Music therapist Howard Sherman demonstrates a Q-chord digital guitar
with students (l-r) Barbara Kennedy, Jill Gray, Cathy McCormick and Karen Martin.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Connor
A curious shopper follows Howard Sherman into a
column (509)
By Christine Davis
Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received initial accreditation from the national Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for a university-sponsored residency program in psyc
Wilmer Rodriguez with his restored 1953 Buick Special. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
For Wilmer Rodriguez, the “black and white” 1953 Buick now parked in front of the Boynton Beach police headquarters gets a big “10-4.” Rodriguez, a det
George and Mary Kientzy are ready for semi-retirement after decades in the jewelry business.
They plan to close the store at the end of June.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
After 35 years, George and Mary Kientzy’s Kientzy & Co.
Paddling the habitats of Lake Worth Lagoon
Mangrove islands and breakwaters of the Snook Islands Natural Area —
islands built by Palm Beach County to improve water quality and wildlife habitat.
Lake Worth Municipal Golf Course is at left.
Photo by Pa
Mark and Peggy Snyder have taken over the taps at the Blue Anchor. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
Around the first of the year, word began to circulate that Blue Anchor, Delray Beach’s venerable English-style pub, was on the market. Afte
A VITAS patient enjoys an up close and personal visit from a Paw Pal dog.
Photo provided by VITAS Healthcare
By Arden Moore
Some dogs are born agility stars blessed with athletic prowess to weave in and out among poles, dash up ramps and wiggle q
Nathan and Fran Nachlas, of Boca Raton, with the SafeSun sunscreen dispenser they installed
at South Inlet Park. Nathan, a reconstructive surgeon who operates on people’s faces
after melanoma removal, and Fran, a nurse, founded SafeSun, a not-for-pro
Paul Cienniwa, who starts June 1 as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church’s music ministry director,
says ‘music can touch people who aren’t religious. It’s a spiritual experience.’
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Never underestimate the power of music. Pa
Terra Holdings/Brown Harris Stevens has a rebranded office in Lake Worth’s arts district. ABOVE: (l-r) Jennifer Spitznagel,
David Burris, artist Maria Paz, Ava van de Water, Susan Burris, Nasrin Bakonyi and Lena Ingraham.
Photo provided
By Christine
Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live and the force behind Dr. Fuhrman’s Health Oasis
at the Boca Beach Club, gives free educational talks when he’s in the area.
Here he speaks at the 4th Generation Organic Market.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By L
Branford Marsalis opened the Festival of the Arts Boca, playing with the Symphonia Boca Raton, directed by Constantine Kitsopoulos (right). Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
Festival of the Arts Boca wrapped up March 11 with Sergio Mendes a
Jason McCobb, his wife, Denia, and daughter, Reese, in a sunflower field on their farm.
Blooming nasturtiums in the raised bed gardens at the Farmer’s Table in Boca Raton are not only pretty but edible.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Debo
Cats don’t have a sense of humor but can be quite hilarious to watch.
Photo provided
By Arden Moore
If you share your home with a dog or a cat, I’m wagering that your pet’s antics pop a smile on your face at least once a day. In fact, pick a day
The Elegant Mouse,
by Brian Biggane;
Coastal Star Books, 80 pp, $19.95
By Steve Pike
Except for one season on the old PGA Tour (1954), Bob Toski was an average player. But Toski’s golfing life, which spans some 85 years and counting, is far fro
Michael Wood holds the 51.5-pound kingfish he caught using a live goggle-eye off Jupiter last yearto win heaviest fish in both the Sail Inn KDW tournament and the Lantana Fishing Derby. Both events were held on May 15.
Photo provided
By Willie Howar
Delray Beach author and developer Frank McKinney addresses an open-house crowd
from atop his latest effort, a micro-mansion being offered at $3.95 million.
The 4,042-square-foot home is near the beach in Ocean Ridge and is being represented
by Pascal
TOP: Michael Feinstein has performed each of the 25 years that the Kravis has been open. ABOVE: Jeff and Aggie Stoops attended the Kravis Center’s 25th anniversary gala performance on Feb. 11. Photos provided by Capehart
By Thom Smith
A crouching l
By Janis Fontaine
The Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County will host its 2017 Granting Wishes award announcements and reception at 5:30 p.m. March 15, at Boca Rio Golf Club, 22041 Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton.
The guest speaker
Luciana Gilman, of Loxahatchee, finds Ruby, left, and Sonny good company.
Together, the pigs weigh 150 pounds. A potbellied pig can reach 200 pounds.
Photo by Ximena Olds
By Arden Moore
The majority of the pet columns I’ve penned for The Coastal
