B’nai Torah Senior Rabbi David Steinhardt (second from right) poses with (l-r) President Scott Frank, Executive Director Leesa Parker and Executive Vice President Melanie Jacobson. Photo provided
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Andy Hagen is the new executive director of Boca Helping Hands after volunteering there for years. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Andy Hagen, the senior pastor at Advent Life Ministries in Boca Raton, donned a new hat on June 1: “I’m moving from
Structural interventional cardiologist Brijeshwar Maini, MD, FACC, has joined the Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group, a division of Tenet Healthcare Corp. He is on staff at Delray Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center, where he lead
Barbara Weissman (l-r), Jerry Weissman, Miriam Baum Benkoe and Jeffrey Benkoe all had a hand in opening the kosher pantry at Bethesda Hospital East in Boynton Beach. Photo provided
By Jan Engoren
When Boynton Beach resident Jennifer Abels, an accoun
Steven Lin, valedictorian at Atlantic High in Delray Beach, plans to major in mechanical engineering at the University of Florida. He would advise other high-achieving students to ’go for balance rather than striving for perfection’ and to ’give som
The 30th Annual Lantana Fishing Derby brought the community together for fun, food, music and, of course, fishing. The event also honored one of the Lantana Chamber of Commerce’s original board members, Lynn ’Doc’ Moorhouse, who was instrumental in t
Code enforcement issues at center of controversy
By John Pacenti
The Delray Beach City Commission is reeling as a leaked document, social media outrage, and defiant statements followed the revelation that a whistleblower complaint had been filed over
In addition to a flag on the beach celebrating Delray Beach’s blue flag status, numerous banners adorn the light poles on both sides of Atlantic Avenue between A1A and the Intracoastal Waterway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Related story: Along the
How to navigate A1A chaos? Police explain law, give tips for walkers, drivers
A couple crosses A1A without using a crosswalk to get to Atlantic Dunes Park in Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The close call came as
Unwelcome vessel anchors at condo for lengthy stay, angering residents
The barge and its floating water jets were stored across the Intracoastal Waterway from The Boca Raton and out of the channel, beside the Boca Inlet condo. Tim Stepien/The Coastal
Related story: Along the Coast: Boca Raton joins Delray Beach as recipients of Blue Flag Beach Award
By Mary Hladky
If it were up to Canadian Dory Kilburn, she would sell her home in Briny Breezes and never return to the U.S.
“I really love Briny,” s
Officer praised for saving man, curious pooch from Intracoastal Waterway
Gail and Steve McMillan sit with dog Molly and Officer Daniel Turnof near where Steve almost drowned. Molly broke her leg a few months earlier. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coasta
The cover of the Gulf Stream centennial book. Photos provided
To celebrate the town’s first 100 years, Mayor Scott Morgan collected historical photographs and wrote ‘The Town of Gulf Stream: A Place to Cherish.‘ The 104-page coffee table book chronic
Controlling traffic is a high priority as construction trucks and workers have to share the road with parents lined up to gather their students at the end of a day of classes at Gulf Stream School. Gulf Stream Police Officer Todd Stanton and Michael
By Steve Plunkett
The Briny Breezes Town Council was still trying to figure out dates, but it decided at its April 24 meeting to hold a budget workshop in May as well as the one it customarily has in the summer.
The driving reason: Town Manager Bill
With the completion of the Bonefish Cove Restoration project only months away, we look forward to visiting the mangrove islands and oyster reefs in the central Lake Worth Lagoon north of Hypoluxo Island. American avocets, black skimmers and royal ter
By Brian Biggane
South Palm Beach Vice Mayor Monte Berendes is the kind of legislator who typically sticks to his convictions: Once he takes a stance, he holds onto it. So, the fact Berendes has flip-flopped on a key issue regarding the new Town Hall
Greg Schiller, the new CEO of the Child Rescue Coalition, keeps reminders of children in his office in Boca Raton alongside screens showing data and the organization’s home page. Schiller is a former prosecutor of internet crimes against children. Ti
Lift station approved — At a special meeting on April 16, the South Palm Beach Town Council adopted an agreement to have Mock Roos & Associates design and oversee construction of a new lift station, to be built on the site of the existing one-story l
Michele Mahon at home in Ocean Ridge with her book, published this year by Austin Macauley and available in paperback for $9.95 on Amazon. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Michele Mahon of Ocean Ridge didn’t set out to write a children’s book. It kind o
