By Thom Smith
Oh, what a lovely life.
In 1962, David Short, the oldest of five children, died in a car crash and his mother, Olive, was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors gave her three months.
But I have one last child to raise, she responded defia
Howard Schnellenberger and his wife, Beverlee, were honored before the University of Miami vs. Florida Atlantic University football game. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.
As the University of Miami contingent
Susanne Jorgensen stands triumphantly at the summit of Mount Shasta
in California after taking part in the 2015 Climb Against the Odds.
Photo provided
By Lona O'Connor
Nobody would have faulted Susanne Jorgensen if she had decided to snorkel and
Craig Yarbrough of Boynton Beach shows the mutton snapper he caught on Sept. 11
using a dead sardine on a circle hook while fishing on the Sea Mist III drift boat,
based at Boynton Harbor Marina.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
O
Francesca Watt and her brother Charlie in Tzfat. Also called Safed, this city
in the northern district of Israel is considered one of Judaism’s four holy cities,
along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias.
Photo provided by Koby Wexler
By Janis Font
Kevin Anderson of Gulf Stream waves to the crowd during the U.S. Open.
Photo by UltimateSports.com
By Steve Pike
Any good professional athlete worth his or her salt will tell you that every pitch, every pass — and, in Kevin Anderson’s case, every
Dr. Mary Gardner, co-founder of Lap of Love,
checks the heartbeat of a client’s cat.
Photo courtesy Lap of Love
By Arden Moore
The only downside I see in adopting dogs or cats is that their lifespans are far too short. Because they live, on aver
The boater’s ditch bag, used for near-shore ocean fishing
on a 23-foot boat, includes, from left, light sticks, emergency rations, a whistle,
drinking water, cord for tethering people together, a hand-held VHF radio,
a personal locator beacon, a stro
Burt Reynolds helped make the Pontiac Trans Am ‘the Car’ in the ‘70s. Photo provided
By Thom Smith
Back in the ’70s, the Pontiac Trans Am was baaad. And one particular ’79 model was the baddest of the baaad. Four hundred cubic-inch V8. “Black and bo
By Christine Davis
In line with votes cast by Coastal Living magazine’s readers and website visitors, Delray Beach ranked third on its list of “The 10 Happiest Seaside Towns.”
Here’s what Coastal Living’s July/August issue has to say about De
Gary Tong instructs a tai chi class at A Touch of Chi in Delray Beach. Tong started his discipline more than 30 years ago with Shaolin Kung Fu under the guidance of Grandmaster Alan Lee. He later discovered tai chi chuan and chi kung (qigong), studyi
Brett Lang and Doug Konz hold the 57.1-pound wahoo they caught June 27 while trolling in 150 feet north of Boynton Inlet. Their wahoo not only won largest fish in this year’s Lake Worth Fishing Tournament, but also set a record for the heaviest fish
By Thom Smith
Running may be the purest form of athletic endeavor, but except for the Olympics and the Boston Marathon, it is virtually ignored. So most people have never heard of the Schapperts.
Oh sure, folks connected with Pope John Paul
Barney is learning to deal with separation anxiety.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
Face the facts: No matter how much you love your pet, he or she will spend more time in your home than you will.
Unless you win millions in the F
By Thom Smith
Alex Callegari should know how to handle heat. After all, he’s been fighting fires with Boca Raton Fire Rescue for 10 years. But he can also stand it in the kitchen. Callegari’s a finalist in the Bud & Burgers Championship, a nationa
Chase Young of Delray Beach holds the 17.8-pound wahoo caught trolling a bonito strip
behind a sea witch in 375 feet north of Boynton Inlet. He won the wahoo division
in the May 30 Sail Inn KDW tournament.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
Divers need
The Ready to Reel fishing team led by Kevin Spencer, right, ran into 600 feet of water on May 2
to catch the heaviest wahoo in the Lantana Fishing Derby. Angler Ben Bortnov
(front left) fought the 24.34-pound wahoo.
Photo by Brent Anderson/BAnature.c
Tim Link communicates with a dog.
Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Far too often, we engage in one-way conversations with our pets. We talk. They listen. Or at least, they try to interpret what we are saying. Your dog may cock his head when you sta
Copperpoint Brewing Company is one of many local brewers that will benefit from the change in state regulations allowing for the sales of ‘growlers.’ Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
So much for the 2015 regular session of the Florida Leg
A frangipani bloom at the Mounts Nursery.
Extracta green sage.
Tom Hewitt (left) speaks to customers at the Mounts Nursery.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Anyone who visits Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm
