Senior Minister Jeanmarie Eck goes from a mega-church in Houston to a more intimate role in Delray Beach. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Unity of Delray Beach has filled its senior minister position, a job vacant since Greg Barrette left in 2019.
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By Jan Engoren
While the bird flu is making headlines, South Florida experts say the average person doesn’t have to worry about catching it.
H5N1, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, mostly affects birds, but when a human is infected, the virus has
Dr. Bill Benda enjoys a day on the water with his best bud, Buddy. Benda had Buddy euthanized at home using the Lap of Love program when the pooch was suffering from mass cell cancer. Photos provided
By Arden Moore
For a dozen years, a yellow Labrad
This modern estate of 8,691 total square feet in Boca Raton was built in 2021 and is in a well-established, sought-after location in the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club.
From the entryway to 2391 Areca Palm Road, located in the exclusive Royal Palm
One eastbound lane is closed on East Palmetto Park Road east of the Intracoastal Waterway in
Boca Raton so that an emergency road repair can be completed.
The Boca Raton Police Department announced the closure on March 10, saying the repair will
take
By Mary Thurwachter
Newcomer Jesse Rivero, a 50-year-old firefighter, defeated veteran Town Council member Lynn “Doc” Moorhouse for Lantana’s Group 1 Council seat.
Moorhouse, 81, a retired dentist, has been on the council for 21 years and was endorse
Unofficial results
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
Unofficial result
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
Unofficial results
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
By Rich Pollack
In an election with a light turnout, Highland Beach voters agreed to let town leaders spend up to $3.5 million on a public safety boat dock and renovation to the town’s old fire station.
Just 390 voters — a little more than 10% of tho
Unofficial results
SOURCE: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
Lauren and Claire McCormack, Jeanie Bulloch and Kai McCormack (l-r) wave to catch the attention of oncoming State Road A1A drivers. They are in the same Delray Beach crosswalk where a fatal accident occurred Feb. 5. Police say crosswalk signs were no
Town eyesore on the market for $5 million, but buyer beware
This duplex once owned by Elizabeth DeLorean, an ex-wife of automobile magnate John DeLorean, sits in disrepair just south of Tropical Drive. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane M
Split commission votes to keep fluoridating water after dentists rebut surgeon general
After the Delray Beach City Commission voted to continue fluoridating the city’s drinking water, dental hygienist Linda Reichman resumed the discussion with Florid
Former Boca Raton Mayor Richard “Dick” Orville Huopana died Feb. 3 at Croasdaile Village in Durham, North Carolina. He was 96.
Mr. Huopana was born to Orville Huopana and Lillian (Kinner Huopana) Peters in Endicott, New York. He graduated from Spence
I am writing to address a common misconception that has repeatedly stalled progress on much-needed pedestrian safety measures in our community: the notion that crosswalks require sidewalks on both sides of the road. This claim is not only incorrect b
Did you ever think you really knew something, something vitally important? Only to find out the things you thought you knew were not only out of date, but also bordered on dead wrong?
I took a basic lifesaving class when I was in college and thought
Laurie Arsenault, one of 10 children, was always told by her father: “The world is not a trash can. Pick up after yourself.”
Now she is known as the Angel of Beachway for picking up 540 pounds of trash in the last two years from Ocean Ridge beaches.
By John Pacenti
Manalpan’s great sand transfer plant war of 2025 ended not with a bang but a whimper.
“I feel tapped out of what I can potentially do to shut [the plant] down or do anything on that matter,” Town Manager Eric Marmer said at the Beach
Tim Sharp works in Boca Raton teaching students in the Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy, one of his several volunteer missions. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Hannah Spence
Many people aspire to spend their golden years at the beac
