Summer sun and heat can turn the inside of a car or truck
deadly in just a few minutes, so don’t leave your pet inside your vehicle.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
In Palm Beach County, August typically marks the month where hot mer
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By Jane Smith
The man who just received approval to open the newest substance-abuse treatment center in Boynton Beach has fought in court for more than four years with Delray Beach — over a $4.25 double-scoop of strawberry cheesecake ice cream
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach city commissioners are pinning their downtown development hopes on the 500 Ocean project, while they are concerned about the developer’s request for financial assistance.
For more than 10 years, developers have toyed
BOYNTON BEACH — Garland “Smitty” Smith, age 76, of Boynton Beach passed away June 21 surrounded by his loving family. He was born Dec. 29, 1937, in Greensboro, N.C.
Mr. Smith proudly served in the US Army for eight years, worked at Florida Po
Alice ‘Nainie’ Weems Weaver holds a painting of her father,
Dr. Nathaniel Marion Weems Sr., Boynton Beach’s first doctor.
Town Clerk A.U. Peterson (left), Dr. Weems Sr., vice mayor, and Mayor Marcus A. Weaver
at the dedication of the shuffleboard co
By Jane Smith
The grande dame of Boynton Beach is showing her age — again.
As the Boynton Woman’s Club nears its ninth decade, its 16 original windows and 20 sets of original French doors need to be redone. The cost would be between $300,000 a
Michele Walter has been chosen to be the club’s president for the 2014-16 term. She takes over
duties from Kay Baker. The new Boynton Woman’s Club Executive Board (from left):
Evelyn Weicker, Pat Waldron, Barbara Wineberg, Maria Forastiero, Joan Whit
By Jane Smith
About 50 Boynton Beach residents gave up five hours on a recent Saturday to brainstorm ideas for the 17-acre Town Center.
The four-block area, bounded by Boynton Beach Boulevard on the north and Seacrest Boulevard on the west, hou
By Willie Howard
West Construction, the company that sued the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency over the contract for the new Harbor Master building under construction at Boynton Harbor Marina, will not seek an injunction that could hav
Conrad Pickel designed this stained glass window at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Boynton Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lucy Lazarony
Visionary and stained glass artist Conrad Pickel lived in Boynton Beach from 1974 to 1994.
AmeriCorps members Michael Owen, 27, and roommate Cathy Hentschel, 23,
relax with their dogs in their pet-freindly Las Ventanas third floor loft apartment.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
AmeriCorps member Courtney Cambra works on spelling
ABOVE: A conceptual rendering of the $1.6 million Harbor Master project that is under construction near the fuel dock at Boynton Harbor Marina. Rendering courtesy A.W. Architects.
BELOW: Construction is underway at the Harbor Master building near the
Children & Parents Day took the apple to new heights with the fruit’s incorporation in more than 10 different recipes, a cooking class, arts and crafts and souvenir photos in the apple orchard. The annual event has evolved into a popular culinary gat
Members of Christ Fellowship Church, above, are led in prayer by the worship team, below, on April 13.
It was the first service at their new permanent location, in the former Dillard’s department store in the Boynton Beach Mall.
Photos by Tim Stepi
By Steve Plunkett
The old Boynton Beach high school will be a part of the city’s future at least a little longer.
City commissioners decided to keep the school’s local historic designation April 1 but restored its land-use designation to publ
For the second time in two months, Ocean Ridge public safety officers were called upon to assist the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in the search for a missing swimmer whose body was later discovered several miles north of where he first disa
Admiral is a 40-foot fiberglass boat licensed to carry 43 people. It will depart Boynton Harbor Marina.
Photo provided
By Jane Smith
After four years and $20,253 in federal tax money, the Boynton Harbor Marina has a water taxi operator.
Ca
SOURCE: Town of Boynton Beach & Morgan Boynton Beach LLC
Map by Bonnie Lallky Seibert/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Less than a month after one downtown Boynton Beach development project fizzled, another arose to keep the promise of long-a
By Steve Plunkett
Boynton Beach has dashed its dreams of soon seeing a thriving law firm, two residential towers and a flagship hotel downtown.
After almost a year of negotiations, the Community Redevelopment Agency on Dec. 10 withdrew its re
By Steve Plunkett
Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park’s name is the only thing changing there at least until next summer.
City Commissioner David Merker asked in September for a report on how much money Boynton Beach could collect if it charged par
