In the days after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, students from south Palm Beach County schools, including Boca High, West Boca High and Atlantic High in Delray Beach, conducted walkouts and marches in s
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By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Back in the late 1980s, when Canning Shoes had already been a landmark on East Atlantic Avenue for nearly four decades, Vince Canning introduced a new policy.
Bring in a pair of old shoes and he would give you $10 off your
Zoe Deitelbaum (left), Naven Parthasathy (standing) and Brianna Detamore started Hurricane Helping Hands, one of eight finalists for Palm Beach Philanthropy Tank funding. It aims to equip low-income older adults with survival kits. Photo provided
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Greenlines, new to Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, specializes in board shorts made with organic and recycled fabrics. The company gives part of its profits to nonprofits such as the Surfrider Foundation and Clean Ocean Action. Photo provided
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By Lona O’Connor
The way that Lynn Migdal has chosen to grieve is very particular to her. She is the first to point that out, in the introduction to her 2017 book, Eternal Love Connections.
Her unorthodox approach adds a dash of magic and maybe even
Paul Cienniwa will play Bach’s Art of the Fugue on the harpsichord at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Music at St. Paul’s will celebrate its 30th season with a performance of J.S. Bach’s Art of the Fugue and an anniversa
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach City Commission candidate Ryan Boylston sat on the board of the Downtown Development Agency when it paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to advertise in a newspaper that he co-owned.
The payments could be a breach of state e
Towns and cities holding elections March 13 will have the following forums for voters to meet the candidates:
Boca Raton
When: Feb. 8
Where: 6500 Building, 6500 Congress Ave.
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Federation of Boca Raton Homeowner Associations
De
Part of Ted Hoskinson’s Roots and Wings nonprofit raises funds to help Delray Beach third-graders prepare after school for the state’s standardized test. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
There was a time, before he became a successful bus
By Jane Smith
City residents who live along the Intracoastal Waterway are seeing surveyors from Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure in their backyards.
In October, Delray Beach city commissioners awarded the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, firm a $198,473 c
A Brightline train zips through Delray Beach at Atlantic Avenue. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Pressure is mounting on the express passenger railroad Brightline to improve its safety efforts.
The rail service started Jan. 12 with free ri
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach appears to be shedding its image as a city full of rogue sober homes.
The city had “an explosion of flophouses” a few years ago, Chief Assistant State Attorney Al Johnson said at his office’s Sober Homes Task Force meeting
By Jane Smith
Developers of two massive projects want to bookend the downtown core in Delray Beach.
The eastern project, Atlantic Crossing, sits on 9.2 acres at the northeast corner of Federal Highway and East Atlantic Avenue.
The $250 million proje
A couple poses outside the Seacrest Hotel, where the Delray Beach Marriott now stands, on Atlantic Avenue just west of Ocean Boulevard in the 1940s. Delray Beach Historical Society
By Jane Smith
Delray was once a farming mecca, shipping pineapples a
The wider, curving promenade in Delray Beach allows more room for bicyclists and pedestrians to share space. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
A small crowd gathered on a windy day in late January to celebrate the end of beach promenade work
The Colony Hotel, built in 1926, remains a Delray destination. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Related stories: Hospitality started early in historic Delray | Atlantic Avenue projects to change scale of city’s downtown
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach
By Christine Davis
A Lynn University College of Business and Management class taught by Professor Matteo Peroni created a campaign to boost awareness and fundraising efforts for the 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Delray Beach to be held Marc
The Step-Above Rummage Sale is put on by the First Presbyterian Church in Delray Beach. This year it takes place Feb. 8-10. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
If you like your rummage sale without too much rummaging, the Step-Above Rummage Sale at Fir
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will soon be able to boast that it has two historic districts on the National Register.
The Old School Square Historic District, with 119 contributing structures, received unanimous approval Nov. 30 from the Florida Nationa
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will soon have eight new lifeguard towers to match the recently finished $3.1 million promenade upgrade at the Municipal Beach.
City commissioners approved spending about $126,000 per tower by a 4-1 vote Dec. 11. The tot
