Delray Beach author and developer Frank McKinney addresses an open-house crowd
from atop his latest effort, a micro-mansion being offered at $3.95 million.
The 4,042-square-foot home is near the beach in Ocean Ridge and is being represented
by Pascal
By Ron Hayes
The Coastal Star has been honored with 10 awards for writing, photography and design, including six first-place winners, in the Florida Press Club’s 65th annual Excellence in Journalism competition.
Writer Sallie James took a top h
By Henry Fitzgerald
The Coastal Star took home 17 individual awards in the Florida Press Association’s 2015 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest. The monthly newspaper, based in Ocean Ridge, competed in Division A: Over 15,000 circulation.
The
A comprehensive recap by Randy Schultz and Mary Kate Leming of the 1984 Karen Slattery murder and the status of her killer on Death Row won The Coastal Star journalists a top award from the Florida Press Club in its annual Excellence in Journalism Co
Soroptimist International of Boca Raton / Deerfield Beach had its 42nd-annual fundraiser to honor the 2015 Women of Distinction: Jeannette Deorchis, Terry Fedele, Andrea Garcia, Dr. Gladys Martine and Patti Sirbola. ABOVE: (l-r) Terry and Jerry Fedel
We make mistakes. We try really hard not to, but they happen.
Sometimes we can’t fit all of the information into a story that people think we should, and sometimes the way we say things makes readers think one thing when that’s not what we we
Students contributed to a grand total of 20,366 community-service hours during the school year, including 87 boys and girls who served more than 100 hours each. More than 30 area nonprofits benefited from their hard work. Also recognized by school of
ABOVE: Board members of Impact 100 celebrate the gathering of $436,000 in grant money to benefit nonprofit organizations serving South Palm Beach County. This year, four groups received $100,000 grants. They were: Best Foot Forward, Boca Helping Hand
The work of writers and designers at The Coastal Star was honored with seven awards in the Florida Press Club’s 62nd annual Excellence In Journalism competition:
• Top honors went to Cheryl Blackerby, Mary Kate Leming, Jerry Lower and the la
Even though the temperature keeps rising, there have been no summer doldrums at The Coastal Star.
A larger space with better parking has lured us across the street and into a section of the old TD Bank on A1A just south of Woolbright.
By
Board members, life trustees and standing committees were honored by Kravis Center Vice Chairwoman Laurie Silvers and other leaders at the performing-arts institute. A special performance by Neil Berg’s ‘106 Years of Broadway’ highlighted the event,
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs president Sue Angle (left) honors
Boca Raton Garden Club president Carol Brown with the state
Garden Club of the Year award.
Photo provided
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Carol Brown, president of the Boca Raton Gar
More than 300 women made a big ‘impact’ when they gathered for Impact 100 Palm Beach County’s Grand Awards Celebration to award $320,000 to five nonprofits in South County. Three recipients were each awarded a $100,000 High Impact Grant. They were: A
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Palm Beach County chapter of the nonprofit International Dark-Sky Association gave 23 Boca Raton condominium associations awards for making their lighting more efficient and turtle-friendly.
The awards were presented a
The Coastal Star staff was honored Nov. 2 with first-place awards in environmental news coverage, opinion writing, news photography and feature page design by the Florida Press Club during its annual awards banquet.
Competing with other month
Soroptimist International of Boca Raton / Deerfield Beach welcomed more than 300 guests to its awards ceremony. Merrilee Middleton, 93, Boca Raton Center for Group Counseling founder, received a lifetime achievement award.
TOP: Cynthia Cummings with
Insets: Boca Raton Police Chief Dan Alexander (top) and Capt. Josh Mindick (below)
By Steve Plunkett
For their work in ejecting a squatter from a $2.5 million Golden Harbour mansion, Police Chief Dan Alexander and Capt. Jo
Impact 100 members, including Laura Stoltz (raised fist), react as the winners of the $100,000 grants are announced at the Delray Beach Marriott. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Impact 100 members neither waste time no
If ever there were an adage that describes The Coastal Star, this is it. It really does take a village.
Those of us on the editorial side of The Coastal Star recently received 10 awards from the Florida Press Club for work in the categories of Light
Sometimes in the depths of summer it’s difficult to leave the chilled cocoon of the house and drag myself into the office. But as we began to put together this August edition, I was re-energized by the dedicated, ongoing support of our readers, adver
