The work of writers and designers at The Coastal Star was honored with seven awards in the Florida Press Club’s 62nd annual Excellence In Journalism competition:
• Top honors went to Cheryl Blackerby, Mary Kate Leming, Jerry Lower and the la
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Even though the temperature keeps rising, there have been no summer doldrums at The Coastal Star.
A larger space with better parking has lured us across the street and into a section of the old TD Bank on A1A just south of Woolbright.
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By Ron Hayes
After the doctors told him he would die soon, Tim O’Meilia did what tough and true old newsmen often do.
He had a party.
On a Saturday evening in early December, Tim and his wife, Debbie, opened their Palm Beach Garde
Mary Kate Leming, executive editor, and Jerry Lower, publisher
When The Coastal Star began, we calculated that print newspapers had about a five-year lifespan before all advertising became digital. Happily, we were wrong.
This edition mark
By Mary Thurwachter
The season has come to an end and many of you are headed north for the summer. Seems like just yesterday we were putting together the holiday gift guide, for goodness sakes. Where has the time gone?
We will miss you, but we won
Leaving just in time to miss the really hot and humid months, not to mention the dreaded hurricane season?
We will miss you — but we won’t forget to write.
The Coastal Star publishes all year long, charging right through summer and into fall.
Our
There’s a certain sparkle in the air — regardless of whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, the winter solstice or Kwanzaa.
And that sparkle symbolizes hope. It symbolizes faith. And it symbolizes family and friend
It’s home to me — from the sweet stench of the Glades to the bracing spray of the ocean and everything in between.
I was born here, grew up on Florida’s west coast, and returned to Palm Beach County to attend Florida Atlantic