sinesNOV. 7: Education Board 5:30 p.m. City Hall 1st Floor conference room 100 NW 1st Ave
NOV. 8: Financial Review Board 8:30 a.m. 1st Floor Conference Rm, 100 NW 1st Ave.
Code Enforcement Board 1:30 pm,
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
City Commission workshop meeting 6 pm City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition 5:30 PM Delray Beach Police Department, 300 W Atlantic Ave.
NOV. 9: Site Plan Review and Appearance Board 6 P.M. City Hall 1st floor converence room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
NOV. 10 : Community Redevelopment Agency Workshop and Regular Meeting
5 PM City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
NOV. 11: Veteran's Day - City Hall Closed
NOV. 14: Downtown Development Authority, Noon, City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Avenue.
NOV. 15: Civil Citation Hearing 2 pm,
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
City Commission regular meeting 6 pm City Hall, Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
NOV. 16: Green Implementation and Advancement Board 6 p.m. Environmental Service Bldg, 434 S. Swinton Ave.
Historic Preservation Board 6 pm
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW First Avenue.
NOV. 17: Delray Beach Housing Authority 8:45 AM Lake Ida Plaza, Suite 310B, 600 N Congress Ave.
NOV. 21:General Employees Pension Board, 1 p.m., 1st Floor Conference Room, City Hall 1000 NW 1st Ave.
NOV. 22: Financial Review Board 8:30 a.m. 1st Floor Conference Rm, 100 NW 1st Ave.
Parking Management Advisory Board 5:30 pm City Hall 1st Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
NOV. 23: Downtown Marketing Cooperative 8:30 a.m. Chamber of Commerce 64A South Federal Highway.
NOV. 24: Thanksgiving City Hall Closed
NOV. 25: City Hall Closed
NOV. 28: Public Art Advisory Board 6 p.m. Environmental Services Advisory Board, 434 Swinton Avenue.
NOV. 30: Site Plan Review and Appearance Board 6 P.M. City Hall 1st floor converence room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
DEC. 1: Sister Cities Comittee, 4:30 p.m. City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Avenue.
DEC. 5: Education Board 5:30 p.m. City Hall 1st Floor conference room 100 NW 1st Ave
DEC. 6: City Commission regular meeting 6 pm City Hall, Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
DEC. 7: Kids and Cops, 6 p.m. Delray Beach Police Department 300 W. Atlantic Avenue.
Historic Preservation Board 6 pm
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW First Avenue.
DEC. 8: Community Redevelopment Agency Workshop and Regular Meeting
5 PM City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
DEC. 12: Downtown Development Authority, Noon, City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Avenue.
DEC. 13: Financial Review Board 8:30 a.m. 1st Floor Conference Rm, 100 NW 1st Ave.
Code Enforcement Board 1:30 pm,
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
City Commission workshop meeting 6 pm City Hall First Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition 5:30 PM Delray Beach Police Department, 300 W Atlantic Ave.
DEC. 14: Site Plan Review and Appearance Board 6 P.M. City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
DEC. 15: Delray Beach Housing Authority 8:45 AM Lake Ida Plaza, Suite 310B, 600 N Congress Ave.
DEC. 19: Neighborhood Advisory Council 5:30 pm City Hall 1st Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Ave
Planning and Zoning Board 6 p.m. City Hall Commission Chambers 100 NE 1st Avenue
Public Art Advisory Board 6 p.m. Environmental Services Advisory Board, 434 Swinton Avenue.
DEC. 20: Civil Citation Hearing 2 pm,
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW 1st Ave.
DEC. 21: Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System 2 pm
Fire-Rescue Department, 501 W Atlantic Ave.
Green Implementation and Advancement Board 6 p.m. Environmental Service Bldg, 434 S. Swinton Ave.
Historic Preservation Board 6 pm
City Hall Commission Chambers, 100 NW First Avenue.
DEC. 23: City Hall Closed
DEC. 26: City Hall Closed
DEC. 27: Financial Review Board 8:30 a.m. 1st Floor Conference Rm, 100 NW 1st Ave.
Parking Management Advisory Board 5:30 pm City Hall 1st Floor Conference Room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
DEC. 28: Downtown Marketing Cooperative 8:30 a.m. Chamber of Commerce 64A South Federal Highway.
Site Plan Review and Appearance Board 6 P.M. City Hall 1st floor converence room, 100 NW 1st Ave.
Artists invited to submit designs for First Night buttons
The city of Delray Beach, in cooperation with the Delray Beach Downtown Marketing Cooperative, invites artists to submit designs for the First Night 2012 button. First Night 2012 buttons serve as admittance to all activities during the city's family friendly, alcohol-free New Year's Eve celebration. The deadline to submit applications for the button design is 5 p.m. on July 22. Only new designs (original two-dimensional artwork or a graphic design) will be accepted. Artwork should incorporate this year's theme, "Delray Centennial — 100 years of History." The artist whose design is selected for the First Night 2012 button will receive $500.
The City of Delray Beach First Night 2012 Committee, comprised of city officials and members of the community, will select the winning design on August 4. Artists who are immediate family or business partners of members of the First Night 2012 Committee or program staff are not eligible to participate. For more information, including rules for artwork design specifications, application process and forms, visit www.downtowndelraybeach.com and select First Night under Events and Calendar. For additional information, contact Donna Beldowicz at (561) 243-7011 or Email Beldowicz@mydelraybeach.com.
