Relax, Briny-ites! You still have privileges at the Palm Beach County Library System.
An email July 3 from the Bookmobile about the town’s 56 holders of library cards soon losing benefits ruffled feathers online.
“On June 26 the Town Council of Briny
By Steve Plunkett
The Bookmobile stops at Briny Breezes every other Monday afternoon. All town residents can get a free Palm Beach County Library card and have access to the county library’s e-resources. They can also get free library cards in Boynto
By Mary Hladky
Parking meters will not be installed in the Brightline station garage and nearby surface parking, at least for now.
City Council members on Feb. 14 rebuffed a city staff recommendation to install meters intended to prevent Brightline pa
Gulf Stream Mayor Scott Morgan presents Town Clerk Rita Taylor with a plaque Feb. 12 recognizing her dedication to the town. The Town Commission surprised Taylor by naming the Town Hall library in her honor. Taylor has worked for the town for 31 year
Kristine Kreidler has received $98,000 in grants for the library in less than one year on the job. Coastal Star file photo
By Mary Thurwachter
Kristine Kreidler hasn’t even been at her job a year and already Lantana’s new library director has amassed
June 30 was the first day for many shipments of books and DVDs to the new library location.
ABOVE: Librarian David Lucas selects titles to highlight on the end caps of the bookshelves.
BELOW: Patrons can use their library cards to check out laptops f
By Mary Thurwachter
Plans to make better use of space and add a meeting room and outdoor reading garden to the town library won the approval of the Lantana Town Council on May 11.
The proposal, promoted by the Library Foundation and its chairman, Ro
By Mary Thurwachter
One way or another, substantial changes are coming for the Lantana Public Library. The town has earmarked $400,000 for upgrades to the building, and architectural plans for those renovations are to be viewed by the Town Council on
Caron and Bob Dockerty. Photos provided by CAPEHART
Chapter 14 of the Delray Beach Public Library’s fundraiser featured comedian Sarge Pickman, a local resident who entertained nearly 400 attendees. A highlight of the evening was a ‘Call to the Hear
Mayor David Stewart presented a basket of children’s books to library director Kristine Kreidler in January after the town won first place in the Read for the Record event on Oct. 27 for municipalities under 20,000. Lantana has been part of the even
One of Kristine Kreidler’s goals is to make the library more appealing to young readers. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
For nearly 23 years, Sid Patchett devoted himself to seeing the Lantana Public Library shine in quality where it could
Laugh With the Library Co-Chairwomen Amy Snook (left) and Chiara Clark play piano with funnyman Sarge Pickman, a Delray Beach resident. Photo provided by CAPEHART
By Amy Woods
The producer and personality behind the former syndicated program The Be
After rising from firefighter to fire chief for the city of Boca Raton, Kerry Koen has returned to his first calling, photography.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Margie Plunkett
The autumn colors are at full peak in Boca Raton, displayed in fore
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute received $801,000 from the Florida Department of Health’s Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program to investigate the use of marine natural compounds as potential trea
Richard Kaplan says the library bench that remembers his granddaughter Meadow Pollack and the 16 other victims of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High helps him focus on fond memories of Meadow. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
By Rich Pollack
New York has one. Toronto has one. Even Fort Lauderdale has one.
Now Highland Beach is about to have a film festival of its own. Kind of.
This month, the Highland Beach Library, a hidden gem tucked between the Intracoastal Waterway
By Janis Fontaine
The best asset in your children’s “Do Better in School” toolkits might be a little card you can get for free. September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and a library card unlocks access to a world of information.
Before you say, “Who
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach residents and others using city services will have to be patient for the next two years while the city builds out its Town Square complex.
Civic buildings, including the City Hall, Public Library and Fire Station 1, will b
By Mary Thurwachter
It’ll be a year in September since Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc in Lantana and so many other communities.
But this year, with the hurricane season already underway, the town is fortifying two of its buildings with the help of FEMA
By Jane Smith
The temporary location of the Boynton Beach City Library will stay east of the interstate, city staff decided in late May.
“We thought it would be better to have the temporary library location east of I-95 because that’s where most of
