Welcome Easter Sunday, April 20, on the beach with the rising sun. Here are places to do that from Boca Raton to Lake Worth Beach:
Spanish River Church: Beach Sunrise Family Service takes place at 6:45 a.m. at South Beach Park, 400 N. Ocean Blvd.,
Cason United Methodist Church will coordinate the sunrise service again this year by the Delray Beach Pavilion. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
On Easter Sunday, falling this year on March 31, hundreds of Christians will get up extra-early to go to
For Christmas a few years ago, the author was given the ‘50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ of Ben-Hur. It’s one of her favorite movies of all time. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
My introduction to God didn’t come from my parents or
Dozens of students, including kindergartner Sarah Lash, were marked with ashes on Ash Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Boynton Beach, using ingenuity in the form of 9-inch cotton-tipped applicators. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
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By Janis Fontaine
As people prepare to celebrate Easter and Passover toward the beginning of April, food is definitely part of the plan.
Both holidays are celebrations: Passover celebrates the freedom of the Israelites after centuries of slavery. E
ABOVE: Delray Beach residents Jennifer Magi, Sue Magi and Jimmy Magi stop along A1A to watch the Easter sunrise. Easter Sunday usually draws hundreds of people on A1A just south of Atlantic Avenue for a nondenominational service, but not during the c
Easter fell in late April this year, and happened to be blessed with perfect weather and a beautiful sunrise.
ABOVE: As the sun was about to rise over the horizon, dozens of people made their way to the water’s edge to watch and photograph the event.
Jack Jaiven and Wayne Barton developed the annual meal. Photo provided by Susan Stallone, Temple Beth El
By Janis Fontaine
Why would a group of Jewish people set up, serve, then clean up Easter dinner for Christians they don’t even know?
Call it a m
Note: Events are current as of 2 /26. Please check with organizers for any changes.
March 6-12
Friday - 3/11 - Lenten Fish Fry at St. Mark Catholic Church, 643 St. Mark Pl, Boynton Beach. Held again 3/18. $12. 734-9330; stmarkboynton.com
3/11 - Lenten F
Pope John Paul II High School’s Natalia Heguaburo (from left), Kaitlyn Maesel, Will Jeanlys (as the Easter bunny), Alena Constanian and Travis Hughes prepared snacks and baskets for 80 children served by Florence Fuller Child Development Centers in
A 1-year-old hawksbill turtle found on Easter Sunday has been released after being nursed back to health at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Easter the hawksbill turtle had its own resurrection, than
Attendees photograph the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean following the Easter Sunrise Community Worship Service presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association. Photo by Charlie Crawford
More than 60 animals — mostly dogs, but one cat — came out and strutted their stuff at the 12th Annual Easter Bonnet Pet Parade on March 30 in Delray Beach.
They competed in categories such as most frou-frou, traditional, original, tropical, tiniest
A woman greets the dawn on Easter Sunday at Oceanfront Park.
Crowds gather for the Easter Sunrise Community Worship Service presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association at Oceanfront Park.
The Rev. M. Randall Gill leads services.
Photos by
An egg hunt and butterfly release are on tap for April 7
at the Chapel of St. Andrew in Boca Raton. Photo provided
By Tim Pallesen
Two of the most creative ways to celebrate the secular side of Easter for the past decade are the Easter Bonnet Pet P
Ricotta and sour cream make this cheesecake smooth and creamy.
Photo by Gianna Miles, Palm Beach Pastry
By Jan Norris
The spring holidays signal a switch to lighter meals. Just as chefs lighten up their menus to incorporate fresh vegetable
