Handwritten letters and phone calls have replaced door-to-door visits as Jehovah’s Witnesses primary methods of spreading their message during the pandemic. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
No twice-a-week gatherings or door-to-door witnessing? The J
More than 100 volunteers packed more than 40,000 meals during a St. Vincent Ferrer’s Knights of Columbus event in Delray Beach in March. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
The Knights of Columbus Council 13996 at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in D
White sand paths wind through shoulder-high oaks, towering pines and silver saw palmettos at the Blazing Star Preserve. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Tucked between I-95 and the Amtrak/Tri-Rail tracks sits the 24
By Arden Moore
May Day. May week and May month. This is a big month for cats who will tolerate hugs, dog moms, Chihuahuas and sea turtles and yes, don’t forget hamsters.
When it comes to pets and wildlife, special days, weeks and months seem to be
“Shades of Culture,” an artwork that encourages people to embrace the arts and culture, will be on view in Boca Raton’s downtown Sanborn Square through June 8. The oversize pair of aqua sunglasses, measuring 8-by-20 feet, encourages people to see art
Cassidy Miller, 13, relaxes alongside the sea turtle she sculpted on the beach. Cassidy, whose family lives in the Riviera development near Palmetto Park Road and State Road A1A, spent hours on her creation and was very proud as beachgoers gave her c
A ladder truck sits outside the Highland Beach Fire/Rescue station. The town voted April 20 to terminate its contract with Delray Beach and start its own fire department. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
After almost 30 years of paying De
By Mary Hladky
A 23-year-old North Lauderdale woman is charged with striking and killing a New York federal judge on North Ocean Boulevard in Boca Raton and injuring a 6-year-old boy.
Nastasia Snape was driving erratically when she drove around stopp
BOYNTON BEACH, FL --- (April 6, 2021) On Tuesday, April 6 beginning at 5 pm, Floridians 18+ may visit boynton-beach.org to make an appointment to receive a free Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. One thousand appointments will be available on a first-c
By Mary Hladky
Former Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, who was charged with public corruption in 2018, pleaded guilty to lesser charges on April 1.
The plea deal calls for her to serve no jail time, but she will be on probation for 12 months. During th
The lushly landscaped 15.65-acre Ziff estate and the sanctuary known as Bird Island are located just north of the Boynton Inlet. The mature landscaping is the result of decades of work in native plant restoration and conservation efforts. A golf prac
Steven Presson (right), a Realtor with the Corcoran Group, shows a property on Hypoluxo Island to Brian Mock in March as Douglas Elliman agent Tonja Garamella listens from the top of the stairs. The Mocks, from Newport Beach, California, plan to move
Commission likes partnership but wants to cut costs
By Rich Pollack
After listening to Delray Beach’s fire chief spell out a lengthy list of benefits Highland Beach receives under its fire-rescue contract and warning that canceling the agreement coul
James McCray, part of the homeless task force in Delray Beach, cuts the hair of Thomas Germaine near the shower truck that is parked behind St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
They are people many choose to lo
City Council member Andy Thomson jogs with his children Allie, 9, Henry, 5, and Maddie, 7, along Boca Raton Boulevard. The kids and other community members often come along to help spot and pick up trash. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Coun
Stacey Roselli runs the Reading Village for children with dyslexia. She lives in Delray Beach with her husband, Giovanni, and their daughter, Juliet, 3. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
Stacey Roselli didn’t have to look far for potentia
By Rich Pollack
Delray Beach has agreed to pay a $2,000 fine issued by the state health department after investigators found the city failed to clean water storage tanks every five years, an issue that may have led to sediment filtering into drinking
By Rich Pollack
The apartment on the third floor of the Penthouse Highlands condominium where the body of 85-year-old Elizabeth “Betty” Cabral was found with her throat cut three years ago this month remains empty.
Some furniture is inside and there
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream’s long-awaited project to rid the town of telephone wires and poles is stumbling toward the finish line.
“I’m happy to say that AT&T has completed their — what they describe in their industry as — wrecking their old infr
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach in March sent a letter and color brochure to coastal residents explaining how the city’s reclaimed water program works — more than a year after the program imploded and nearly prompted a citywide boil-water order that could
