St. Lucy Catholic Church’s Palm Beach Diocesan Council of Catholic Women collected clothing, diapers, toys and other essential items throughout the 2021 holiday season as part of the Angel Tree program and then lovingly wrapped them for their recipie
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Spirit of Giving Network presented board member Ann Rutherford with its annual Community Spirit Award for outstanding commitment and service. The nonprofit has been the annual football game’s official charity sponsor since the bowl’s inception eight
The 280-seat Meso Beach House, located on the Intracoastal Waterway at Atlantic Avenue, features a seafood-centric menu. Photos provided
By Jan Norris
Dane Asermely is realistic about the opening of the new 280-seat Meso Beach House during a pandemic
Cast members of Respect: A Musical Journey of Women toss their cowgirl hats in the air at the conclusion of a dress rehearsal last month. Rachel O’Hara is fourth from left. They all wore clear plastic masks to limit the potential of spreading COVID
The exterior makes the Big Red Bus a rolling billboard to promote blood donations. Photo provided
By Joyce Reingold
In January, a month traditionally earmarked for encouraging blood drives and donations, the messaging took an urgent turn: The U.S.
By Christine Davis
Baptist Health, which owns Boca Raton Regional Hospital and the Bethesda hospitals in Boynton Beach, reported encouraging news on the coronavirus in late January.
As of Jan. 26, Baptist Health said it had 424 patients with COVID-19
Rabbi Shmuel Biston and his wife, Sarah Biston, are co-directors of Chabad of East Delray. It holds services at its synagogue at 10 SE First Ave., on the ground floor. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
A “rabbi with a gun” sounds like the punchline of
By Janis Fontaine
After going virtual in 2021 because of the pandemic, First Presbyterian Church’s annual Step-Above Rummage Sale returns as an in-person event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 10-13 at the church at 33 Gleason St., Delray Beach.
Linda Pri
FAU student Chase Donaghy enjoyed an afternoon of surfing at Red Reef Park. Tao Woolfe/The Coastal Star
By Tao Woolfe
Boca Raton’s Red Reef Park is a busy place in the late afternoon as beachgoers scoop up kids, towels and folding chairs for the trek
Ocean Ridge Garden Club member Barbara Cook’s garden includes a collection of statues. Photo provided
This is the second in a series on five local garden clubs.
By Jan Engoren
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club, founded in 1966 and still going strong, is th
By Janis Fontaine
There’s more to being a tutor these days than just being able to teach, Evan Weisberg says.
Weisberg grew up in Boca Raton and graduated from Spanish River High School. He started tutoring as a side business, doing SAT and ACT prep
Graphic provided by the American Veterinary Dental Society
By Arden Moore
Is your cat leaving tiny pieces of kibble scattered on the kitchen floor? Has your dog stopped pestering you to play tug with his favorite toy? Is your pet acting a bit cran
ABOVE: The chef’s kitchen features granite, top-of-the-line stainless appliances, custom cabinets and a butler's pantry. It overlooks the pool and ocean beyond. BELOW: This gated property sits on an incredibly deep lot with 100 feet of ocean frontage
City Council members Yvette Drucker (l-r), Andy Thomson, Monica Mayotte, Andrea O'Rourke, Mayor Scott Singer, Brightline President Patrick Goddard and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch shovel ceremonial dirt on Jan. 25 at the site of the new train station next to
By Mary Hladky
The state fire marshal is seeking the public’s help in its investigation of how a Jan. 2 fire started in vacant townhomes on the site of a proposed luxury condominium at the intersection of East Palmetto Park Road and South Ocean Boule
By Joe Capozzi
The thieves rode in on a jet ski.
Under cover of darkness, they boarded boats tied to docks in Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes and sped off with tens of thousands of dollars in high-end electronic equipment and fishing gear.
In all, 18
By Joe Capozzi
A proposed $26 billion nationwide settlement with the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis drew a sharp rebuke from Ocean Ridge Town Commissioner Martin Wiescholek.
“It’s the settlement culture that we have come to accept
International tourism took off in November after the U.S. reopened borders to fully vaccinated travelers. Leonardo Sanchez sips a mate tea on Delray Beach’s municipal beach while soaking up the sun among a group of family and friends from Argentina.
The Champlain Towers collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside in June weighed heavily over a special magistrate’s hearing last month when South Palm Beach officials voiced concerns about erosion damage to three oceanfront condominium
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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