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By Cheryl Blackerby

    Wildlife at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center is in peril because of long-standing problems with pipes and tanks, Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners were told at a commission meeting July 21.
    “Several weeks ago, there

By Christine Davis

    Fans of Trader Joe’s are ready, waiting and hungry for the Boca Raton store to open at 855 S. Federal Highway. And, while they thought they might be waiting even longer when an onsite problem with power lines cropped up, the Sep

By Sallie James

    The municipal property tax rate in Boca Raton won’t be going up this year.
    And the way Boca officials see it, low taxes are just one more reason to brag about how great their city is. A recent survey by CreditDonkey.com named Bo

By Sallie James

    Motorists who park downtown may eventually have to feed a meter. But not yet.
    The city is mulling a variety of options to deal with a downtown parking crunch that has become problematic, due to a mix of construction workers usin

Members of Soroptimist International of Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach celebrated their organization’s 54th-annual dinner in special sunset style. Kathi Pease, past governor, installed the officers for the 2014-15 year as former President Kim Champi

Susan Haynie was elected in March.

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By Dan Moffett

    It’s more than poetic irony to suggest that Susan Haynie took the road less traveled to get to the Boca Raton mayor’s office. For four decades, Haynie has devoted her

By Bill Hirschman
 
    BOCA RATON — Businessman Jay H. Harris was not famous outside of theatrical circles in South Florida. But within that community, Mr. Harris was revered for his incalculable investment of time, advice and money that fueled its

Scott Greenberg is  president and CEO of ComForcare Senior Services,

a private-duty home healthcare agency serving Palm Beach and Martin counties.

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    Each Monday evening from 6-7 p.m., listeners to Seaview 95.9 FM, are

Producer Marc Bell’s $35 million Boca Raton home includes a home theater

that replicates the bridge of the Star Trek Enterprise.

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By Christine Davis

    In June, CNBC’s Secret Lives of the Super Rich featured Tony Award-winning Jersey

The loggerhead turtle was emaciated,

had been struck by a propeller

and had a 4-inch hook in her esophagus.

Crowds cheer as Phoenix the loggerhead turtle returns to the ocean on June 12.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

This transmitter placed by the te

The Florida Department of Transportation installed 17 pedestrian crossing signs in June along State Road A1A in Boca Raton in the spirit of pedestrian safety.
    The signs were erected on the double yellow lines in the center of A1A at 17 marke

Aesthetician Dalia Reichbart applies a mask to breast cancer survivor Annie Rolle of Fort Lauderdale

at the Spa Care Center in Boca Raton.

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By Linda Haase

    For Susan Karsin, there’s nothing like a spa visit to relax a

By Shelley Gilken

    The first piece of art children typically focus on at the Boca Museum of Art is in the lobby. Towering over all, teetering toward the ceiling, is a statue of 13 oversized teacups and five saucers — with a teakettle on top.
    Th

INSET BELOW: Mayor Susan Haynie

By Mary Thurwachter

    Fresh out of a two-day goal-setting session, Mayor Susan Haynie outlined Boca Raton’s goals and priorities during a State of the City address to the Federation of Boca Raton Homeowners Associa

Boaters use the ramp at Silver Palm Park, at Palmetto Park Road and the Intracoastal Waterway.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

An angler cleans fish as boaters leave the water via the ramp at Silver Palm Park in Boca Raton.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Sta

By Rich Pollack

    While Delray Beach considers whether to have Palm Beach County Fire Rescue provide its fire service, the town of Highland Beach is hedging its bets and planning discussions to determine the feasibility of having Boca Raton replace

By Rich Pollack

    A proposed $3.5 million sale of Highland Beach town-owned property in Boca Raton, which has been mired in bureaucratic red tape for almost a year, may soon become a done deal. But until it is, the town will receive $3,500 a month f

Finding a parking space at Gumbo Limbo can be a challange.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Cheryl Blackerby

    Expanded ocean views on Red Reef Park Executive Golf Course, safer pedestrian crossing on A1A at Red Reef Park, and increased revenue for

By Sallie James
    
    The financially struggling Boca Raton Children’s Museum is hanging on by a thread, thanks to a stream of donations totaling about $7,500 that will enable the nonprofit to continue operating through June. Museum officials had ho