Kids help paint an Autism Speaks mural with fine artist Georgeta Fondos during Hand’s
80th Anniversary Art Open House at Hand’s Office & Art Supply in downtown Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Lonnie Cook Jr., who died in 2012, paused to
anniversary (65)
On Jan. 5, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will hold a period costume re-enactment
to mark its founding in 1914. Prior to its founding, Lake Worth’s Episcopal family,
the Cooks, had to travel to Holy Trinity in West Palm Beach. At 4 p.m. Jan. 5,
paris
ElevenSpa celebrated its ninth anniversary as a destination for salon and spa services in Delray Beach. The evening of elegance included music, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction, of which 100 percent of the proceeds went to Saluting Our
Margaret Ann Lembo, owner of The Crystal Garden in Boynton Beach, leads a group in singing happy 25th birthday to the New Age store. The daylong event included a Q&A session with Lembo, as well as free gemstone and psychometric readings.
Photos by T
Landscape chairwoman Carol Rice leads a tour through the Boca Raton Garden Club during the club’s 60th anniversary celebration, which included an open house and garden tour. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Marking its 60th
Students and staff of Gulf Stream School pose for a group photo to commemorate the school’s 75th anniversary and to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Crocker Pavilion. The school is expanding to better meet the classroom needs of the school.
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While the beauty salon is still there, the Town Hall has replaced the food store at the south end of town. 1954 File photo courtesy Joan Nichols
By Tim O’Meilia
Briny Breezes celebrated its 50th anniversary as a town with a banner and a slide
Mia Matthews sings to the crowd at ‘A Heart Full of Love’ benefit at The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan. The performance was a musical celebration of the Plaza Theatre’s first year to benefit the theater and the American Cancer Society. Photo by Tim St
The Rev. Craig Burlington and the Rev. Nancy McCarthy baptize
Deven Martin Nayak at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church.
It was the last baptism the retiring McCarthy performed there.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
The large sanctuary with staine
The library groundbreaking on Southeast Fourth Avenue in 1949.
By Ron Hayes
On April 11, 1913, the Ladies Improvement Association of Delray gathered in their clubhouse at 419 E. Atlantic Ave.
The 40 ladies brought 40 books.
A library was
Pat and Rick Howard greet guests for the 10th anniversary celebration of their store, Sklar Furnishings on Federal Highway in Boca Raton. Dozens of invited guests were treated to hors d’oeuvres and live music during the evening event. Photo provi
ABOVE: Guests can opt to have a massage by the waterfall at the pool.
By Mary Thurwachter
A decade has passed since Michael and Cheryl Crane scooped up a pair of plain-Jane 1950s apartment buildings and transformed them into a fetching boutique ho
Ora Sorensen created this year’s Delray Affair poster (left) and drew inspiration from the festival’s origins as South Florida’s Gladioli Festival and Fair.
By Mary Jane Fine
To say that the Delray Affair grew from the ground up but has flowered over
Rich Draper, co-owner of the Ice Cream Club, reminisces with Kathy Willoughby at his Manalapan shop. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes
Here’s the big scoop.
Thirty years ago, two former fraternity brothers from the University of Illinois at Ur
When Plaza del Mar in Manalapan celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of events that included fashion shows and musical performances, organizers turned to local chalk artist Jennifer Chapparo to create a vintage postcard effect on the grounds
By Tim Pallesen
Catholics were few in number when the Delray Beach Catholic Women’s Club started the first parish.
St. Vincent Ferrer Church celebrated its first Mass at the old Delray Theatre in 1941.
Today, the region from Boynton Beach to Boca Ra
Junior League of Boca Raton past presidents and other members
gather around a sand castle on the beach.
Photos courtesy of the Junior League of Boca Raton
Junior League Today: Photos
By Ron Hayes
In 1971, a group of 26 young women declared them
If it weren’t for Sputnik, the South Florida Science Museum might still be a patch of cabbage palms in the middle of Dreher Park in West Palm Beach.
The Russian satellite — mankind’s first trip beyond our atmosphere — touched of
St. Andrew’s opened in 1961 as a boarding school for boys — even
the cheerleaders were male. Photo courtesy of St. Andrew’s School
By Mary Jane Fine
A bit of perspective: It was the year Gov. George Wallace allowed two black s
