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Tim Sharp works in Boca Raton teaching students in the Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy, one of his several volunteer missions. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Hannah Spence

Many people aspire to spend their golden years at the beac

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10745932674?profile=RESIZE_710xThe geodesic-dome complex in Manalapan was designed by Buckminster Fuller. No word on whether the new owners will keep it as is. Coastal Star file photo

A Coastal Star story last month provided details about the record-breaking $173 million sale of t

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8733404297?profile=RESIZE_710xThe tween fiction section is part of an upgraded area for young readers made possible by a $25,000 grant. Photo provided

By Janis Fontaine

Three words tweens and teens love? “No adults allowed.”

“It’s important for kids to have their space,” libraria

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7960836053?profile=originalChiara Clark, president of the Parents Auxiliary at Gulf Stream School, has three children at the school: Finley, 10, Fletcher, 5, and Francesca, 8. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Rick Pollack

Chiara Clark had just moved to Florida from Manhattan a

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7960746860?profile=originalKaren Ronald says the library is ‘not just books and materials.’ Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack


    Karen Ronald brings everything you would expect to her new job as director of the Delray Beach Public Library.
    She has a master’s d

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7960758496?profile=originalVolunteer Hope Sargeant and librarian Ilene Glickman hold some of Hope’s favorite reads. They want people to donate new books to give to at-risk young readers. Photo provided

By Janis Fontaine

    For someone who loves to read, access to books is l

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7960669695?profile=originalLynda Hunter, then the Children’s Services librarian, plays guitar and performs singalong tunes

at the Delray Beach Public Library in June 2015. Hunter is moving from the city.

File photo

    Forty-one years ago, I fell in love with Delray Beach. Te

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