk Janet Whipple ruled that the paperwork did not meet town charter or state law requirements. If approved by voters, new buildings would have been limited to a 60-foot height, voters would have… Continue

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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

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Art and antiques events will whet a collector's appetites for finery.

It’s high season for antiques in South Florida. In the next month alone, there will be four major art and antiques shows in Palm Beach County, two of them noteworthy for the caliber of their wares. In addition to those, there also is a specialty glass and dinnerware show in Pompano Beach, and an estate sale that’s guaranteed to be loads of fun. And, if that’s not enough, you even can party among the finery in West Palm Beach.

Enjoy!

— Scott Simmons



West Palm Beach… Continue

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Recipes for Romance

Photo model from 32 East in Delray Beach — Photo by Tim Stepien



By Jan Norris



Perhaps the romantics are right — the past is more dreamy than today. It was a time when linens and china dressed the tables, and more formal wear dressed the diners — who had real conversations and lingered at the table. Meals were served by a staff trained to know the proper silver to lay out, and which wine to uncork. For a little romance on… Continue

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Before Flagler, there was Woodward — and her paintings

Reproductions of Laura Woodward’s work can be seen at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd., through April. A similar exhibit at the Delray Beach Historical Society, 3 NE First St., runs through May.



By Ron Hayes



In the 1890s, that golden Gilded Ager, Henry M. Flagler, enticed his fellow multimillionaires to discover the subtropical splendor of Palm Beach.

But who enticed Flagler?

In the… Continue

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Meet Your Neighbor: Sheree Ladove Funsch

I just followed my heart and let it take me on this amazing journey.



Sheree Ladove Funsch wears many hats. She’s the CEO of her company, La Dove, Inc., which is about ready to introduce a new high-end haircare product line. She’s a busy mother with two daughters, Samantha, 14, and Ashley, 8, and three step children, Dane, 21, Connor, 18, and Maclaine, 13. And because her business is here in Florida, and husband Daniel’s business is… Continue

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Local Voices: Mom and me



By Thomas R. Collins



A month ago I watched an adult film with my mother. Let me explain.

My mom has advanced dementia and lives in a nursing home. Her roommate has satellite TV, with the TV big enough to share, but she’s not so good at working the remote.

The roommate was surfing the channel guide, ended up in the adult pay-per-view section, and before I knew it, the “Confirm” button was highlighted on the screen. I got up… Continue

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Delray Beach designers create dramatic spaces on a smaller scale

By Christine Davis



The 2010 Red Cross Designers’ Show House takes up residence at CityPlace South Tower in West Palm Beach through Feb. 20. This year, 18 designers transformed four units on the 19th-floor middle-penthouse level of the 20-story luxury tower.

Two designers are from Delray Beach. One of the four units, a 1,968-square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bath unit with a den houses Excentricities South’s boutique, organized by Frank Maguire, and Virginia Courtenay decorated the… Continue

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Cold forces end to inshore gamefish harvest

By Mike Readling



The unprecedented cold temperatures that sent shivers up the spines of South Floridians in early January did a lot more than provide intriguing video of chilled iguanas falling out of trees.

Waters from the Keys north absorbed the more than a week of blistering north winds and temperatures dropped to levels not seen in recent memory. The result was a fish kill that choked up waterways with bloated fish carcasses across the state.

In South Florida the major… Continue

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