The ‘volunteer pack’ of people who organized the seventh annual garage, estate and bake sale to benefit Dezzy’s Second Chance Animal Rescue Inc. said they brought in more than $6,000 at this year’s event. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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The city of Delray Beach honored longtime historic preservationist Carolyn Patton with a proclamation on July 5. Mayor Nelson S. ‘Woodie’ McDuffie cited her work preserving Cason Cottage and the Franklin House, with special notice of her longtim
Justin Hearn used a DSLR camera to shoot his short film One Year. It was produced in less than a day, as part of a contest called 24HourFilmRace. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On your mark ... Get set ... Make a movie!
At exactly 10 p.
If you’ve heard the name Larry Rosensweig, it’s probably because of his longtime association with the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach. He was, after all, the founding director of the museum and remained at the helm for 28 years.
By Tim Pallesen
The Caron Foundation wants coastal Delray Beach residents to testify how they blocked Caron’s attempt to house recovering addicts and alcoholics near the ocean.
Caron attorney Jim Green told a federal judge in April that trial testimony
By Margie Plunkett
A tsunami of visitors has boosted attendance at Delray Beach’s beach to record highs.
The surging number of beach-goers grew by more than 200,000 last year alone, a “phenomenal” performance that brought the total to 1.7 milli
Dr. Thomas Balkany is a cochlear implant surgeon and researcher. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Dr. Thomas Balkany of coastal Delray Beach decided at age 12 that he wanted a career in medicine. It happened the day his mother took
By Margie Plunkett
Motorists will have hundreds of new parking options each evening and on weekends in Delray Beach.
Mayor Woodie McDuffie got the word that the city can open the County Courthouse parking garage for use after hours seven days a week
Frank J. Devine
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — After retiring from a distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Frank Devine brought his diplomatic skills to Palm Beach County, first as an adjunct professor at Palm Beach Atlantic College, then
Randy ‘the Kite Man’ Lowe with one of his collection. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Today it’s the 90-foot squid — swaying, nodding, riding the breeze above Delray’s public beach. Tomorrow it might be the 150-foot cob
Ted Smith, Delray Subaru manager (left), and Roy Timothy Young, director and president of Delray Subaru attend the June 28 ribbon cutting of their new Subaru Showroom on Federal Highway in Delray Beach. Pets were invited. Photo provided
By Paula Detwiller
Variety is the spice of life, so how about spicing up your fitness routine this summer?
Experts say that when you do the same old workout week after week, your body adapts and hits a fitness plateau. You also run the risk of over
By Greg Stepanich
The closing in April of the Caldwell Theatre Co. after money problems forced it to dim its footlights was a blow to more than the company itself and its audiences.
It also was a shock to the whole South Florida theater system, aki
Letter from Caron to neighbors
By Tim Pallesen
A federal judge has granted a temporary injunction to stop Delray Beach from enforcing its stringent transient housing ordinance against the Caron Foundation.
U.S. District Judge William Dimitroule
By Tim Pallesen
Gulf Stream’s bill for fire protection from Delray Beach will jump 35 percent to $428,198 this year.
“It’s a result of annexation. Delray Beach is providing additional service because our land mass has increased,” Gulf Stream tow
Golfers practice outside the Hamlet Country Club. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Residents at the Hamlet Country Club have voted overwhelmingly to sell their golf course and clubhouse to the owner of the Seagate Hotel and Spa.
Th
Sally Painter currently has works hanging in Delray Beach at Posh Realty
and in the lobby of the 110 Atlantic office building. She also will
be featured in an exhibit at the Agora Gallery in New York City. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Stopping to
Workers from Kast Construction enjoyed a BBQ lunch
and gift prizes during the “topping off” party for the 4001
Condo being built by Kolter Homes on A1A in Gulf Stream.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
While most in the crowd at the Whit
Betty Lou Shaw
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Betty Lou Shaw, a professional fashion model, devoted wife, loving mother and longtime area resident, died May 23 at her home in the Delray Beach Club apartments.
She was 88 and remained active until
A woman from Fort Mose near St. Augustine.
By Greg Stepanich
An exhibit returning to Delray Beach’s Spady Cultural Heritage Museum after a three-year absence will help visitors understand that slavery in North America was more complex than popular