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The living room is welcoming, from the fireplace to the arched French doors that open to maximize the pleasant breezes from the Intracoastal. Photos provided

This fabulous Spanish Colonial-style, six-bedroom, custom-designed estate has 12,914 +/-

By Larry Barszewski

The George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach is able to raise and lower its spans again after being stuck in the open position for the past eight weeks.

The drawbridge has been deemed safe and re-opened Friday afternoon, April 29, Pa

With the broken bridge to the east, Albert Chung, a surveyor with Ranger Construction, uses GPS tools to determine the new road edge and drainage slope as part of the reconstruction of George Bush Boulevard. It’s scheduled to finish in summer 2023. J

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, visiting the George Bush Boulevard bridge in Delray Beach on March 19, told residents and reporters that about $19 billion has been set aside for infrastructure work in Florida as part of a bill Congress passed in late 202

Connie Siskowski, president and founder of the American Association of Caregiving Youth in Boca Raton, displays art from some of her clients in AACY headquarters. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Tao Woolfe

It’s difficult to get Connie Siskowski to ta

Educational events at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center are back after COVID-19 precautions kept the center closed to the public for two years. Archelon, a 25-year-old loggerhead turtle, was released in front of a crowd of more than 100 on March 1 at Spanish

Ellie Hart loves the access to the ocean from her South Palm Beach condo, but her real passion is teaching the Mental Health First Aid course as a volunteer at the Alpert Jewish Family Services Center in West Palm Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Nutrition expert Joy Bauer says when you take care of yourself and eat the right food, you ultimately feel better psychologically, physiologically and emotionally. Photo provided

By Joyce Reingold

Joy Bauer says her fans and followers ask her everyth

Volunteers and staff remove records, furniture and personal items from Old School Square on Feb. 11. Many larger items were sold on site. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

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By Jane Smith

Susan Mullin and Kathie Walker, co-chairwomen of the event to benefit the Delray Beach summer camp, flank honorary chairs Kirsten and Tom Stanley. Photo provided by Jenny Mullin

By Amy Woods

Susan Mullin’s involvement with the Boys & Girls Clubs of P

Steven Bernstein and his daughter Abby Rose Bernstein Henderson. Photo provided

By Amy Woods

Boca Raton resident Steven Bernstein has made a $1 million gift to “Keeping the Promise — The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital.”
Bernstein’s contribu

The 12th annual fundraiser for the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County generated $65,000 for programs that will help children and adults succeed in school and life. More than 400 bicyclists, runners and walkers joined 200-plus donors and sponsors

By Joyce Reingold

Sharon L’Herrou’s voice breaks when she tells the story:
“I’m just sitting at my desk and I get a call from a mom. I don’t even know how she got my number. But she called me and said, ‘I just wanted you to know that my son is alive

Environmental analysts Antonio Rodriguez and Victoria Strange look at an insect in the midst of a saw palmetto, one of the dominant scrub area plants.  Photos by Joe Capozzi/The Coastal Star

By Joe Capozzi

For nature lovers, Palm Beach County’s best-

Cats have delicate systems and can become ill if their diets change abruptly. This is an issue because of pandemic-related shortages, rising prices and shipping delays. Photo provided

By Arden Moore

Since the pandemic began two-plus years ago, grocer

By Mary Hladky

Steve Abrams intends to resign as executive director of Tri-Rail following controversy over construction defects that delayed the commuter railroad’s extension of operations into downtown Miami.
Tri-Rail has long planned to run trains i

Mist rose from the sea as temperatures dipped into the 40s across south Palm Beach County on Jan. 23. The next weekend, an even colder front moved through the area, dropping the mercury to 39 degrees in Boca Raton and 37 in West Palm Beach. Accuwea

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By Charles Elmore

After a rocky 2020, fewer people died of overdoses in southern Palm Beach County cities during the first three quarters of 2021. Sometimes a

Lettuce will supplement scarce seagrass in experiment after year in which state death toll exceeded 1,000 ­— double the recent average

Orlando Sentinel Editorial

There’s no way to pretend Florida’s manatees aren’t endangered. They are. In every sens

By Jane Smith

One block of George Bush Boulevard, between Northeast Sixth and Northeast Seventh avenues, will close completely starting Jan. 3 through Jan. 17, the Delray Beach Public Works director said at the Dec. 14 City Commission meeting.
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