By Steve Plunkett
Former Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella wants the 4th District Court of Appeal to vacate his February conviction of misdemeanor battery and tell the judge who sentenced him to enter instead a judgment of acquittal or give him a new tria
By Jane Smith and Mary Hladky
IPic movie theaters in Delray Beach and Boca Raton remain open two months after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
But iPic Entertainment founder and chief executive Hamid Hashemi has abandoned effort
By Jane Smith
A cut-through from the Trader Joe’s plaza to the Delray Place South retail center on Federal Highway in Delray Beach was approved in early September with one condition.
Under a “look-back” condition, the developer must re-evaluate the
By Ron Hayes
LANTANA — The Friends of the Lantana Public Library has about 150 dedicated members, but all would agree that when Sid Patchett died on Sept. 18, that library lost its best friend.
And he didn’t even live in Lantana.
Five days a week, fr
BOCA RATON — Ted Withall was born on Nov. 20, 1918, in El Paso, Texas, to Sam and Katy Withall. He died Aug. 8 at the Boca Raton Hospice, at age 100. He was born just nine days after the end of World War I, when his father was discharged from the Arm
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council approved a change to the comprehensive land-use plan that could pave the way to replace the Kmart-anchored shopping center with apartments.
A petition asking for the 18.6-acre site at the northwest corner
Hannah Wickins, CEO and founder, gets kisses from her dog Chase, 4 1/2, who is listed as the playground administrator on Dog Activity World’s website. Photos by Rachel O’Hara/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Hannah Wickins operates her dog retreat
By Steve Plunkett
After first proposing a nearly 36% tax increase, then trimming it to a 19.43% hike, commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District succumbed to pressure from the City Council and kept their tax rate the same.
“But be
By Christine Davis
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine received a five-year research project grant totaling $1,738,565 from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health for a project that us
In a moment from the documentary When All That’s Left Is Love, Marilyn Gordon cares for her husband, Sheldon ‘Shelly’ Gordon. He died in 2013, and their son Eric’s film shows how Marilyn coped as an Alzheimer’s caregiver. Photo provided
By Joyce Re
Columnist Arden Moore is surrounded by Bahamian potcakes, mutts named for the leftover rice in the bottom of cooking pots that islanders occasional feed them. Early this year Moore visited a shelter in the Bahamas that Hurricane Dorian destroyed last
Linda Prior, Marie Buss and BJ Mays (l-r) wear crocheted baby blankets they created for Holly House at First Presbyterian Church in Delray Beach. Buss is 93 and Mays is 91. On this occasion they gathered at Buss’ house. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
A yellow sulphur butterfly takes flight after laying eggs on the leaves of a candle bush plant near the Okeeheelee Nature Center’s main building. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Okeeheelee Nature Center, situated wi
Hurricane relief supplies jam the boat showroom floor at Tuppen’s Marine & Tackle in Lake Worth Beach. Tuppen’s co-owner Steve Sprague, along with others from Palm Beach County, used their boats to transport donated goods to West End, Grand Bahama Is
Peggy Brown, Barbara Sheridan, Anne Mongon, Michele DeGennaro and Highland Beach Police Chief Craig Hartmann. Photo provided
Speaking during an event held by the St. Lucy Council of Catholic Women, members of the Delray Beach Police Department’s det
We Are Messengers will play Oct. 27 in Boca. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
We Are Messengers, a Christian rock band originally from Ireland, brings its Power Tour to Spanish River Church, 2400 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, at 7 p.m. Oct. 27. The band
The path at the Lantana Nature Preserve will feature all sorts of haunted characters for the town’s fifth annual Halloween party on Oct. 25. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
Lantana has a commitment to bringing family-friendly events a
The Tuscan-style estate boasts a grand scale (more than 1.5 acres), complete privacy and 383 feet of waterfront.
This palatial estate with 72,934 square feet of lot, known as Serena Magi, commands a breathtaking vantage point on a tranquil lagoon l
By Amy Woods
Delray Beach’s Old School Square will be the site of Picnic in the Park, an Oct. 20 fundraiser where businesses, clubs, families, friends and organizations can each throw a picnic on a 12-by-12-foot square.
Making its debut, Picnic in
