How to extract coconut water and crack a coconut
Using a hammer and a Phillips-head screwdriver, punch holes in the three eyes of the coconut and drain the coconut water into a bowl or jar. Then tap the hammer around the circumference of the coconut
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Charles Gregory and Jamie Anderson release two fish for an exhibit.
A checkered pufferfish is on display.
John Miller of Delray Beach builds aquarium bases.
Photos by Tim Stepien and Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
The Delray Beach
Iris Jones, who provided land for the Frog Alley Community Garden, and Michele Service, a founding member, are hoping more people in the neighborhood will take advantage of the opportunity to grow their own vegetables.
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Peaches, Claire and Bob Spielman’s Yorkshire terrier, will be a star in the Paw-litical Party on Nov. 5. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Three days before Americans cast their votes and a new president is elected, the political process will be going
Boca’s Ballroom Battle
Boca Raton Resort & Club – Aug. 20
The George Snow Scholarship Fund netted a record $325,000 at the dance competition among eight community leaders. More than 770 guests watched as the volunteer hoofers battled for the Mirror Ba
ABOVE: A group of home schoolers and their parents weed the Gray Mockingbird Community Garden in Lake Worth. The group grows fruits and vegetables on the plot of land run by Brian Kirsch, the garden founder.
BELOW: Kristen Litteken gives her daughter
By Willie Howard
The Riviera Beach Maritime Academy, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Palm Beach County sank a mermaid sculpture off Singer Island Aug. 11 to create a new dive destination in honor of a woman who has survived breast cancer three time
Kathy Pelton, Florida director for GREY2K USA, with her pair of lovable greyhound rescues named Jack and Jill.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
The first time I met a greyhound, it was a blur. Chipper, my husky-golden retriever mix, and I
Boca Raton race car driver Tristan Nunez, shown here with his high-tech race course simulator, visits schools to stress to students the dangers of distracted driving. Photo by Thom Smith
By Thom Smith
When most 20-year-olds are choosing their colle
The Florida Singing Sons will perform as part of St. Gregory’s 2016-17 Concert Series.
The Fort Lauderdale-based choir performs Gregorian chant and Broadway favorites.
Photo provided
By Janice Fontaine
It’s the trip of a lifetime. Vatican City.
The City of Boca Raton invited the public to welcome the USA National Miss Scholarship Pageant contestants during a Parade of States at Mizner Park on July 12. More than 200 delegates competed for more than $300,000 in scholarships. Tim Stepien/The C
The George Snow Scholarship Fund awarded $687,483 to 72 students headed for college. (L-R) Frank Feiler,
Helen Babione, Janice Williams, scholarship recipients Chrismine Louis, Erica Hennessy
and Lauren Smith, Ingrid Fulmer, Bonnie Halperin and Jon K
Muhammad Ali jokingly held up a fist while holding the little Joe Lewis in 1991. Photo by Thom Smith
By Thom Smith
We all have our moments. Those fleeting ticks of time that stay with us to the grave, through good days and bad, despite the noisy kid
Ron London and his wife, Leona, sit in the garden of the Abbey Delray community
where they live. Ron London has had two kidney transplants and is active
with the Kidney Association of South Florida.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Connor
A group of felines greets visitors near the entrance of the cat sanctuary.
(L-R) Ariel Milrad, Ulla Oest, Thomas Raabe and Benilda Milrad at God’s Creatures
Great and Small Sanctuary in rural Lake Worth.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ard
This eight-bedroom French-inspired estate on the ocean in Highland Beach
is on the market for $31.9 million, almost double the record sale in the town.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
It’s already a show-stopper, but when it sells, it will be
Eddie James and Tommy Woodard, known as The Skit Guys, will perform June 10 in Delray Beach.
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
The Skit Guys — Tommy Woodard of Edmond, Okla., and Eddie James of Sachse, Texas — have been using comedy and drama to
Dr. John Strasswimmer is helping bring skin cancer screenings and treatments
to the local migrant community. Behind Dr. Strasswimmer at Caridad Center
are Dr. Sherry McQuown and Wilfido, a patient of Dr. Strasswimmer’s.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Dana Cook holds two of his Sea Turtle Hatcher fishing lures.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Many Palm Beach County anglers know that mutton snapper linger in shallow water during the summer months, waiting for baby sea turtles t
Agnes Simon and her poodle-Pekinese mix, Benji, celebrate his 11th birthday
at The Carlisle Palm Beach senior living community in Lantana.
Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Inside The Carlisle Palm Beach senior living community in Lantana, you expe