Crane's to Host 5th Annual PR YAK-YAK
As part of its popular series of Third Thursday Fun-Raisers for local nonprofit organizations, Crane's BeachHouse Hotel & Tiki Bar in Delray Beach will be hosting the fifth annual PR YAK-YAK on July 21, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Co-hosted by the Gold Coast PR Council and PRSA-Palm Beach, PR YAK-YAK will offer drinks, hors d'oeuvres, live music by t DYMiN, plus fun people, good times, juicy industry gossip, hot raffle and more. This is a great opportunity to network with local PR, Marketing and Media Professionals.
The cost to attend PR YAK-YAK is only $20 for members of GCPRC & PRSA-Palm Beach and $25 for nonmembers. All profit will be split evenly between GCPRC and PRSA-Palm Beach.Crane's BeachHouse Hotel is located at 82 Gleason Street in Delray Beach -- just one block south of Atlantic Avenue, one block west of the Atlantic Ocean. Public parking is available immediately north of the hotel. RSVP by email.
Crane's General Manager Cathy Balestriere with Melissa Carter of Old School Square at last year's Yak Yak.
Delray to offer women's flag football
The city of Delray Beach Parks & Recreation invites women 18 years and up to participate in the city's new 7-on-7 Women's Flag Football League that will be held at Pompey Park, 1101 NW 2nd Street. League games will begin Monday, June 27th and will run through August 2011. Regular season games will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 6 - 9 p.m. Playoffs will also be held at the end of the regular season to determine a champion.
Women can begin registering to play today through June 30. The cost for Delray Beach Residents to participate is $30 per person and $35 for non-residents. In addition, if you are interested in serving as a Team Captain please notify the Parks and Recreation Department as soon as possible. For more information on the League and/or to register, please contact Kacy Young at (561) 243-7356 or by email.
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DELRAY BEACH — Delray Beach city commissioners on Tuesday pass first reading of an ordinance making Segway operations legal in the city and regulating their use. The only point of contention between the firm that proposed the ordinance, Segway Tours of Delray Beach, and the city is the use of the machines along A1A. Final reading of the ordinance is set for April 5.
Delray Beach celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a parade
DELRAY BEACH — Delray Beach turned green Saturday as firefighters from throughout South Florida and beyond took part in the city’s 43rd annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, the one that almost didn’t happen. READ MORE ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Delray Beach joins financial literacy campaign
DELRAY BEACH — Delray Beach city commissioners have agreed to support a financial literacy program and contest that is to be conducted by Consumer Credit Management Services, a nonprofit consumer counseling agency in Delray Beach. READ MORE.
DELRAY BEACH — Dr. Delia Weiss’ office looks like anything but the traditional medical setting. Yet it is. And it isn’t.The lighting is soft; the furniture appropriate for a living room than a clinic. The exam table, the only conspicuous piece of medical equipment, is tucked away in a corner of a room that feels more like a home office. READ MORE DR. DELIA WEISS.
Del Potro powers past Tipsarevic to win Delray Beach ITC
DELRAY BEACH — Juan Martin del Potro says his game is not yet back to where it two years ago when he beat Raphael Nadel and Roger Federer in consecutive sets to win the U.S. Open.
Heaven help his opponents on the ATP World Tour when it does get there. READ MORE.
DELRAY BEACH – Delray Beach's annual salute to allium sativum is underway. The three-day celebration known as Garlic Fest begins Friday evening and runs through Sunday. Workers were putting final touches on booths and displays throughout Old School Square Park.
DELRAY BEACH — One civic duty Delray Beach residents won’t have to perform this year: voting. Delray Beach City Commissioners have canceled the election set for March 8 because of a lack of candidates. Three seats on the commission were up for election, including the mayor’s chair, but only three candidates, one for each race, qualified for the ballot.
DELRAY BEACH — If Delray Beach City Commissioners were expecting some solid budget cutting ideas from the 50-some residents attending the annual citizens round table at Old School Square Tuesday evening, they had to come away disappointed. READ MORE.
DELRAY BEACH — Delray’s fifth annual “You Are Not Alone” drive raised more than $46,000 in donations last fall for military personnel serving abroad. Delray Beach City Commissioners Tuesday evening recognized two of the hundred-plus volunteers who made that possible, Atlantic High School Student Franklin Castro and radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman. READ MORE.
The Delray Beach Public Library Library has instituted several new measures in order to become more eco-friendly, including using recycled paper and gradually replacing incandescent lighting with energy-efficient LED and fluorescent lighting both inside and out. Delray Library goes green.
DELRAY BEACH — The days of free parking on Atlantic Avenue and Delray’s downtown appear to be numbered. Read Delray Beach Parking
DELRAY BEACH — The Delray Beach Public Library has announced that its Lifelong Learning Community Institute will offer is final summer course in August . On August 3, 10, and 17 from 2 – 3:30 p.m. the Lifelong Learning Institute will offer a course presented by Marilyn Charwat entitled: “The Toolbox for Making the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life” DELRAY LIFELONG LEARNING ...
