By Willie Howard
COUNTY POCKET — Robert “Smitty” Smith, an accomplished craftsman and a member of a pioneering wave of surfers who helped popularize the sport in Palm Beach County during the 1960s, died Oct. 31 of heart failure at his apartment i
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Newly installed LED lights bathe the Boynton Beach water tower (seen here from Briny Breezes) in a variety of colors. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dave Brousseau
A July 27 ribbon-cutting event showcased Boynton Beach’s $30 million utilities
By Dan Moffett
The running joke in Briny Breezes during the last month has been that the town might soon be able to score a huge windfall by investing in telescopes.
A nudist group was pushing Palm Beach County to allow a clothing-optional b
Volunteers serve homeless and low-income people at the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach,
which CROS Ministries runs. The kitchen has about 150 volunteers.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
Twenty minutes before lunch was served, homeless
By Steve Plunkett
Mayor Susan Haynie used her State of the City 2016 speech to cement her place as Boca Raton’s biggest booster.
Gaining her highest marks are the thriving business community and the explosive growth of Florida Atlantic Univers
Volunteers donate their time at the golf course
to get reduced fees
Volunteer Francis Sanatan rakes a sand trap at Red Reef Park Executive Golf Course.
Doug Tunstall, who volunteers at Red Reef, plays a round of golf.
Francis Sanatan, a volunteer pla
By Mary Thurwachter
Never let it be said that Lantana Mayor David Stewart doesn’t enjoy a good challenge — especially when it comes to his town and reading to children. So when the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County invited the public to part
Glenn Chapman enjoys working a stone’s throw from his home and family. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Every day as he headed to the office, Dr. Glenn Chapman drove by the two-story building on State Road A1A, just a stone’s throw from his home in
By Steve Plunkett
Someone is wondering whether Boca Raton should buy South Inlet Park from the county.
County Commissioner Steven Abrams told Eric Call, the county’s parks and recreation director, that the city was asking about such a sale.
By Tim O’Meilia
Officials of south county coastal towns fear that signing on to a regional beach management plan now in the works would cost their taxpayers money without guaranteeing any new sand on eroding beaches.
Several environmental g
Eleven former or current Boca Raton Regional Hospital physicians have been nominated for the Palm Beach County Medical Society’s Heroes in Medicine Awards and will be honored at the Society’s ninth annual luncheon, at the Kravis Center on May 9.
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Howard and Beverlee Schnellenberger will serve as
ambassadors at large for Florida Atlantic University. Photo by Thom Smith
By Thom Smith
“You gon’ retire?” former University of Kentucky quarterback Bob Hardy asked his old teammate Howard Schnellen
By Paula Detwiller
As this year’s sea turtle nesting season winds down, biologists are encouraged by a continuing upward trend in the number of nests seen on Palm Beach County beaches.
“Based on preliminary data, 2011 will be another record-breaker
Vinnie Laudicina, Lantana Police Department
fleet manager (left), and Simion Pavlov,
with one of the department’s
2006 Ford Crown Victorias. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Rich Pollack
For almost two decades, the police car you were likely to see in yo
