Sabrina Amelung poses outside The Monogram Closet in Delray Beach.
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By Scott Simmons
You could call Sabrina Amelung a Delray Beach pioneer.
Twelve years ago, long before Pineapple Grove had evolved into the hip area
By Christine Davis
In line with votes cast by Coastal Living magazine’s readers and website visitors, Delray Beach ranked third on its list of “The 10 Happiest Seaside Towns.”
Here’s what Coastal Living’s July/August issue has to say about De
Caryn Foltz has sketched images of the area
and paired them with her thoughts that day in a book she calls SandScript.
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The cover of Caryn Foltz’s book of drawings
and essays is derived from her first sketch.
By Ron Ha
Thank you to Lona O’Connor for writing the piece, “Bathroom is flush with creative campaign for colon health,” about Wendy and Jamie Greenhut and their efforts to raise awareness regarding inflammatory bowel diseases.
I was diagnosed with ulc
Artist rendering of the proposed new complex that would be on Swinton Avenue.
Provided by Randall Stofft Architects
By Jane Smith
The Sundy House owners recently gave the Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Department preliminary plans for their pr
By Jane Smith
Forty-five residents, business owners, band members and festival organizers trotted before the Delray Beach City Commission on a Tuesday night in June. They gave two-minute pitches on special events.
Most favored the events becaus
By Jane Smith
The Downtown Development Authority will spend about $25,000 of its approximately $750,000 budget next year on a pilot parking plan for downtown Delray Beach restaurant workers. Starting in October, the agency will run its proposed pa
David Gensman, owner of the the Green Owl, posing
with his 7-year-old daughter, Samantha, said he has worked
in the Delray Green Owl since 1983. He took it over in 1995.
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By Rich Pollack
Dave Gensman has heard the rumo
Brenda Zappitell with her paintings at Baker Sponder Gallery.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Brenda Hope Zappitell definitely knows how to color her world.
For this Delray Beach artist, no shade is off limits. Although the artist is drawn to t
Alice Meiners bought Gulfstream Travel in 1990
and loves the fact that it is a ‘neighborhood travel agency.’
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
“People always tell me: You are always traveling,” quips Alice Meiners.
And why not? She
By Jane Smith
and Tim Pallesen
Just eight days after offering two road options inside the proposed Atlantic Crossing, its developer sued the city of Delray Beach for delaying the project.
Edwards CDS LLC filed its lawsuit June 24 in Palm Beach
Nearly 50 children, families and supporters of Sunflower Creative Arts gathered with hard hats and shovels to kick off construction of a new facility in Delray Beach. The nonprofit learning center has been in operation for 22 years in Boca Raton. The
Representatives from the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, an organization begun in memory of a fallen 9/11 firefighter, paid a special visit to Cheryl Barnard at Barnards Carpet One in Delray Beach to personally thank the business for supp
Instead of letting mangoes go to waste, donate them!
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
This season we seem to be having a bumper crop of mangoes. “It’s hard to miss them hanging on trees throughout the county. They have such a presence,” says Pablo Del Real
By Tim Pallesen
An investigation shows that city employees might have benefited financially by purchasing goods and services for the city from companies that they or their relatives owned.
Investigators from the State Attorney’s Office already have sei
Delray Beach police Officers (l-r) Andrew Collaretti and Jared Schumer speak with Lakeland residents Steve and Christa Harold June 1 as they patrol the beach area to meet and greet residents and engage in conversation. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency covers nearly 2,000 acres. Most of the city’s taxable values are in that district. In late April, the city requested the CRA analyze the financial effect if subarea No. 1 was no longer part of the distr
Kathy and Ben Baffer with their children, Ava, 9,
and Grace, 12, and their 15-week-old Goldendoodle, Lucky.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Kathy Baffer has fond memories of growing up in east Boca Raton.
“In 1963, when my father built our home
Delray Beach’s eight highest-risk FEC railroad crossings were chosen
to receive $1.3 million in safety improvements — creating ‘quiet zones.’
Bruce Borich/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach will receive federal money to create “quiet z
By Tim Pallesen
Mayor Cary Glickstein has persuaded Atlantic Crossing developers to reconsider a Federal Highway access road to relieve traffic on East Atlantic Avenue.
The Edwards Companies will present two possible site plan revisions for cit
