Jerry Taylor

Dozens of children serenaded Ed Rich, one of Palm Beach County's longest-serving employees, during a surprise retirement party Wednesday at the Boynton Beach Head Start Center. Rich, 61, oversees about 500 employees and 17 countywide facilities,...

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings is looking for a cozy spot in Boynton Beach. His congressional office called the city this month requesting office space — about 100 square feet or so. City Manager Kurt Bressner is looking around for a spot for Hastings...

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings is looking for a cozy spot in Boynton Beach. His congressional office called the city this month requesting office space-- about 100 square feet or so. City manager Kurt Bressner is looking around for a spot......

Boynton Beach Mayor Jerry Taylor caused a little stir during this week???s commission meeting after revealing he had been in ???negotiations??? with a developer to sell City Hall. ???How could it be in negotiations if this commission doesn???t know about....

Boynton Beach Mayor Jerry Taylor welcomed the first "green" office to the city Dec. 8 at 100 NE Sixth St. in the Marina Village. City spokesman Wayne Segal said the office was part of an initiative to attract "green" businesses to Boynton Beach. Segal...

After nearly two and a half years of negotiations with developers to revitalize the city's largest redevelopment site in the Heart of Boynton, Mayor Jerry Taylor said he won't be voting for or against the deal. The city has been negotiating with Delray...

???Tis the season to be jolly? Boynton Beach resident Herb Suss surely wasn???t at last night???s commission meeting. He reprimanded commissioners for not recognizing Hanukkah and Kwanzaa amid talk of the city???s holiday celebrations: a street parade,...

Apparently, the Boynton Beach City Commission chambers has no room for the First Amendment. That's what you'd have to conclude if you took Mayor Jerry Taylor's latest decree seriously — that no matter how excited the public is as we approach one...

Boynton Beach Mayor Jerry Taylor told residents Tuesday not to come into commission chambers rooting for any candidate as Election Day nears. ???We are now in a very strong political environment,??? he said, reminding residents since ???people forget...

Resident Herb Suss, a regular at commission meetings, defied Mayor Jerry Taylor???s ban on political attire in commission chambers Wednesday. It was a moot point, a day after Barack Obama was voted President elect, but Suss nonetheless pressed on with.......

The price of energy -- from soaring electric bills to pain at the gas pump -- remains a central issue in the presidential election, but the candidates' ability to address it at a time of economic free fall remains a source of considerable debate. With...

Today, with stories on energy, Newsday begins a series examining where presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama stand on key campaign issues - and how those issues affect Long Islanders. Over the next several weeks, leading up to the...