Delray Beach

Freedom to live in fear

2013-01-06 04:00:00

"Everybody got a pistol. This must really please the NRA" -- from "Gun" by Gil Scott-Heron So maybe the NRA is about to get its wish. Here we are, a little over three weeks after the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., a little over...

Free bagels on Saturday at Brooklyn Water Bagels in Pikesville

2013-02-05 13:05:00

On Saturday, to celebrate National Bagel Day, Feb. 9, Brooklyn Water Bagels, and its national spokesman, Larry King, are inviting folks in for a Free Bagel and a Shmear. The promotion is valid in participating Brooklyn Water Bagels stores in Florida,...

Lunch for $10 or less: The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co.

2012-07-13 09:40:00

The bagel isn’t what it used to be. And we’re not even talking about those rolls with a hole in the center you see for sale at the grocery store. Those aren’t even bagels. But a bagel purist – and no one writes more crankily and...

Thomson Reuters list of top 100 hospitals

2012-04-16 08:28:00

Thomson Reuters has released its top 100 U.S. hospitals based on overall performance. The hospitals were ranked on 10 key areas: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average patient stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction,...

Ruth D. Baird

2011-08-22 13:31:00

Ruth D. Baird, a retired educator and counselor, died of a stroke Aug. 16 at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 77. Ruth Dudley Dentinger, the daughter of a comptroller and a homemaker, was born and raised in Louisville, Ky., where she graduated in 1951...

Lax roundup: No. 18 Princeton men upset No. 9 Villanova

2012-03-13 20:47:43

Jeff Froccaro and Tom Schreiber were held scoreless Saturday at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic in Baltimore. Three days later, things changed. Froccaro and Schreiber had five goals each — a career high for both — as visiting No. 18...

Alice C. Jones, watercolorist, dies

2011-08-24 13:21:00

Alice C. Jones, a noted watercolorist and former Hampton resident, died Aug. 19 from heart failure at her home in Delray Beach, Fla. She was 95. The daughter of a farmer and an educator, the former Alice Fulton was born in West Lebanon, Pa., and...

Constance L. "Connie" Cucina, Stella Maris gift shop volunteer, dies

2011-08-31 10:30:00

Constance L. "Connie" Cucina, a longtime volunteer at Stella Maris Hospice where she had been a familiar figure in the gift shop helping patients and their families for more than 20 years, died Monday of pancreatic cancer at her Towson home. She was 78....

Constance L. Cucina, Stella Maris gift shop volunteer, dies

2011-08-31 14:52:15

Constance L. "Connie" Cucina, a longtime volunteer at Stella Maris Hospice, where she had been a familiar figure in the gift shop helping patients and their families for more than 20 years, died Monday of pancreatic cancer at her Towson home. She was 78....

Blair Lee Barton

2011-09-13 00:00:00

Blair Lee Barton, a businesswoman who founded a Baltimore public relations and marketing firm, died Wednesday of a pulmonary embolism at her Roland Park home. She was 58. The daughter of the president of Barton-Gillet Co. and a civic activist, Blair...

Tennis: Damrongsri tunes up for college career

2011-07-14 07:09:00

For recent Mt. Hebron High School grad Van Damrongsri, Senior Week in Ocean City was a very welcome and very different experience. For several days in a row, Damrongsri — who is accustomed to spending more than 20 hours per week on a tennis court...

Julie Hirschfeld Davis on the CIA leak probe

2005-11-02 00:00:00

T.C., Columbia: What differentiates Robert Novak from the other journalists that revealed [CIA agent Valerie] Plame's identity? What repercussions could he be facing? Davis: This is one of the more intriguing mysteries of the CIA leak investigation,...

Joseph Anthony Phillips, Jr., 23, faces charges after he slipped out of police handcuffs in Delray Beach and jumped into a pregnant woman's car, according to a Delray Beach police probable cause affidavit.

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Sure we live in a diverse part of the world. But who knew? Did you know there was once a settlement of Japanese-Americans in Delray Beach? The last remnant of their presence is on display at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, .

2013-05-20 14:13:00

Delray Beach has several festivals during the year like the Spady Living Heritage Festival, left, the Downtown Delray Beach Holiday Art and Craft Festival, center and the Garlic Festival.

2013-05-20 00:00:00