The pink ’57 Chevy in front of Ellie’s Diner will likely be granted a variance
to remain on the property along Federal Highway.
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By Thom Smith
Doo-wop or don’t wop. Ellie Smela’s favorite color is pink, but she and hus
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Daniel Cartledge with the Nervana player, designed to help people relax and feel in sync with music.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Connor
Introducing a new electronic product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is like bringin
By Janis Fontaine
Refusenik Marina Furman speaks at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at a private home in St. Andrews Country Club. Hear the story of a woman who survived the Soviet emigré movement and made a dangerous journey to freedom, including a harrowing
Dave Wesolowski, community outreach coordinator, sorts through a tub of donated leashes,
collars and harnesses at Peggy’s Pantry on the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League campus in West Palm Beach.
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By Arden Moore
What
Customers shop in the store off U.S. 441 west of Boynton Beach. The new location
in downtown Delray Beach will have the same square footage but a different aisle configuration.
U-pick strawberries are ripening now.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal S
Capt. Art Sapp of Pompano Beach (top) celebrates with members of the Liquid fishing team
at Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach Shores after winning the 79th annual Silver Sailfish Derby with 11 releases.
Photo provided by Leonard Bryant Photography
By Wi
New age musician Yanni and his daughter, Krystal Ann.
Photo provided
By Thom Smith
Yiànnis Hryssomàllis.
It’s Greek to most folk. Better to just call him Yanni. Though some call his music new age gimmickry, he’s a global superstar and has so
The staff celebrates after Caffe Luna Rosa was named Restaurant of the Year
by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce for the second year in a row.
Photo provided by Michiko Kurisu
By Christine Davis
Fite Shavell & Associates agent Jack El
Premier Estate Properties business partner Carmen D’Angelo Jr. (far left),
with family members (l-r) Gerard, Laura, Antonio, Pascal and Joseph Liguori.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Pascal Liguori, broker associate at Premier Estate Propert
By Lona O'Connor
With no cure yet available, and few ways to stall its progress, Alzheimer’s disease has passed cancer as the disease most feared by Americans, according to 2015 surveys.
Alzheimer’s steals memory and thinking ability and ev
Students perform the Christmas Concert at St. Vincent Ferrer last year.
Photo by Alicia Donelan
By Janis Fontaine
The holiday season is full of shopping and shows, concerts and parties. Parishioners are polishing the stained glass and putting on
Resurrection fern growing on an oak tree thrives in the humid air.
A family enjoys a walk on one of the trails.
INSET BELOW: Beauty berry lives up to its name.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Deerfield Island P
3rd Annual Delray Beach Surf Festival: Delray Beach – Nov. 14
Under rainy skies and gusty winds, Tom Pacheco, Laura Melum, Lydia Ripper, Elissa Masler and Laura Simon cheer for contestant Raef Melum, 10, during the Delray Beach Surf Festival. Competi
Jimmy Lytle reads the green as he caddies for pro golfer Meg Mallon during the Walgreens Charity Championship
at the Seagate Golf Club in Delray Beach in early November. Mallon, of Delray Beach, made an attempt
to defend her title at the Legends Tour
New boating zones in Florida Bay, including poll-and-troll zones and poll-troll-idle zones,
were approved as part of Everglades National Park’s new general management plan.
The shallow-water boating zones are not physically marked yet.
ENP website i
Workers and dogs coexist inside the pet-friendly office of Architec Brands, a housewares design company
in Delray Beach. Henry, a 3-year-old golden retriever, lounges in his bed. His friend Lilly,
a 2-year-old Morkie, explores the office to find a pl
One of seven orphaned pups that were nursed and cared for by employees of Sklar Furnishings in Boca Raton.
Store owner Pat Howard takes a turn feeding one of the pups.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
Acts of kindness come i
A bleeding heart blooms along the path of the butterfly garden.
Garden accessories have been repurposed,
such as this fountain surrounded by bromeliads.
Star fruit are ready for picking.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-See
Florida Freedivers owner Jonathan Dickinson demonstrates the ‘free immersion’ method
of moving up and down a line in the water without kicking. The method allows
breath-hold divers to expend less energy in the water.
Photo contributed by Florida Free
Related story: Boca Raton youngster’s drawing wins Gift of Life art contest
By Lona O'Connor
When Crystal Mahannah signed up to be a campus ambassador for the Gift of Life bone marrow donor registry, it seemed like a good idea. Earn a modest st
