By Tim O’Meilia
Bowing to the pleas of two dozen nearby residents, Ocean Ridge town commissioners took a stand against the installation of crosswalks at the Woolbright Road and A1A intersection but that opposition may not be enough to stop the proj
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The Coquimbo stands grounded on a reef in this 1909 image.
Photo courtesy of the Boynton Beach City Library
See more photos from the wreck | Watch video from Coquimbo
By Cheryl Blackerby
Steven Dennison walked out of his home in Briny Breezes on a
A high-rise would fill the former Bank of America land at Federal Highway and Ocean Avenue. Rendering provided
By Thomas R. Collins
Towers of offices, rental apartments, shops, restaurants and a hotel would further fill in the Boynton Beach downt
Judy Dempsey, owner of Art Explosion of South Florida, decorated her Boynton Beach home with underwater scenes, such as this one on a living room wall.
Dempsey’s works can be found throughout the city, including the Medication Station Pharmacy on Wo
Attendees photograph the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean following the Easter Sunrise Community Worship Service presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association. Photo by Charlie Crawford
Live, Work, Play: Third of a three-part series looking at the downtowns of Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Boynton Beach
A wrecking ball demolishes what remains of the Bank of America
building on Federal Highway at Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach
in Ja
The Boynton Beach/Lantana Rotary Club has awarded the first scholarship for a student of the United States to attend the May 28-29 Molecular Frontiers Annual Symposium in Stockholm, Sweden at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Destiny Andrews, a
Retired Navy Stanley Gavlick, front, of Delray Beach,
and others salute the flag during The Immortal Four
Chaplains Memorial Service put on by The Boynton
Veterans’ Council at the Ascension Lutheran Church
in Boynton Beach on Feb. 3. Tim Stepien/
Joe Ostaszewski, a former Ocean Ridge police officer, was
disappointed when his twin, Henry, wasn’t selected to join
him on The Biggest Loser. But he’s proud that Henry has lost
weight right along with him anyway. Photos provided
By Angie Francalancia
Boynton Beach’s downtown fire station that helps serve Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes will be brought back up to full staffing, thanks to a two-year grant that the Boynton Beach Commission agreed last month to accept.
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Debby Coles-Dubay, Boynton Beach’s public art administrator, engages with a moving sculpture in Lake Worth. Boynton Beach will host the 2013 International Kinetic Art Exhibit and symposium.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Jane Fine
Right up t
By Thomas R. Collins
Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach have dropped the idea of rolling their police dispatch operations into one after a consultant’s report recommended having higher staffing levels at a joint center than the departments h
Cookielicious baked goods are available at the Boynton Beach Green Market.
Photos by Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
The green markets are in full swing this winter, with dozens of local offerings, both edible and not. This mont
By Tim Pallesen
Christ Fellowship will open at the former Dillard’s store at the Boynton Beach Mall, making it the second regional church to beam Sunday worship services to Boynton Beach by satellite.
The Boynton church will be the fourth satellite
More than 150 supporters, along with an army of tiny ‘workers,’ celebrated the ground-breaking of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County’s new Literacy Center for Education, Training and Outreach. To kick off the construction, a group of little
Maculeuse St. Amie, left, thanks siblings Tori and Colin Wheat for their donation of Colin’s old bicycle, which will go to St. Amie’s grandson. Photo provided
By Emily J. Minor
It’s nice being a grandma, especially this time of year. And it’s esp
Ryan Graham, 6, of Delray Beach is a study in concentration as he fills his K-Cup with potting soil and seeds. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Erin Donahue’s dog ate her homework.
Before she could eat it herself.
Barkley, the fam
By Thomas R. Collins
Plans to make Boynton Beach Boulevard a prettier — and, very possibly, narrower — street have entered the design phase, city redevelopment officials say.
Part of the beautification effort is to make the main thoroughfare,
The largest crowd ever — close to 200 — attended the Boynton Woman’s Club’s Fashion Show and Luncheon. Nine club-members-turned-models showed off a selection of designer clothes and accessories from Second Time Around, a Delray Beach consignment bout
Family and friends of Michael J. Metcalf honor him with a granite bench on Veterans Day during a memorial service at Veterans Memorial Park in Boynton Beach. Metcalf, an Army private first class, died in April trying to save four other soldiers while
