Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Once known as the Pink Plaza, Royal Palm Place is no longer pink — it’s more of a variety of beige hues now. But the shopping center, off Federal Highway south of Palmetto Park Road, retains the old-world ch
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Olive Belcher (with her daughter Brittany) used the Out of the Box
food truck to cater the preview of a listing at Boca Bay Colony.
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By Christine Davis
In January, the Florida-based women’s clothing retailer Boston Proper, a divisio
By Steve Plunkett
The much-anticipated list of vacant, undeveloped properties on Boca Raton’s beachfront is a short one.
“There’s essentially three,” said Briann Harms, assistant executive director of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park D
By Mary Hladky
Three months after its downtown design consultant gave up the job, Boca Raton has hired a new, interim consultant to help oversee downtown development projects.
Fort Lauderdale-based Calvin Giordano & Associates was brought on bo
By Rich Pollack
The makeup of the Boca Raton Airport Authority will again change following the recent resignation of Deputy City Manager George Brown.
Brown’s resignation comes less than two months after the resignation of Deputy Mayor Robert W
By Sallie James
Two activists have sued Boca Raton in federal court, claiming their rights to equal protection and due process were violated when the city created a zoning classification that paved the way for a controversial synagogue.
The
By Sallie James
A ranking organization for the property/casualty industry has named Boca Raton’s Fire Rescue Department one of the best in the nation, citing its top-notch fire services.
The impressive news could mean a savings of up to 3 perce
Robert Glassberg, a Best Wishes of Boca Raton employee for more than 31 years, assists
Samantha Santoro and her boyfriend, Ryan Leavitt, both 18 and seniors at Boca Raton High School.
Santoro was searching for a graduation present, taking advantage o
Boca Raton property owners, rev your lawn mowers. The allowed length of grass — and other untended vegetation — just got shorter.
The City Council approved an ordinance in February that reduced the permitted maximum height of untended vegetati
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plans to hand-deliver a check for $3.7 million — as soon as the City Council finds time to accept it.
The money is half the local cost of renourishing the city’s beaches from the
‘Who wants to go for a boat ride?’ Guests outfitted in the mandatory life jackets
are ready to be helped aboard one of the 20 yachts offering rides to attendees
of last year’s Boating & Beach Bash for People With Disabilities.
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By Apri
The park’s entrance was at Camino Real, about where the gates to Camino Gardens stand today.
All that is left is an asphalt pathway and the geyser base in the lake.
In the 1950s, people paid $1.25 to see herds of African gazelle, zebra,
giraffe and c
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Björn Nils Anders Lamborn, a prominent physicist who held a key role in establishing the Ph.D. program in physics at Florida Atlantic University, died Jan. 14 after suffering a bad fall following cataract surgery
Jenny O’Sullivan (right), with her husband, Morgan, and children, Caitlin, 6, Sean, 4,
and Molly, 6 months. Jenny O’Sullivan donates breast milk to the Toppel Family Place
at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
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By Lona O'Conno
Rabbi Joan Cubell, right, with Cantor Geniene Miller, left,
and Adina Baseman Sharfstein at a recent Shabbat service.
Photo provided by Norman Karl Garrett
By Janis Fontaine
Rabbi Joan Cubell wants everyone to feel welcome at Congregation Beit
Jenny O’Sullivan (right), with her husband, Morgan, and children, Caitlin, 6, Sean, 4,
and Molly, 6 months. Jenny O’Sullivan donates breast milk to the Toppel Family Place
at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Conno
Sleeves To Go model Susan Costanza walks the runway during the church’s
44th annual fundraising luncheon and fashion show.
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Irwin Stovroff plays with his golden retriever, Cash.
Photo provided by Maria Teresa Creations
By Arden Moore
Meet Irwin Stovroff, an energetic 93-year-old from Boca Raton. He regards himself as “the luckiest person there is.” Let’s add remarkabl
Young actress Alycia Mulliez-Duberry with her mother, Francine, on the set of South Pacific.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
Haven’t heard of actress Alycia Mulliez-Duberry yet?
“Remember her name,” said Kim Wick, vice preside
Marti Kaplan, a volunteer for the Symphonia, lives at The Carlton condominiums in Boca Raton.
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By Marie Puleo
Marti Kaplan has found the perfect way to combine her talent for crunching data with her love for classi
