Deborah Hartz-Seeley's Blog – March 2011 Archive (46)

Chef Robbin Haas spoons lobster into bowls. His assistants, Michael Boothe and Alexandre Camilus from Silver Sac Catering of Boca Raton, follow along with sauce and vegetables in assembly-line fashion. They work in a 3-bay garage at the Boca Raton…

April is one of my favorite months and it’s not just because of April Fool’s Day and my penchant for practical jokes. 

It’s a love of spring with blooming flowers and trees and temperatures that are neither too shivery nor too muggy.

Oh, sure, the Portuguese man-of-war are still hanging around, but as long…

By Margie Plunkett

Boca Raton will not back off cutting back the sea grapes on A1A near Spanish River Boulevard, vowing to submit a plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection to trim the plants in four coastal view corridors.

The City Council reached a consensus after learning that in February the state had requested Boca Raton only cut back one corridor of sea grapes, expressing fears that cutting all four could increase lighting on…

The Palm Breeze cruises past the Boca Raton Resort & Club

toward Boca Raton Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean during a recent

cruise. Photos by Tim Stepien

 …

Cliff Viner, at BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, is a

partner/majority owner of the Florida Panthers. He

will be honored by Florence Fuller Child Development Centers. Photo by Tim Stepien…

The big moon was gone, but plenty of strata shone brightly the night of March 25 at the Palm Beach International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Splash, poolside at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

Filmmakers mingled with fans and festival supporters. Soap star Tristan Rogers emceed. Local boy Dennis Lambert, himself the subject of a festival documentary, sang a few of the many hits he wrote, including Rhinestone Cowboy and Ain’t No Woman.…

By Steve Plunkett

More than 10 weeks after Town Clerk Beverly Brown appealed an unpaid one-month suspension for forwarding racist and off-color emails at work on her official computer, town commissioners told their attorney to hire someone to review the case.

Town Attorney Tom Sliney said he had spoken several times since the election with new Mayor Bernard Featherman about who should hear the appeal.

“Probably a retired judge, many of whom…

 Georges Banet  and his mother, Thérèse, in

May 1942.  Two months later, the French police

came for them in the Vel D’Hiv round-up.

His mother died in Auschwitz.

Staff…

By Steve Plunkett

The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District expects to have a master plan for some kind of park at its controversial Ocean Strand parcel within six months.

Curtis + Rogers Design Studio Inc., the firm hired to gather public input and develop a design, began work on March 21 and should be finished in September, said Art Koski, the beach and park district’s attorney.

But that may be too late to avoid a city ordinance…

Ricotta and sour cream make this cheesecake smooth and creamy.  

Photo by Gianna Miles, Palm Beach Pastry

By Jan…

By Paula Detwiller

In an age when the word “hero” is used to describe sports figures, celebrities and various unremarkable achievers, the stories of real heroes — people who put themselves at risk to save others — become more meaningful. 

Consider the stories of Boca Raton Police Officer Jimmy Jalil, Police Sgt. Shannon Wendlick and park maintenance supervisor David Hill. Their acts of spontaneous bravery in the face of personal risk won them…

By Rich Pollack

With gas prices soaring, a lot of drivers are looking for ways to save money at the pump. One answer is to drive more efficiently — avoiding jackrabbit starts and slowing down on the interstate — but for others the answer may be to ditch the gas-guzzler for a more efficient car or SUV. 

That might be a good idea, but before buying a new car, it’s best to do the research and make sure the one you choose meets your driving needs and is one you’re…

Bethesda Ball, ‘Evening at the Oscars’

At The Breakers, Palm Beach

Bethesda Hospital Foundation…

Judi Getch Brodman is an engineer who

took up painting about 20 years ago. There

is an exhibition of her watercolors at

the Highland Beach Library. Photo by Tim Stepien…

Elise Moore speaks to an audience member after

one of her talks on texting God. Photo by C.B. Hanif

By C.B. Hanif

On…

A gate kept Arden Moore’s dogs Chipper (left)

and Cleo from possibly hurtling through the windshield when

she was rear-ended in traffic. Photo by Arden Moore…

By Emily J. Minor

HIGHLAND BEACH — Lydia Theurer Mikell Pfund, a popular docent at the Norton Museum of Art whose tours were always lively and informative, died March 8. She had just finished up a recent exhibit of her own paintings at the Delray Beach Club,…

By Liz Best

BOCA RATON — A longtime friend describes Joseph J. Redington III as being “outrageously handsome, caring, interested and engaging.” Mr. Redington, of Boca Raton, died March 15. He was 69.

“Joe and I first met in September 1955, when we were assigned…

By Tim O’Meilia

BOCA RATON — Ray Osborne, Florida’s first lieutenant governor in 80 years and an influential attorney in Boca Raton for nearly four decades, died March 3. He was 77.

Mr. Osborne, a former legislator, was appointed lieutenant governor by…

By Liz Best

BOCA RATON — Joseph G. Spangenberger will be remembered for all the right reasons: kindness, intelligence and his good-natured, fun-loving personality. Mr. Spangenberger, 77, of Boca Raton, died Feb. 22. 

Born in Newark, N.J., Mr.…