On Jan. 5, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will hold a period costume re-enactment
to mark its founding in 1914. Prior to its founding, Lake Worth’s Episcopal family,
the Cooks, had to travel to Holy Trinity in West Palm Beach. At 4 p.m. Jan. 5,
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Cherokee purple tomatoes from Farmhouse Tomatoes, available at the West Palm Beach GreenMarket.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Customers check out spices for sale at the Delray Beach GreenMarket.
Christy’s Bakery offers an array of pastries
Fannie James served as post mistress of the first post office in Lake Worth. Courtesy of Historical Society of Palm Beach County
By Ron Hayes
On June 15, 1889, a former slave named Fannie James filled out a lengthy form, asking the First Assistant
The Palm Beach County Veterans Committee remembered and honored military personnel
who died in service to the country during the annual Memorial Day Ceremony
attended by local politicians and family members. The service ended
with a flyover by a vin
By Tim O’Meilia
South Palm Beach, Manalapan, Lantana and three other towns will cash tidy checks in the next few months for overpaying for sewage treatment provided by the city of Lake Worth for 16 years.
It’s a stunning reversal for Lake Worth, whi
Art of Bee Sweet Honey is available at the Boca Green Market.
Photos by Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
In Boca Raton, where the market is in its 16th year, you’ll find the sweet team of Grace Reames and her daughter, Stacy Reames
By Ron Hayes
On Dec. 1, 1953, somebody in Lake Worth said, “Let’s put on a show!”
Six decades later, the Lake Worth Playhouse is still putting on shows.
That first production was Springtime For Henry, and theater-goers had to climb three flights of stai
By Tim Pallesen
Feeding the poor is a challenge for people of faith.
Volunteers responded by serving 88,691 hot meals last year at the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach.
That’s a 50 percent increase over the 59,034 meals served in 2005, and th
Curiouser and curiouser. Of course, Alice has nothing on David Manero, whose restaurant wonderland in Delray Beach has turned into a nightmare. Oh sure, the restaurants he ran — Vic & Angelo’s, The Office and Burger Fi — seem to be doing fine, but D
Featured Artist Bill McCaffrey of Lake Worth works on his interpretation of a work by Jacques-Louis David titled The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis during the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival, which took place Feb. 25 and 26. Kurtis Boggs/The
Robert Rookie, 21, of Delray Beach checks out the Stanley Cup at Boston’s on the Beach on Jan. 19. The trophy and a few Bruins (2011 champs) are on a national tour. Photo by Kurtis Boggs
By Thom Smith
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. Forthwith, insofar
By Tim O’Meilia
and Steve Plunkett
Manalapan and South Palm Beach town officials think they may emerge smelling like a rose from a dispute with the city of Lake Worth over payments for the operation of a regional sewer system.
In August 20
By Thom Smith
For three decades, Lou Tyrrell has generated hard-hitting drama in Palm Beach County, first with the Theatre Club of the Palm Beaches, then with the Pope Theatre and with The Florida Stage, until last June, when the curtain fell with a
By Thom Smith
Call it the tale of two bridges. But the climax, thrilling or depressing, won’t be written for months … or even years.
Delray’s Atlantic Avenue Bridge will be closed until Nov. 23 for a face lift. Crews will work from 10 p.m. to 6
Tracy Rosof-Petersen of Lake Worth drew inspiration from her dog Dani
when she designed a dog park (see photo below) for the second annual
By Thom Smith
“You’re not very smart, are you? . . . I like that in a man.”
That’s the appraisal Kathleen Turner made of William Hurt in Body Heat. Hard to believe the film that made Lake Worth famous was released 30 years ago.
Actually, the movie, w
By Thom Smith
He’s ba-a-a-ck on Atlantic Avenue, and Glen Manfra can’t wait for the birth of his new baby — that will be Spoonfed. Actually, he’s already in the nursery with a foster child … Pop Up …, a moderately priced mixed bill of popular dishe
Though John G’s move from the Lake Worth Casino to Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar is a fait accompli, several other Lake Worth restaurants have changes in the works.
Brogue’s, the Irish pub that opened in 2002 at the corner of Lake Ave
By Thom Smith
Just like old times … with one big exception. No Elwood.
Michael Elwood Gochenour had left this world a couple of weeks earlier, but on the night of June 15, which would have been his 60th birthday, his spirit was alive and, as
The recently revived and moved Elwood’s in Delray (301 NE Third Ave.) seems to be hitting its stride — barbecue with a Virginia accent and a strong weekend lineup up of regional bands and the occasional national act, including The Dillengers and the
