Astro will be programmed for tasks including search and rescue missions and diabetes alerts. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Looks like it’s back to the future with a big woof for a team of professors, researchers and students at Florida Atlantic Uni
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Palm Beach County Commissioner Robert Weinroth, Eric Shaw, Boca Helping Hands Development Director Karen Swedenborg and Hazle. Photo provided
Boca Helping Hands raised a record $16,000 on behalf of area children’s charities during the 13th-annual ev
The Plate: Five wings
The Place: Smoke BBQ Boca Raton, 555 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 430-3348 or www.eatbbqnow.com.
The Price: $5.99
The Skinny: It was rainy, and every side street in Boca Raton seemingly was underwater.
And I was feeling a b
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
Connor Cane will spend two weeks planning a simulated mission to Mars. The plaque honors previous missions. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
On the Cane family’s homepage under 15-year-old Connor Cane’s name is a quote by Albert Einstein: “Curiosity
Jett and Luke Justin, 11, founded the Boca Raton Cereal Drive Alliance to collect cereal to give to Boca Helping Hands for distribution to underserved people. Last month the drive collected more than 2,700 boxes from seven schools to go with more tha
Related story: Boca Raton, Delray cases put state’s property rights law in spotlight
By Mary Hladky
Bowing to strong push-back by a developer who contended the Boca Raton City Council improperly rejected its proposed luxury adult living facility, c
Large turnout gives mayor mandate to serve until 2020
Scott Singer celebrates his victory for the mayor’s seat in Boca Raton with a crowd of supporters on election night. Singer received about 63 percent of the vote to about 34 percent for runner-up
Aaron Budney checks one of the hives he keeps at his mother’s home west of Lake Worth. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Catnip bores them.They don’t chirp. Wouldn’t fetch a stick to save your life. And they sometimes kill.
Why in
Tour leader Meridith Hootstein gets the group off to a healthy start with a short session of yoga and relaxation.
By Lona O'Connor
They hunted. They gathered. They tramped the streets of downtown Boca Raton in 85-degree heat. This intrepid group of
Catherine Robson, a nurse practitioner at FAU, observes as Dr. James Galvin administers a videonystagmography (VNG) test, which measures eye movements and is used as an early biomarker sign of Parkinson’s disease and neurodegeneration. Photo provided
WomenHeart coordinators Rhoda Kitzes and Nancy Edelman say women’s concerns can be different from men’s when it comes to heart disease. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O’Connor
When Nancy Edelman completed her training at the Mayo Clinic as a W
A bungalow built in the ‘20s will become Luff’s Fish House Restaurant,
which is expected to open in about a year.
Rendering provided
By Sallie James
A historic 1920s bungalow tucked in the heart of downtown Boca Raton will be transformed into a
The Spirit of Giving Network’s inaugural Back to School Bash drew supporters from Boca Raton to Palm Beach to outfit children with backpacks and school supplies. TOP: (l-r) Karen Sweetapple, Sue Diener, the nonprofit’s executive director, Sheila Auca
Volunteers donate their time at the golf course
to get reduced fees
Volunteer Francis Sanatan rakes a sand trap at Red Reef Park Executive Golf Course.
Doug Tunstall, who volunteers at Red Reef, plays a round of golf.
Francis Sanatan, a volunteer pla
Spirit of Giving, a local nonprofit, partnered with 60-plus community organizations to bring more than 9,000 needy children and their families, along with 1,000 veterans, to the sporting event. ABOVE: (l-r) Scott Singer, Ann Rutherford, Linda Gunn Pa
Terry Fedele has been a vital part of the local health-care philanthropy scene since coming to Boca Raton with her husband, Jerry, seven years ago. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Her lengthy résumé might boggle the minds of some of the most avid volun
By Rich Pollack
After discussing the possibility of seeking a new outside law firm, the Boca Raton Airport Authority agreed last month to stay with the firm that has represented the board for the last nine years.
“I’m comfortable that we have
The original proposal for the Mizner on the Green “ultra-luxury” condo project called for 30 stories (as shown above), but the newest proposal is shorter and smaller. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
The New Mizner on the Green “ultra-luxury” cond
Firefighters and paramedics of Boca Raton will be cleaning up the waterways. on Saturday, July 19. From 9 a.m. until noon, the 5th annual Waterway Cleanup hosted by the Boca Raton Firefighters and Paramedics Benevolent will start at Lake Wyman and
