Connor Lee took charge of all aspects of the labyrinth: design, site preparation and finding people to help. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Connor Lee had always wanted to do something for his church, Unity of Delray Beach.
“I’ve been attending Un
Mindy Shikiar has been appointed chief operating officer for Boca Raton Regional Hospital. She replaces Karen Poole, who retired in early April. Shikiar has been at Boca Regional since 2003 and served in positions such as vice president of oncology s
Butch Johnson pauses outside his Delray Beach restaurant, 32 East, as he nears the end of a 22-year run on Atlantic Avenue. The buyers will make the site a Louie Bossi’s. Thom Smith/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
Sometime after Mother’s Day — 22 yea
Bathurst, Boylston, Frankel also take seats on council
New Mayor Shelly Petrolia brought an oversized gavel to her swearing-in. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach voters came out at the highest rate in more than 10 y
Shops in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea have distinctive style with paneled windows and carved doors. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Downtown Delray Beach has a certain indefinable something, called an X-factor by urban consultant Bob Gibbs.
In late
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach can now boast it has two historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places.
The newest register listing came in mid-March when the National Park Service, which keeps the Historic Places list, decided that the O
More than 1,000 participants marched from Old School Square to the ocean in Delray Beach on March 24 to call for an end to gun violence. Michele Quigley/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Three Village Academy students came to the Delray Beach City Comm
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of annual event
More than 100,000 Floridians and snowbirds gathered March 17 along Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach to celebrate the city’s 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The current parade organize
Concrete power poles have been installed along Southeast Seventh Avenue in the Marina Historic District. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Florida Power & Light will move four recently installed concrete power poles on Southeast Seventh Avenue in the Ma
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach City Commissioners voted to install themselves as their Community Redevelopment Agency board members.
The members of the CRA board were replaced immediately with the vote.
Citing displeasure with the pace of West Atlantic
By Steve Plunkett
If you thought construction crews would vanish from Interstate 95 as work on the Spanish River Boulevard interchange wound down, guess again.
In a combined open house/public meeting March 14, state transportation officials reviewe
Carlos Rivera with his sister, Adriana, at her high school graduation. Carlos likely will follow her to the University of Florida, unless Southern Cal calls. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Senior Carlos Rivera, a native of Lake Worth, chose Atlant
In honor of 70 years of service, the Rotary Club of Delray Beach event supported a project to plant 70 symbolic trees throughout the city in conjunction with local outfit Community Greening. The specimens will be located in Bexley Park off Military T
Unofficial results, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections
Unofficial results, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections
ABOVE: Parade founder Maury Power and Dennis Gallagher with Porkchop the piglet, 1988
LEFT: Colleen Rolfes Beckner and ‘Papa’ Joe Rose march in 1978. Photos courtesy of Delray Beach Historical Society
BELOW: Kevin and Mary McCarty ride in the parade,
John Miller prepares a Key lime pie with his sons Luke, 13, and Jack, 15, at their Delray Beach home. The boys’ brownies won first place at last year’s Real Men Bake. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The chairman of the Delray Beach Histo
The mayor, elected every three years, presides over a board of four commission members who are elected to three-year alternating terms. This year, Seat 2 became open when Jim Chard resigned to run for the No. 5 mayoral seat. William Bathurst is runni
Mayor Cary Glickstein, the incumbent, is not running. Vice Mayor Jim Chard, the incumbent in Seat 2, has resigned that seat to run for the No. 5 mayoral seat against contender Shelly Embler Petrolia, whose term on Seat 1 has expired. — Steven J. Smi
The mayor, elected every three years, presides over a board of four commission members who are elected to three-year alternating terms. This year, Seat 2 became open when Jim Chard resigned to run for the No. 5 mayoral seat. William Bathurst is runni
