I’m retired. Yep. There I said it.
As of Jan. 1, I turned the editorial reins of this newspaper over to the talented and competent people my husband and I have
Read more…Reciprocity. A word that might be hard to pronounce, but whose definition seems especially appropriate during the holidays. If we understand that the giving of gifts almost always initiates a reaction, and we listen to, or observe, that response, we
Read more…Sweet 16! The Coastal Star is growing up. …
Sixteen years ago — November 2008 — our first edition was delivered to homes and condos in the South County coastal area stretching from Manalapan through Delray Beach.
As other print publications stopped
Read more…The people we feature in the pages of this newspaper frequently comment on how one of the things they love about living in our coastal communities is the “friendliness” of their neighbors. And sometimes, our reporting shows this neighborliness to be
Read more…Oops, ouch, mea culpa.
Mistakes happen. As hard as we try, there are times when our publication doesn’t catch a date-error, typo or misspelling. Sometimes an item simply needs more explanation to make sense to readers. And much to our chagrin, there
Read more…Off-season seems like a misnomer. This is the time of year when impromptu living is very “on.” Tickets to the theater or a concert? Just show up at the box office. Need some super-chilled a/c? What’s better than a movie on a big screen? Want a stay-c
Read more…Thank you so much for the article on “predatory parking.” I think we have fallen victim to the same scam. My 23-year-old son borrowed my car and we were slapped with a fine. I, of course, questioned him and he said he drove through the lot on Second
Read more…Eighty years. That’s a long time ago. Especially to those who didn’t have parents alive to share their memories of Tuesday June 6, 1944 — D-Day.
Staying abreast of current events has driven me to try to understand more about the past. As a result, I’
Read more…Unintended conse-quences. Who would have guessed 20 years ago that big, white square houses would be all the rage? Who could have known FEMA, faced with the reality of rising water, would set new requirements for floor levels? And I suppose it shoul
Read more…As a resident of Ocean Ridge, I feel compelled to address a persistent issue plaguing our community this season: overflowing garbage cans. The situation has become increasingly problematic, particularly along Old Ocean Boulevard, where pedestrians na
Read more…As you may already know, the Gulf Stream School has applied through the town of Gulf Stream to have an amendment approved that would allow them to enroll 50 more students at the school.
Fifty more students means 50 more cars twice per day as most of
Read more…Understanding our history is critical in today’s world.
Learning about the past helps us all to recognize our predecessors’ brilliant successes as well as their mistakes. Perhaps most important, we can identify the times when evil darkened the world
Read more…There are many things we do not do. At the top of that list is this: The Coastal Star does not do political endorsements.
To fairly write endorsements requires conducting interviews — preferably in-person. These are time-consuming and almost impossib
Read more…Welcome! It’s exciting to see so many fresh faces on the dais at Town Hall. Thanks to each of you for stepping up to serve the community.
Term limits, personal conflicts and Florida’s financial disclosure law (known as Form 6) opened the door for ma
Read more…You won’t see any “year in review” stories or photos in this January edition. It’s not that they aren’t interesting, it’s just that I’m a Capricorn — always looking forward. The coming year interests me far more than the one in the rearview mirror. S
Read more…Witnessing the aurora borealis is on my bucket list. In general I understand the science, but those wavering colored lights in the northern sky to me are nothing short of magical — and magic has been in short supply lately. Too much hate in the worl
Read more…Thankful. That’s the word for November. In today’s world, I think we can all be thankful for health, home and safety.
In this edition, readers will find our annual Philanthropy Season Preview. This special section provides information and contacts f
Read more…Brazilian pepper was the pervasive invasive in the 1980s when I moved to this area. Now there are iguanas. Fewer “square groupers” wash ashore on summer nights; instead more sea turtles make the annual trek up the beach. Then sometime during the past
Read more…In a Kansas town of about 1,900 people, a weekly newspaper had its publication servers, computers, cellphones and other electronics seized last month during a raid by local police. Law enforcement officers with a warrant removed electronics from the
Read more…I went on a cruise. One of those giant party cruise ships out of Miami. Those who know me will be shocked by this news — huge buffets, crowded swimming pools and thousands of people on a floating island have never been my thing.
But this was a reuni
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