By Tim Pallesen
Feeding the poor is a challenge for people of faith.
Volunteers responded by serving 88,691 hot meals last year at the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach.
That’s a 50 percent increase over the 59,034 meals served in 2005, and th
Curiouser and curiouser. Of course, Alice has nothing on David Manero, whose restaurant wonderland in Delray Beach has turned into a nightmare. Oh sure, the restaurants he ran — Vic & Angelo’s, The Office and Burger Fi — seem to be doing fine, but D
John Davidson serenades Susan Pincus of West Palm Beach at Atlantis Country Club on Valentine’s Day. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
The last time Jose Carreras performed in Palm Beach County, in March 2009, a persistent cough forced
Officer Christine Braswell and Detective John Young of the Delray Beach Police Department demonstrate self-defense moves taught to women in the department’s free Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) class. Sgt. Nicole Guerriero and Officer Andy Mintus r
Robert Rookie, 21, of Delray Beach checks out the Stanley Cup at Boston’s on the Beach on Jan. 19. The trophy and a few Bruins (2011 champs) are on a national tour. Photo by Kurtis Boggs
By Thom Smith
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. Forthwith, insofar
By Thom Smith
For three decades, Lou Tyrrell has generated hard-hitting drama in Palm Beach County, first with the Theatre Club of the Palm Beaches, then with the Pope Theatre and with The Florida Stage, until last June, when the curtain fell with a
Chris Evert (above) taunts Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan (left) after lobbing a ball at him during last month’s Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. Donovan told Evert n
First, on behalf of my mom, thank you all so much for coming. You all meant a lot to her.
We’re all here to remember and celebrate the life of a great woman. A woman who had a passion for duckpin bowling. A woman who enjoyed pina coladas. A woman
By Thom Smith
Call it the tale of two bridges. But the climax, thrilling or depressing, won’t be written for months … or even years.
Delray’s Atlantic Avenue Bridge will be closed until Nov. 23 for a face lift. Crews will work from 10 p.m. to 6
By Thomas R. Collins
The call came at 2:20 a.m. My mom was about to die.
I’d been preparing for this for the last two years. But I still felt as though a trapdoor was about to open beneath me.
By Jan Norris
The locals were waiting to say “welcome back” to John G’s when it reopened Sept. 10 in its new Manalapan site in Plaza del Mar, and already the restaurant is settling in.
“Things are going so smooth,” said Wendy Yarbrough, one of the
By Thom Smith
“You’re not very smart, are you? . . . I like that in a man.”
That’s the appraisal Kathleen Turner made of William Hurt in Body Heat. Hard to believe the film that made Lake Worth famous was released 30 years ago.
Actually, the movie, w
By Thom Smith
He’s ba-a-a-ck on Atlantic Avenue, and Glen Manfra can’t wait for the birth of his new baby — that will be Spoonfed. Actually, he’s already in the nursery with a foster child … Pop Up …, a moderately priced mixed bill of popular dishe
By Thom Smith
Just like old times … with one big exception. No Elwood.
Michael Elwood Gochenour had left this world a couple of weeks earlier, but on the night of June 15, which would have been his 60th birthday, his spirit was alive and, as
By Thom Smith
For decades the family yacht tied up at local marinas, the better for dad to entertain big clients and the family to enjoy a little respite from Northeast winters.
Malcolm Forbes died in 1990, but the wining and dining aboard Highlander
The recently revived and moved Elwood’s in Delray (301 NE Third Ave.) seems to be hitting its stride — barbecue with a Virginia accent and a strong weekend lineup up of regional bands and the occasional national act, including The Dillengers and the
By Thomas R. Collins
Sometime over the last few months, I noticed that when I’d curse around my mom, who has advanced dementia, she’d sometimes laugh. Now I curse around her on purpose, just to get a rise out of her.
If I’m walking her in her wheelcha
By Thom Smith
Seems like everywhere you turn these days, you’ll find a film festival. No sooner does the Palm Beach International Festival wrap than two others hit local silver screens.The first Palm Beach Women’s International Festival opens April 7
John McEnroe plays to the crowd Feb. 18 during the 2nd annual ‘Tennis on the Ave.’ Grand Slam champions McEnroe and Mats Wilander competed as part of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Thom Smith
Spring t
A diverse group of people recently held a rally in Boca Raton to show support for those seeking democracy in Egypt. Photo courtesy of Stephanie El Maadawy
By C. B. Hanif
The whole world was watching.
The faith world was watching — including spiritu
