By Tao Woolfe
While celebrating its 15th year in business, The Coastal Star received 13 awards for excellence from the Florida Press Association, a nod to the paper’s reporters, photographers, and artists who are showing how the paper endures.
“These
The George Snow Scholarship Fund has awarded more than $5 million in scholarships and scholar services to 375 local students this year, marking the largest financial commitment and class size to date. ‘Each scholarship we award is a reflection of the
Impact 100 Palm Beach County named the recipients of its annual grants totaling $984,600 to nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving South County. The winners were unveiled at the 13th annual event attended by 450 members and guests. Those receiv
The Coastal Star received 13 awards from the Florida Press Club at its annual recognition ceremony in January.
“We always appreciate the judges’ recognition of the excellent journalism done by our writers, photographers and designers,” Executive Edit
By Larry Barszewski
The Coastal Star received five first-place awards and 14 overall in the Florida Press Association 2022 Weekly Newspaper Contest for non-daily newspapers.
The articles receiving first-place recognition covered a variety of topics,
By Larry Barszewski
The Coastal Star captured five first-place awards and eight other commendations in the annual Florida Press Club competition.
The press club held the annual awards ceremony online Dec. 19. The Coastal Star won top awards in its cl
By Larry Barszewski
The Coastal Star captured five first-place awards and eight other commendations in the annual Florida Press Club competition.
The press club held the annual awards ceremony online Dec. 19. The Coastal Star won top awar
The Coastal Star brought home top honors in breaking news, local government reporting, sports photography and sports coverage in this year’s Weekly Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Florida Press Association.
The newspaper also collected five second
By Christine Davis
COVID-19 vaccine development is in the works across the globe with one Phase 3 trial — the final step before U.S. government approval — in progress locally. Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. — in collaboration with the National I
The Coastal Star brought home top honors in breaking news, local government reporting, sports photography and sports coverage in this year’s Weekly Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Florida Press Association.
The newspaper also collected five second
By Amy Woods
The Boca West Children’s Foundation far exceeded last year’s tally by collecting more than 52,000 diapers from a record number of donors for the Junior League of Boca Raton’s Diaper Bank.
The annual drive took place Feb. 18.
Clean dia
By Amy Woods
While Impact 100 Palm Beach County will not have the Grand Awards on April 15, it plans to distribute every dollar donated by its members to five nonprofits serving South County.
The meeting previously set to take place at Lynn Universi
Denise Rizzuto and Erika Rizzuto. Photo provided
The nation’s top dogs and human heroes gathered for a gala luncheon to honor America’s most courageous canines. Seven such animals were celebrated for their extraordinary accomplishments in categories
Winners surround Kirsten Stanley and Kathy Adkins after the 2019 Grand Awards. Photo provided by Sherry Ferrante Photography
Impact 100 members will decide which projects earn $100,000 grants after hearing presentations at the Grand Awards event. Tim
Veterans toast their 2018 Day of Beauty at NSpa. This year’s event is Nov. 8. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
The Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will celebrate Veterans Day by welcoming 10 female veterans of
UNICO’s Highland Beach Chapter hosted its annual
Brian Piccolo Awards dinner and honored two outstanding high school seniors. The
awards were presented by UNICO chapters throughout
the United States.
ABOVE: (l-r) Event Chairwoman Ann Matarazzo with G
Jeannette DeOrchis won the annual Junior League of Boca Raton award from a field of 50 nominees recognized for their charitable endeavors. DeOrchis volunteers for Delray Beach-based Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse. ‘Every year, we are inspired by t
Impact 100 Palm Beach County’s 547 members donated $547,000 to 10 South County charities during the Grand Awards Celebration that wrapped up the 2017-18 season.
Since the first Grand Awards Celebration in 2011, members have given $2,765,000 to effect
The Coastal Star collected six first-, three second- and six third-place awards in the 66th annual Excellence in Journalism Competition sponsored by the Florida Press Club.
The awards were handed out at the Press Club’s banquet Nov. 4 in Sarasota
The Coastal Star earned five first-place awards, three seconds and two thirds in the Florida Press Association’s Better Weekly Newspapers competition.
First place-honors went to Scott Simmons, Jerry Lower, Tracy Allerton and Steve Plunkett for
