Hal Finkelstein (left) and Martin Kahn at the South Palm Beach SCORE office in Boca Raton.
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By Jay Waitkus
Martin Kahn says he likes “to see the good side of people, and see them make it.”
Kahn means it, too:
IN THE ’50s
An aerial view of Boca Raton Inlet and Lake Boca Raton shows the property that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club. That’s Camino Real curving eastward.
IN 2012
An aerial view of the land that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club. In 1
A manually operated wooden drawbridge was built in 1916 on Palmetto Park Road, making beach access easier. This view is looking west over the bridge. On the right is the tender’s wife, Mrs. Townsend. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Socie
Once homesteading was allowed in Florida, Thomas Moore Rickards was the first known settler to build a house. He settled in about 1897 along the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
By Deborah S
Joseph Myrick, Peg Young, Helen Long, Robert Myrick, Mamie Myrick and William Myrick enjoy a day on the beach in this photo by Laurence Gould, taken 1914-1917. Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
The year is 1958; the view is south on Fede
About 1,500 people came to Mizner Park for the first Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which raised $120,000. Photo provided
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council approved a year-long moratorium on the operation of medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensing or cultivation facilities.
The law gives the city time to address possible land- development regu
By Sallie James
An upscale Mizner Park jazz club that features live entertainment could be staying open until 4 a.m. on weekends under a six-month pilot program.
Jazziz Nightlife, at 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton, wants to keep its doors open t
Jim Prewozniak, executive director of the Holy Cross Medical Group (center), fields questions during an open house to celebrate
the opening of its Urgent Care and Imaging Center at 1799 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
Music, refreshments, giveaways
The Boca Raton Garden Club’s annual Holiday House fundraiser will be held Nov. 14-16 at the clubhouse, 4281 NW 3rd Ave.
The hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
“Our members have been busy creating h
Members of the community-outreach-focused congregation helped make a difference in the lives of others
during the synagogue’s High Holy Days hunger program — among them, ‘Feed My Community,’ in which
more than 5,000 bags were filled with 18,000-plus
By Steven J. Smith
BOCA RATON — You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who knew the city of Boca Raton and its history better than Peggy McCall.
Mrs. McCall served as volunteer archivist for the Boca Raton Historical Society for more than 25 y
Stanley Tate, founder of the Florida Prepaid College Program, served as guest speaker at the Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club gathering, regaling the group with a background that includes living in the White House and talking about the college program that
Soroptimist International of Boca Raton/Deerfield Beach had its 41st-annual breakfast with a crowd of 250 who gathered to congratulate the accomplishments of 32 nominees. Each nominee was introduced and presented with a bouquet of yellow roses, a sou
The Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council drew a large turnout for its 2014-15 season kickoff, where established and prospective members gathered for a meet-and-greet cocktail reception. Photo: Laurence Blair, Steven Belson and Daniel Siegel. Ph
Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club head golf professional, Andy McMechan.
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By Steve Pike
The Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club is undergoing some significant changes.
The most visible is the renovation to its golf co
Pamela Higer-Polani is instrumental in organizing Boca Raton’s first Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
When Pamela Higer-Polani approached the Alzheimer’s Association a year and a half ago about having a wa
By Mary Hladky
The wait for people yearning to live in downtown Boca Raton is finally coming to an end.
The first downtown apartment complex to be built in nearly a decade, the 261-unit Camden Boca Raton at 131 S. Federal Highway, began ope
By Cheryl Blackerby
New sand has been pumped on Boca Raton’s south and north beaches, and next year it will be the city’s central beach’s turn to be renourished.
Although the central beach didn’t lose as much sand to Hurricane Sandy as the nort
Boca Raton officials approved a $136 million general fund budget during a final Sept. 18 budget hearing, setting the property tax rate for 2014-15 at $3.71 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
Property values have increased 5.63 percent in Boca R
