Stephen Schilling of Briny Breezes is a concert pianist who earned a degree in chemistry at age 30. ‘I realized, OK, I know a lot about music, but nothing about math or science,’ he says. Schilling says he’s ‘very proud of creating my own music.’ Tim
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Michelle Donahue of Hypoluxo Island says you don’t have to know it all to make a difference if you tap into the people around you. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Michelle Donahue is proof that a combination of intelligence, energy and enthusiasm can
Sandra Featherman of Highland Beach has spent much of her life as an educator, including 11 years as president of the University of New England in southern Maine. She recently wrote a book about solving problems in higher education in this country.
Ocean Ridge resident Digby Bridges will become the newest member of the United States Croquet Hall of Fame this month. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Digby Bridges has been playing croquet since he was 16 and still enjoys the game.
“It is a thinkin
Gulf Stream resident Charles Carlino styled Sole Surfer on a friend and fellow Marine with post-traumatic stress disorder. The play will be staged on Veterans Day. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Charles Carlino met Joseph Giann
Linda and Greg Harrison of South Palm Beach hold a few of the permanent residents of The Bird & Exotic Hospital in Greenacres. Pictured are Peeps, a yellow budgie; Jake, a Mexican redhead parrot, and Baby, a Congo African grey parrot. Tim Stepien/The
Dorothy Kellington has helped the library grow from a small part of Town Hall into ‘the crown jewel of Highland Beach.’ She has volunteered since 1998 and for the past six years has been co-president of the Friends group. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Lyn Tate with her dachshunds Sir Charles, 12, and Duke, 4, outside her Hypoluxo Island home.
Tate is a community activist for the island and the town of Lantana.
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Getting Lyn Tate to sit still for even a short time is
James Blumenfeld, co-owner of Meridian Art Experience in Delray Beach’s Pineapple Grove,
displays works mainly from local artists and offers services for collectors.
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James Blumenfeld and business partner Susan Romain
Christina Cleveland, a certified financial planner in Boca Raton, also is busy with several charities
and her church. She lives in coastal Delray Beach. The boy in the photo on her desk is her son, Max.
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When Christina
Ted Johnson stands amid the vehicles on display at his Milestone Motorcars dealership in Boynton Beach.
The Ocean Ridge resident says he spends 12 hours a day at the business, but it’s truly a labor of love.
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Dorinda Burroughs and her therapy dog, Ginny, work with children
in the after-school program at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach.
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Dorinda Burroughs dedicated much of her career to improving children’s live
Acklen Dunning of Delray Beach displays jewelry from her new line of collar necklaces.
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Eight years ago, when Acklen Dunning fell in love with a beautiful gemstone necklace that she saw in a fashion magazine, she had a
Maria Nhambu holds her book, 'Africa’s Child,' at her coastal Delray Beach condo.
The book is the first of a planned three-part memoir.
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Her name is Maria Nhambu but she prefers to be called Nhambu.
It is a name t
Carpenter-turned-sculptor Norman Provost with some of his work.
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Norman Provost has a passion for working with wood.
Provost, 75, started wood carving 10 years ago, and for the past eight years has been taking carv
Billy Himmelrich cuts waste in his Delray Beach-based bakery by donating to the Palm Beach County Food Bank.
Himmelrich and his wife, Shelly, are co-chairs of Empty Bowls Delray Beach, a fundraiser for the food bank.
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Maria Abbenante and her son Angelo pause inside Lynora’s Restaurant on Clematis Street
in West Palm Beach. Maria and her husband, Rafaelle, who live in Point Manalapan, came out
of retirement in 2014 to open the eatery with Angelo. Maria shuns canned
Michele Wilde is a volunteer for Dress for Success, a group that provides professional clothing and job readiness programs for women re-entering the workforce. Wilde helps women hone their interviewing skills. Lila Photos
Michele Wilde is a consumma
Former world-class tennis player Wendy Overton now lives in Gulf Stream
and sells real estate out of Delray Beach.
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The popularity of tennis in the ’70s and ’80s was such that many of its stars were recognized by the
Dick Schmidt drew heavily on his experiences in the Caribbean and as a sailor and pilot
when writing his book, The Boy and the Dolphin.
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Accountant. Developer. Pilot. Sailor. Philanthropist.
Dick Schmidt of Boca Ra
