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By Mary Thurwachter, managing editor

The start of a new year is invigorating. It’s not so much about resolve (as in “I resolve to lose 10 pounds” or “I resolve to be more timely with my thank-you notes)” as it is about beginning anew. A new year is

By Mary Thurwachter - Managing Editor

If you’ve driven down A1A lately (and who hasn’t?), you have to know what a hotspot the road is for bicyclists. Who can blame them, after all? It’s a lovely drive along our postcard-pretty shoreline. But it can

By Mary Thurwachter

Managing Editor

Combing through The Coastal Star’s community calendar each month leaves us, first, in awe of Michele Smith, the conscientious scribe who assembles the massive list and, second, inspired by the wealth of things to

By Mary Thurwachter

Just a week before Boca Raton Regional Hospital celebrated its 50th
      fundraising ball, the hospital collected the largest philanthropic gift ever: a $25 million grant to build a neuroscience center on the hospital campus.

By Mary Thurwachter,

Managing Editor

Some of us didn’t make it through 2011 to celebrate the New Year, but we continue to celebrate their lives. 

Gloria Drummond, for one, was a shining example of what one person can do to make the world better pla

 By Mary Thurwachter (below)

Let us be the first to extend birthday wishes to Boca Raton philanthropist Countess Henrietta de Hoernle, who turns 99 later this month. 

The countess has been doing good in Boca Raton since she and her husband move

By Mary Thurwachter, Managing Editor

These are the dog days of summer, and they are sultry. 

But if you consider August a month marked by lethargy, inactivity or laziness, think again. Take a look at the Coastal Star community calendar (Pages 15-16

By Mary Thurwachter,

In this down economy, where cities are doing everything they can to balance budgets —including Boca Raton’s putting up parking meters in Mizner Park and at the beach — good news continues to come out of South County. 

For star

By Mary Thurwachter

For 20 years, my husband and I have spent a considerable amount of time traveling the Sunshine State. We have been everywhere from the Panhandle to the Keys, staying in homey bed-and-breakfasts, intimate boutique hotels, large

“You’re struggling, aren’t you?” the caller asks. 

The words are not music to Ruth Stevens’ ears.

“Financially, but not musically,” she retorts.

Stevens is one of the co-founders and principal violist of the Lyric Chamber Orchestra. The Boynton B

 By Mary Thurwachter, managing editor

A yellowed newspaper clipping floated out of the Christmas card my sister Susie sent in December. 

“That’s me!” I yelped, getting a quizzical look from my husband across the breakfast table.

Beneath a photo

By Scott Simmons, managing editor