Gail Marino, Christine Raymond and Anne Dichele.
Photo provided
More than $2,500 was raised to support expenses for the Gold Coast Down Syndrome’s Organization Resource Center, which houses programs for children with the condition. The event was spo
Parents and children enjoy art on display at the Delray Beach Public Library. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lucy Lazarony
It’s “out with the old and in with the new” at the Delray Beach Public Library, where a space on the first floor — once home
Debbie Englert and Audrey Taranda of Boynton Beach serve meals to people in need at the Soup Kitchen of Boynton Beach, which on a typical day feeds about 400. The group also uses volunteers to distribute food for the holiday. Tim Stepien/The Coastal
Native plants and beautiful gazebos make for a perfect garden space at Pan’s Garden. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
On Nov. 23, Pan’s Garden in Palm Beach is celebrating its 25th anniversary amid a change in its di
From preschool, Evan Hearn, teacher Elizabeth McWey and Ava Goodis. Photo provided
Juliette Ferber tips the watering can. Photo provided
Unity students serve as earth stewards all year and include gardening as part of their curriculum. From presch
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
The nature center building at Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands (12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach) will be closed beginning this month for new roof construction.
But during the four to six months the work will requi
Nick Saunders holds a blackfin tune he caught north of Boynton Inlet while fishing with Capt. Chris Lemieux of Boynton Beach. Photo provided by Lemieux Charters.
By Willie Howard
Pound for pound, blackfin tuna are amazingly strong.
When ocean ang
County Commissioner Robert Weinroth volunteered alongside Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer at the dinner in 2018. It’s hosted by Congregation B’nai Israel and Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church and will take place Nov. 26 this year at Ebenezer. Photo pr
Acclaimed author and speaker Mitch Albom will be featured in Boca Raton on Nov. 14. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Congregation B’nai Israel will host a special literary event, “An Evening With Mitch Albom,” from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 14 at the synago
Boca Raton sixth-grader Emmi Merhi trains in Pompano Beach. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
In a rhinestone-studded skater’s dress, hair smoothed into a tight ballerina bun, Emmi Merhi uses long arms and legs to carry her with a luminous grace acro
By Janis Fontaine
By now you’re well into this year’s Read Together Palm Beach County book, The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood, right? If not, don’t worry! There’s still time.
The 11th annual Read Together campaign kicked off Sept. 12 when th
Mom helps organize inaugural fundraiser
Reilly Gardner, 4, reacts to sea turtles on display at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Photo by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Joyce Reingold
Reilly Gardner, an inquisitive 4-year-old with a headful of spring
By Christine Davis
Nelson Lazo, a chief executive at Baptist Health South Florida for 12 years, will soon be the new CEO of Bethesda Hospital East and Bethesda Hospital West in Palm Beach County. He will succeed Roger Kirk, who will retire in Decem
Astro will be programmed for tasks including search and rescue missions and diabetes alerts. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Looks like it’s back to the future with a big woof for a team of professors, researchers and students at Florida Atlantic Uni
The Lady Eagles freshman, junior varsity and varsity teams and rival Spanish River High dedicated their matches to Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Lynn Cancer Institute. Special guest was Jan Dymtrow, outreach coordinator for the hospital’s League of
By Jan Norris
A shocker for diners in South County: Wendy Yarbrough confirms she’s sold the family restaurant: John G’s.
The deal took place over the weekend, and the new owners of the Manalapan eatery are already on site, ea
By Steve Plunkett
The undeveloped Ocean Strand parcel, 15 acres straddling State Road A1A from the Atlantic to the Intracoastal Waterway, cannot be sold, its owner has been told.
“The expressed intent under our special act is to acquire, operate and
By Jane Smith
City commissioners selected Homestead City Manager George Gretsas to the same job in Delray Beach on Oct. 1 with the hope that he will bring much-needed stability to City Hall.Gretsas, who will be Delray’s fourth new city manager in six
The cultural season has returned with concerts, theatrical productions,
art exhibitions and other events that enrich each day. Be sure to see what’s on tap
in the ArtsPaper season preview:
Plastic is everywhere.
I walk the beach most mornings and pick it up all along the way. I pull bottle caps and fast-food cups out of my front hedge with some regularity. The amount of discarded plastic I see is overwhelming.
This summer on a family v
