Hypoluxo Island resident Leah Mills and her daughter have come up with a ‘better-for-you drink.’ Photo provided
What 10 years ago was a summertime drink Leah Mills would serve friends and family is now a gin-based refreshment the Hypoluxo Island re
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Malcolm Balfour enjoys a cup of tea on the dock of his Hypoluxo Island home. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
As a journalist, Hypoluxo Island’s Malcolm Balfour has pretty much done it all.
Associate editor of the National Enquirer for eight years when
Elva Culbertson of South Palm Beach served on the Town Council and now writes a monthly newsletter for her condo about what’s happening in town government. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Elvadianne “Elva” Culbertson spent much of her adult life analyzi
Eric Brief, a financial adviser from Ocean Ridge, will be a player coach for a U.S. masters soccer team in the Maccabiah Games in Israel, scheduled for July 2022. Brief, 59, expects to do more coaching than goalkeeping. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Leonard Cohen and his wife, Florence, collect teddy bears and give them to children at the Connor Moran Children’s Cancer Foundation and St. Mary’s Medical Center and other cancer patients. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Leonard Cohen grew up fast in t
Delray Beach resident Rose Ross never imagined writing and publishing a novel at age 74. And when she did, she was surprised at how well it was received. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
When Rose Ross sat down to write a fictionalized account of her o
Max Beverly of Hypoluxo Island had a career helping young people — as a counselor, detention service director and administrator of Palm Beach County’s Juvenile and Family Court. He also served as the county’s youth affairs director and became its fir
Linda Sorenson, an Ocean Ridge resident for 14 years, is a strong supporter of the League of Women Voters and the role it plays in informing the public. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Keith Rowling, shown beside his renovated Gulf Stream home, says South Florida is like New York was in the ’60s. ‘It's definitely growing but there's a lot more runway.’ His five-bedroom home was built in 1948. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
If you c
Kristin Alexandre of Gulf Stream wrote a novel, Gem City Gypsy, that led her to produce a story for a movie, Dead Reckoning. Photo provided
By Brian Biggane
When Gulf Stream resident Kristin Alexandre decided to turn her novel Gem City Gypsy into a
Paulette Dale of Highland Beach says she made President Donald Trump blush when she complimented his smile. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Paulette Dale wasn’t planning to tell the president of the United States he had a great smile — not in person a
Max Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen, keeps a drum set in the garage of his Delray Beach home. He joined the city’s Planning and Zoning Board this year to serve his new community. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Max Weinberg has spent much of his
Mason Slaine of coastal Boca Raton serves on the board of Boca Raton Regional Hospital and recently donated $1.5 million to the hospital’s ‘Keeping the Promise’ expansion campaign. Photo provided
In these trying times, hospitals need more friends lik
Executive Director Charlene Farrington and the museum honored longtime board member Mark Reingold after he retired. The museum sits in the former home of the late Solomon D. Spady. Farrington is founder Vera Farrington’s daughter. Tim Stepien/The Coa
Janie Swanko Souaid is surrounded by Atlantic High seniors during a college football signing day event at the Opal Grand Oceanfront Resort & Spa in December. Souaid started a program that provided them with blazers for the occasion. Tim Stepien/The C
Psychodrama therapist Pamela Goffman adorns her office in Delray Beach with colors and heart figures that help her bring comfort to clients. Goffman is a lover of the arts and an ardent supporter and former board member of the Arts Garage. Tim Stepie
Jeffrey Stoops, new chairman of the board of directors of the Kravis Center, is excited about the renovations completed on the main hall. Photo by Capehart
By Brian Biggane
Jeffrey Stoops, who has taken Boca Raton-based SBA Communications from the br
The name is Allen, John Allen. But when the Ocean Ridge man answers his phone, he uses the name of the famous man he impersonates — Bond, James Bond. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
John Allen was having dinner at a local restaurant one
Retired pilot and Ocean Ridge resident Neil Hennigan at home with his dog, Potter. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
Neil Hennigan, chairman of the five-person sewer/septic committee appointed by Ocean Ridge to explore options for a town-
Paul Resnick, 83, of Highland Beach, says he is at least 15 years older than anyone else in the group he joins for 30-mile bike rides at 6:30 a.m. several days a week. ‘If I don’t exercise, I feel sluggish,’ says Resnick, a retired Coast Guard captai
