South County philanthropists Rocco and Mary Abessinio will be acknowledged in the naming of the new energy plant on the campus of Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
The couple’s $5 million donation to “Keeping the Promise — the Campaign for Boca Raton Reg
Mayor Scott Singer said that ‘Hoy es Hoy’ is almost too lifelike to grace a park entrance. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton Museum of Art Executive Director Irvin Lippman has offered to lend the city four significant sculptures to adorn the n
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is hoping to tap residents’ collective imagination to decide what to put on the former Ocean Breeze golf course.
District commissioners have long planned to build a new 18-hole course,
By Mary Hladky
Wasting no time, the City Council formally accepted the donation of the 167-acre Boca Golf and Tennis Country Club just eight days after the gift was announced.
In casting their unanimous vote on Oct. 14, council members brushed aside p
Linda Prior, Marie Buss and BJ Mays (l-r) wear crocheted baby blankets they created for Holly House at First Presbyterian Church in Delray Beach. Buss is 93 and Mays is 91. On this occasion they gathered at Buss’ house. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
The coming holidays have me contemplating the meaning of a gift.
In searching for a definition, I turned to Merriam-Webster (of course).
The dictionary’s first description calls a gift “a notable capacity, talent, or endowment.”
I take this to mea
Donors who contributed to the hospital’s Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were invited to take a sneak peek of the new unit. Donations from the past three years raised more than $1 million to make the renovation possible. A special gift from Yv
By Sallie James
Just months after celebrating its 50th anniversary, Boca Raton Regional Hospital is celebrating the largest philanthropic gift the health care facility has received in one day of giving.
The $35 million in gifts is a combination of do
Honoring her successful and philanthropic father, George Rothman (who regularly swam miles each day well into his 80s), Doris Rothman Browning of Tequesta and Carson City, Nev., has given $1 million to construct the Mandel JCC aquatics center in
Christine Lynn hopes her surprise $25 million gift will motivate others. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Boca Raton philanthropist Christine Lynn surprised a Nov. 12 fundraising gala with her largest gift ever: $25 million for the Mia
Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
What a jolt to Ocean Ridge commissioners, who found a defibrillator at each of their chairs on the dais at the start of last month’s town meeting.
The brand-new machines weren’t intended as commentary on the livelin
