This red couch, pictured while on display at the Cornell Art Museum, was once owned by Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen’s drummer. The city tossed the couch when the museum closed for a year. The Coastal Star/2021 file photo
By John Pacenti
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By John Pacenti
Gregg Brian Weiss — a well-known figure in Delray Beach’s civic, business and nonprofit sectors — is facing felony fraud charges for allegedly bilking a senior of $30,000, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
Weiss, 58
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach is advancing a multiagency effort to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety at the busy East Atlantic Avenue and Swinton Avenue intersection.
If adopted, officials say the measures are intended to reduce pedestrian conflic
Dick Cohen of coastal Delray Beach, a classic car collector and retired professor, is surrounded by models but still covets the real thing: a 1969 Shelby GT350 convertible. He says it’s fun to drive. His shirt is a remembrance of a famous race car h
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While Florida is prohibiting its towns and cities from banning gas-powered leaf blowers, Delray Beach officials hope they’ve got another way of giving residents a break from the roar of those machines.
Instead of banning the blowers them
The ‘Legends Experience’ VIP package at The Boca Raton will include a four-night stay in the Tower penthouse and access to a World Cup match at Hard Rock Stadium. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Miami has never hosted the men’s FIFA World Cup until
Gulf Stream students speak through their artwork in Delray exhibit
By Rich Pollack
The first thing that might have caught a visitor’s eye in the Blackbox Gallery at Arts Garage in April was the diversity of the work — and the creativity evident in th
The tour welcomed nearly 900 visitors to private residences in the Lake Ida neighborhood to benefit the Achievement Centers for Children & Families. Delray Buick GMC was the presenting sponsor. Entry fees support programs that serve children and fami
Delray Medical Center recently began using the Spiration valve system for the treatment of severe emphysema along with SeleCT screening, an AI-screening program powered by Imbio, with Dr. Stephen Milan performing the procedure.
“We are pleased to ad
Yasmina Lowther, a server at Barcelona Wine Bar, pours white sangria directly into Stephanie Kozacka’s mouth while Kozacka enjoys a girls night out with friends. The restaurant is located in the new Sundy Village complex at the corner of Atlantic an
American Heritage Schools announced that 11 of its graduating students from the Delray Beach campus were named semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Established in 1964, this program recognizes students for their academic achievem
By Jane Musgrave
Hired in November to work the same magic in Boynton Beach as he did decades ago to revitalize Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Community Redevelopment Agency Director Chris Brown resigned in April after an investigation found he verb
Highland Beach goes to condos to teach; Delray has new defibrillator mandate
Cameron Abraham, a Highland Beach Fire Rescue firefighter/paramedic, explains to Dottie Turcotte how to position AED pads on a mannequin. Photos by Rachel O’Hara/The Coasta
Evolving technologies keep an eye on public as police fight crime
Technology advances have led local police departments to invest in systems that improve results in fighting crime. LEFT and TOP: License plate reader cameras mounted on major street
The huge tree sits near the golf course clubhouse (at left). John Pacenti/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
The giant banyan tree on the Delray Beach municipal golf course that has become a cause célèbre in recent months has weathered hurricanes and p
Ever since The Coastal Star was first published, I have found it an excellent local newspaper that I have always looked forward to reading. The publication has consistently covered southern coastal Palm Beach County news extremely well, with many int
Brave walkers and shell collectors brace themselves as large waves crash and erode parts of Delray's beach — even as more sand is being dredged up and placed on the beach. The gray sand is from the ongoing beach renourishment project. High-energy wav
By John Pacenti
You’ve heard of the luck of the Irish? Well, could there also be the curse of the Carney?
Real estate broker Judy Mollica, a familiar face in local civic circles, defeated well-funded political newcomer Andrea Keiser on March 10 in a
Delray Beach commissioners denied a waiver that would have allowed this three-story, 7,330-square-foot house at 1006 Brooks Lane. The house would have exceeded the maximum square footage for the property. Image provided
By John Pacenti
The Delray Be
DELRAY BEACH — Devoted family man Leon Oliver Surles Sr. died Feb. 4. He was 72.
Mr. Surles was born in West Palm Beach to Mina Surles and Leonard L. Surles Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Delray Beach, where his family’s roots extend back generat
