Table 165 is now Alma, with Chef Coton Stine in the kitchen

Betty Haygood got a new roof in August with help from My Safe Florida Home, the state program. Her homeowners renewal, due in December, now comes in $300 a year higher, she says. Universal, her insurer, offered an explanation. Because of its age, the old roof was insured at only 25% of its value, the company said. The new roof carries more complete coverage, and that is what raised the price. Hers is one policy with one insurer, not evidence of a wider pattern. Still, it shows a new roof can change what a policy covers, not just what it costs. Insurance experts and state leaders, for their part, describe a Florida market on the mend, with new companies arriving and more competition putting pressure on rates.

Maman, the French café and bakery that started in New York City and now has more than 60 locations in North America, has picked Sundy Village in downtown Delray for its next Palm Beach County café, slated for November. Its West Boca café at Shadowood Square was set to debut Oct. 6, with Delray next in line and another location at The Shops at Boca Center planned for early 2027. It first came to Palm Beach County with a West Palm Beach café in 2024. Expect its espresso and tea, house-made pastries and savory dishes for dine-in or takeaway, plus pickup and delivery through the Maman app. November is a target, not a set date.

An outside manager will run the Delray Swim & Tennis Club as well as the Delray Beach Tennis Center after the Commission passed Resolution No. 107-26 on Oct. 13. The contract goes to JCD Sports Group, the trade name of Dubin & Associates, for turnkey management of both sites. It covers an initial five-year term for $490,000, with up to five one-year renewals at $101,920 per year, for a total value of $999,600 if every renewal is used. The choice came down to one company. On Oct. 2, the City Manager's office threw out bids from FM Tennis and Baral Group, ruling both not responsive and not responsible under the city's solicitation. That made JCD the only proposer eligible to reach the Commission. With the other bids ruled out, the Commission had no competing offer to weigh. Staff asked for a quick vote so the deal could be finished in time for the season.

'Churchill & Roosevelt: The Christmas That Saved the World!' comes to the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St., on Oct. 23-25. After that, the month turns to music. 'Daybreak: The Music and Passion of Barry Manilow' plays two shows on Oct. 29. Next comes a Traveling Wilburys tribute on Oct. 30, and a Little River Band tribute closes out the month on Oct. 31.

Pumpkins, a corn maze and farm animals fill Bedner's Farm Fresh Market in Boynton Beach for its Fall Festival. It continues through Nov. 1, with hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $19.99 per person on weekdays and $24.99 per person on weekends, for everyone 2 and older. One ticket covers the pumpkin patch, the corn maze, as many audio tractor tours as you want and unlimited visits to the animal park, plus other festival activities. The farm is at 10066 Lee Road.