Award winners gather following the grand awards celebration presented by Impact 100 of Palm Beach County. Each of the five winning nonprofit organizations received a $100,000 grant at the April 17 event held at Lynn University's Wold Theater in Boca
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Supporters of Boca Helping Hands passed go at the 13th annual Monopoly event in Boca Raton. The party, co-chaired by LouAnn Such and Dale Workman, attracted more than 250 guests, with Connor Jimenez crowned Monopoly champion. The evening included hor
Held for the first time at the Delray Beach Elks Lodge, Real Men Bake included sweet and savory delights from close to 20 celebrity chefs, including police officers, community leaders and students from Atlantic High School. The 1960s-themed event ben
The Plate: Chicken kebab
The Place: Sofra, 821 Lake Ave., downtown Lake Worth; 557-2917.
The Price: $15
The Skinny: Mediterranean cuisine is gaining popularity across South Florida.
Chris’ Taverna has been packing customers into its two locations for
Day Pitney was a proud sponsor of the 13th annual Festival of the Arts Boca, which ran Feb. 28 through March 10. The festival kicked off with an exclusive reception at the Boca Raton Museum of Art prior to the evening’s featured event: The Symphonia
ABOVE: Suzanne Perrotto envisions her new restaurant as a gathering place with communal seating and food sharing. Photo provided by LibbyVision
By Jan Norris
Chef Suzanne Perrotto has tapped into her mother, Linda Rose, throughout the new restauran
The 28th annual luncheon raised more than $200,000 for the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County's child, adult and family literacy programs. Bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard headlined the event. Mitchard has written dozens of novels, includin
St. Lucy Catholic Church’s annual luncheon for the Council of Catholic Women met to honor Woman of the Year award winner Pat Piller and to review its fundraising efforts for Birthline, food and clothing drives for migrant workers and laborers, and mo
By Mary Hladky
Attorneys are still aiming for suspended Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie to go to trial in October on public corruption charges, but no date was set at an April 15 court hearing.
Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jeffrey Gillen will be taking ove
Harry Patten says this sailboat has been anchored at the north end of Lake Boca since 2017. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Living in a waterfront home is a privilege.
But living with a water view can lead to unwanted neighbors when
Artist Bill DeBilzan’s barge was moved to this private dock south of the Ocean Avenue Bridge in Lantana in late March.
DeBilzan said he would leave it there temporarily until he decided where to move the barge. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Will
Fran Rosenheck of Boca Raton, a Florida-licensed clinical social worker, has volunteered at the Faulk Center for Counseling (above) for the past 21 years. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
We’re not supposed to tell secrets, but Fran Rosen
Let’s talk about suicide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is one death by suicide every 12 minutes in the United States. Every 12 minutes, someone’s pain is so severe they can’t fathom any other way out of it and ev
Lantana resident Don Ploskunak was one of the first airship pilots to cover sporting events. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Stephen Moore
Don Ploskunak’s flying infatuation began 70 years ago when he would stare and wonder as crop dusters sprayed t
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners are hoping to have a mass public notification system up and running before the hurricane season begins in June.
The commission unanimously approved on April 1 a proposal by the Massachusetts-based company Civi
By Steve Plunkett
Court transcribers are busily typing what they anticipate will be 1,800 pages detailing former Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella’s recent criminal trial.
Lucibella, 65, is appealing his Feb. 21 sentence, in which he was ordered to pay $6
By Mary Hladky
The possibility of a second Tri-Rail station in Boca Raton has all but evaporated.
Steven Abrams, executive director of the South Florida Regional Transit Authority, which operates Tri-Rail, told the Federation of Boca Raton Homeowner
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By Rich Pollack and Jane Smith
It’s back to square one for Delray Beach as a familiar pattern in the quest for stability in city leadership persists.
Once
2013
Jan. 3 David Harden retires after 22 years as city manager. Douglas Smith, assistant city manager, becomes interim city manager.
Outgoing mayor Woodie McDuffie resigns after running unsuccessfully for county Supervisor of Elections. Vice Mayor T
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Delray Beach is working with a firm from California to find candidates for city manager as interim manager Neal de Jesus reorganizes city staff. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
