The virtual parking lot of NFL stars is crammed with some sweet machinery — Clinton Portis’ Maserati, Reggie Bush’s Ferrari, Frank Gore’s Rolls Royce. With all their millions, one of their first acts as professionals is to buy an impres
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Krista Severeid (Maria von Trapp) joins audience member Loretta Swit following the performance. Courtesy photo/Amy Pasquantonio
By Thom Smith
Bows taken, bouquets presented, the curtain closed, the clock striking 11. The Wick Theatre’s productio
By Thom Smith
So much for the bad news at FAU. Since Dennis Crudele took over as interim president after Mary Jane Saunders’ embarrassing debacle that peaked with the plan to name the stadium for the prisons-for-profit company GEO International,
Greg Rice and his wife, Lori Miller, take a break during activities at Lake Worth’s July Fourth celebration.
Photo by Annamarie Hunt
Nice early birthday present for Boca-born Ariana Grande. Two weeks before she turned 20, her new song The Way, w
The Container Story Private Preview Party
Town Center Mall, Boca Raton – June 13
ABOVE TOP: Members of The Container Store’s executive team share a kickline to salute new employees. ABOVE: Garrett Boone, chairman emeritus of The Container Store, w
By Thom Smith
Boca entertainment has never been like this. Bob James and Fourplay one week, followed by Molly Ringwald, then Larry Carlton, with James returning with David Sanborn on June 20 and Steely Dan at the Mizner Park Amphitheater on Sept
Varvara Levchenko (left) and Venus Williams share a laugh during a pre-tournament news conference at the Federation Cup tennis matches in Delray Beach. With them are Sloane Stephens, Serena Williams, Mary Jo Fernandez. The Williams sisters led the U.
By Thom Smith
For two days in October 1969, several hundred students camped in the quadrangle west of the Florida Atlantic University administration building during the nationwide moratorium to protest the Vietnam War. No incidents save for raisi
Judy Collins (left) with CARP luncheon chairwoman Barbara Katz. Photo by Paulette Martin
By Thom Smith
“I wanted to get this out of the way right now …
Bows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles
in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I’ve loo
By Thom Smith
A year ago this month, Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders decided the school’s athletics department needed a kick in the pants. She started at the top, firing Athletic Director Craig Angelos. Granted, the new stadi
Burt Reynolds gives advice to Marlin Wagner, a student who performed solo moments before.
Photo provided
By Thom Smith
The flu put him in the hospital for several days, but nothing was going to keep Burt Reynolds from going “home” — theatrically.
A seagull rides the wind as champion surfer Kelly Slater braves the waves generated by Hurricane Sandy near Boynton Inlet. Photo by James Knill
By Thom Smith
As Hurricane Sandy blew past, she didn’t seem like such a big deal. A little flooding h
A seagull rides the wind as champion surfer Kelly Slater braves the
waves generated by Hurricane Sandy near Boynton Inlet. Photo by James Knill
By Thom Smith
As Hurricane Sandy blew past, she didn’t seem like such a big deal. A little flooding h
Grand Opening celebration: Style Bar Day Spa, Palm Beach – Dec. 13
Keira Glynn of Hypoluxo Island was one of dozens of patrons treated to a portrait during the grand opening of the Style Bar, which moved from the Hamptons and is now in the Palm Beach
Architect Doug Mummaw (left), Marta and James Batmasian, their son
Armen Batmasian, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel and Vice Mayor
Susan Haynie join 7-Eleven officials at the ribbon cutting on East
Palmetto Park Road. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Courtney del Filen (No. 120) loses the first of both shoes during the Delray Beach Stiletto Race, held Nov. 16 on Southeast Fourth Avenue. The race, presented by Vince Canning Shoes and Achievement Centers for Children & Families, raised more than $
John Ferber poses for a picture with his girlfriend, Jenna Wehner, during
‘Dinner in the Sky’ above downtown Delray Beach on Oct. 20. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Jenna Walsh and Grant Stateman’s wedding party watches
Mitt Romney’s motorcade pass a
Henrietta de Hoernle listens during ceremonies
at Boca West to mark her 100th birthday.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
While Palm Beach has been throwing over-the-top parties for a century, Boca has been a bit more reserved.
By Thom Smith
These are the times that try men’s souls … especially in real estate.
Blackstone Group, which owns the Boca Raton Resort & Club, Hilton Hotels and a few other big-ticket properties, is buying Motel 6 for $1.9 billion. (Don’t look f
Workers from Kast Construction enjoyed a BBQ lunch
and gift prizes during the “topping off” party for the 4001
Condo being built by Kolter Homes on A1A in Gulf Stream.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
While most in the crowd at the Whit