A Unity School fundraiser supporting the 50th-anniversary party, set for Feb. 21, was attended by nearly 120 parents who engaged in friendly but competitive live-auction bidding for 14 of their children’s class projects. Students spent weeks creating
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Jestena Boughton, with her dog, Lucy,
in front of the Colony Hotel on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.
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By Tim Pallesen
The size for future buildings on Atlantic Avenue is suddenly up for debate after a plea to city c
Ruby van Rooyen led the Altar Guild at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in making needlepoint altar chairs
and kneeling cushions, including this one, her favorite.
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By Tim Pallesen
Ruby van Rooyen was a dancing angel at S
Siena Ridolfo holds her baby Jesus prior to the blessing of baby Jesus crèche figurines. Following the blessing, participants wrapped their baby Jesuses to place under the Christmas tree. This was to be the first gift opened on Christmas morning as a
The Young Friends of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County’s mission of celebrating historic venues and shared legacies continued with an event focused on Boston’s on the Beach, originally known as the hotel Casa Las Olas. A beautiful beach vi
The Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach had its 12th-annual festive fundraiser and brought in more than $85,000 to help support programming for 400-plus community children. A total of 230 supporters stopped in and shopped among
Related: How many stories needed for office buildings downtown?
By Tim Pallesen
City commissioners agreed Nov. 18 that future downtown buildings should be limited to four floors.
But to achieve a complete downtown where people live, work and
Who is Marty O’Boyle? A jerk? A bully? A white knight? He’s right, or he’s the village idiot? He’s an egomaniac having a tantrum, or he’s a genius, as the city paid him nearly $200,000?
Who knows?
Who is Sheila O’Boyle? A wonderful woman. A
One of the greatest privileges we enjoy as Americans is the right to vote, and thereby to choose our government. On Nov. 4, the voters of District 34 exercised this most important privilege to re-elect me as their state senator. I want to sincere
By Jane Smith
At the Nov. 18 City Commission meeting where the proposed land development regulations were discussed, Commissioner Adam Frankel called Diane Colonna back into the chambers to present the Community Redevelopment Agency’s views.
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By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach might lose Artists Alley, the unique arts district that the mayor says “has been so important for the renaissance of this city.”
Artists work in warehouse studios along the railroad tracks near Pineapple Grove. But
By Jane Smith
The woman whose name is synonymous with the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will leave in January.
Diane Colonna gave her board a resignation letter in late November. She will join former Delray Beach CRA chief Chri
By Tim Pallesen
The selection of Delray Beach’s new city manager was all about toughness.
Don Cooper was chosen by a 3-0 vote on Nov. 7 after job references told Delray commissioners that Cooper was a tough leader as Port St. Lucie city
Kevin Dwyer hands off a pile of paper and cardboard to be recycled to Roy Miller.
These Briny Breezes volunteers — along with Roger Hebert — were riding in a trailer
driven by Ken Doyle during a recent recycling run.
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Melanie Johanson, Cornell Museum curator, with one of artist Will Kurtz’s
sculptures, Linda the Dog Walker.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Melanie Johanson and her husband, Greer Prather, moved to Delray Beach three years ago from New Orleans, whe
LEFT: James ‘Bay’ McBride Jr. drowned in 1956 while swimming at an unguarded beach. It was illegal for him to use the ‘whites only’ beach off Atlantic Avenue.
BELOW: Bay’s mother, Rosabelle McBride, visits his grave.
Jerry Lower/The Coasta
In 1962 the Interracial Committee was formed to seek harmony
amid the unresolved resistance to integration of the beach.
Delray Beach Police Chief R.C. Croft displays items
confiscated under an ordinance that allowed police to search vehicles.
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DELRAY BEACH — Jane L. Gleason, 76, a noted interior designer in both Greenwich, Conn., and Palm Beach died suddenly on Nov. 1 at Delray Medical Center.
She was the daughter of Robert and Mary Lorentz. Mrs. Gleason co-founded Davenport Inc. in Gr
Children from St. Paul’s Day School in Delray Beach sing during the church service on Oct. 26
to celebrate the 51st year of St. Paul’s Day School’s ministry to preschool-aged children and their families.
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Tricia and Jordan Hess and their son Brandon play Mary,
Joseph and Jesus in ‘Come to Bethlehem.’
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By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach offers the best opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit early this month.
• Begin your adventu
