By Mary Thurwachter
The hunt for the best material to repave the walking trail at the Lantana Nature Preserve isn’t over yet.
Since September 2017 when Hurricane Irma left the 6.5-acre park in shambles, the town has been wrestling with how best to re
By Steve Plunkett
A panel of three judges at the 4th District Court of Appeal peppered the lawyers on both sides of Richard Lucibella’s simple battery case with questions during oral arguments.
Neither Leonard Feuer, representing the Ocean Ridge resi
By Jane Smith
The Town Square project is about $2.5 million under budget, Boynton Beach city commissioners learned at their Feb. 18 meeting.
Colin Groff, assistant city manager in charge of the public-private partnership, said the city’s private par
By Jane Smith
Residents on Palm Trail were successful in getting Delray Beach City Commission support to help them reduce boat speeds on a nearly 1-mile section of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The commission unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 11 that
The entrance to the public parking lot that services the walkway has been locked after the city and Catholic Diocese could not agree on lease details for the parcel behind St. Mark’s Catholic Church. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
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By Sallie James
BOCA RATON — Boca Raton philanthropist and shoe industry legend Robert “Bobby” Campbell, who pioneered the design for kids’ shoes embedded with little lights, died on Feb. 17 after a lengthy illness. The founder, chairman and CEO of B
BOCA RATON — With his wife, children and other family by his side, Gary Gabso of Boca Raton died on Feb. 1. He was 70.
Mr. Gabso was born on July 7, 1949, in Burlington, Vermont. After graduating from the University of Vermont, he lived in New York,
By Sallie James
DELRAY BEACH — Longtime Delray Beach resident Elizabeth Cowles Armour, a devoted philanthropist whose selfless goodwill touched the lives of thousands, died on Feb. 7 at home, three days shy of her 97th birthday.
She’d spent decades c
By Brian Biggane
DELRAY BEACH — Jeanne Evert Dubin of coastal Delray Beach, who enjoyed a stellar tennis career early in life and later became a driving force in the growth of the sport in Delray, died of ovarian cancer Feb. 20. She was 62.
The young
BRINY BREEZES — Julia “Judy” Okum Snyder of Briny Breezes died Feb. 4, at the Montage in Yardville, New Jersey. She was 92.
She was born on March 1, 1927, in Yardley, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Catherine and Morris Okum. As Julia Okum, she graduat
By Rich Pollack
DELRAY BEACH — Ernie Simon, the grandson of Delray Beach pioneers, loved the city he grew up in so much that he crafted two plays about it and wrote annual Christmas productions that brought the community together.
Most of all, howev
OCEAN RIDGE — Ann Cody, who made family integral throughout her long life, died Feb. 24. She was 91.
Ann Handy was born on Dec. 31, 1928, in Montpelier, Vermont. The daughter of Toffee and Theresa Handy, Ann grew up in Montpelier and attended Saint M
The Johnnie Brown’s building at the corner location near the FEC railroad tracks along Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach was sold to a division of Menin Development. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
A company associated with Menin Development has purc
Palm Health Foundation’s ‘Let’s Move! ‘ program this month encourages people of all fitness levels to exercise. Photo provide
Seventeen local people took part in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2019 Light the Night Executive Challenge, an eight-
Mya Breman uses craniosacral therapy to relieve tension and pain. Breman (right) calls it ‘body psychology.’ Photos provided
By Joyce Reingold
In her serene, sun-splashed patch of paradise in the Ocean Ridge Yacht Club, Gayle “Mya” Breman found bo
Lois Pope and Jan McArt (l-r) will join Jay Stuart and Carolyn Marcell for the musical Gigi March 14-15 at Lynn University, where McArt directs the theater arts program. She cast her longtime friend Pope as Aunt Alicia, Stuart as Honoré and Marcell a
Co-chairs Allan Hendricks and Paula Melley. Photo provided
Live music, food and beverages, a silent auction and a ‘Too Cool for School’ theme are on tap to benefit programs at the Boynton Beach museum. Time is 6 p.m. Cost is $110. Call 561-742-6780 o
Co-chairs Debra Ghostine and Bernadette O’Grady (seated) with committee members (l-r): Kristin Calder, Sabine Dantus, Seran Glanfield, Grace Halabi, Kenneth Spillias, Bettina Young, Carol Rose and Laura Silver. Photo provided
Featured speaker Jean K
By Amy Woods
Boca Raton Regional Hospital has received another transformative donation toward its $250 million “Keeping the Promise” campaign to expand and improve the hospital.
Philanthropists Bernie and Billi Marcus have made an additional gift of
Rock and Lyn Tate of Hypoluxo Island and Gordon and Melanie Andrews of West Palm Beach announce the marriage of their children, Linda Elizabeth Tate and Brendon Richard Andrews.
Linda and Brendon were married before family and friends with Pastor J
