By Jan Norris
Locals finally get relief on the roads, in shops and at restaurants now that the snowbirds have flown.
They’re the beneficiaries of a city’s or region’s Restaurant Week (or month) — when programs all around South Florida showcase the ne
The Plate: Banana cake
The Place: Tin Muffin Café, 364 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton; 392-9446
The Price: $8; cash only.
The Skinny: For those who like to skip dessert, here’s some advice: You don’t want to skip dessert at the Tin Muffin Café.
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Members of Congregational United Church of Christ in downtown Boynton Beach gather after a service. The Rev. Dr. Bruce Turner (center) is interim pastor. The church sold the property to a city agency and plans to lease part of the space. Photos by Ti
Boca Raton Regional Hospital is paying homage to its founder by naming its existing inpatient facility the Gloria Drummond Patient Tower. The action was taken in response to a $25 million gift from philanthropist Elaine J. Wold and the Bay Branch Fou
Do you have a tale to share with Luna the sea turtle ambassador?
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton invites budding writers to submit stories about Luna the sea turtle ambassador, who returns to the beach at the center each year.
What has she
The sign at Palm Beach Yacht Center in Hypoluxo assures boaters that gasoline it sells at the fuel docks contains no ethanol.
By Willie Howard
Most South Florida marinas offer boaters non-ethanol fuel because of problems associated with ethanol use
Jeannine Tilford of Palm Beach Gardens is on a mission to stop pets from encountering bufo toads. She captures the nocturnal creatures by hand, one yard at a time. Photos provided
By Arden Moore
By day, Jeannine Tilford teaches high school biology
Ocean Ridge resident Finbarr O’Carroll and Police Chief Hal Hutchins are working on a proposal for license plate recognition cameras that could save the town tens of thousands of dollars.
O’Carroll, a telecommunications executive with the Kerry Group
Former Ocean Ridge Commissioner Ed Brookes said he got nowhere trying to persuade Boynton Beach to drop the idea of creating a dog beach at Oceanfront Park when he attended the city’s commission meeting in May. Brookes criticized town officials for n
Longtime residents fill in gaps, share stories of Delray Beach history
Wise Elder Circle members Wanda Machek, 79, and Roy Simon, 87, pore over vintage photos in an effort to identify people in the images. The Delray Beach Historical Society started
Commission wants to close
loopholes in building code
A proposed nine-bedroom, 11½-bath home helped trigger a review of Ocean Ridge’s building code. Rendering provided
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have taken the extraordinary step of hal
By Jane Smith
Free parking in downtown Delray Beach is coming to an end.
In late May, the city started installing 32 smart parking kiosks on Atlantic Avenue from Fifth Avenue west to Swinton Avenue. One block north and south of Atlantic also will hav
Slimming down for summer. Those of us who grew up in northern climates are quite familiar with the annual spring diet to prepare for swimsuit season. Of course, in Florida every season is swimsuit season. So here there’s no escaping the inevitable sq
Mary and Bob Isenbek spend Tuesdays at the Boca Raton Historical Society and Museum, cataloging its holdings and learning more about their new home. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
When most people glance at the Boca Raton Resort and Cl
Boynton Beach city employees work May 24 to repair a water main break that disrupted traffic at Ocean Avenue and A1A and forced the city to stop water service to about a dozen Ocean Ridge homes. They patched the pavement and put up a barricade until
Let’s not get caught up in the minute differences of HB631.
Let’s simply look at its intent and why Karl Rove and Mike Huckabee want to control the land in front of their million-dollar mansions. They want to own the sand and not allow other people t
By Dan Moffett
Weeks of lingering rain in May have delayed construction and pushed back the opening of the new Publix store at Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar from early June to late July.
But the good news is all that rain will help a revised landscaping
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella confers with his lawyer Marc Shiner before his trial date was set for the week of Aug. 20. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett and Steve Plunkett
It could be close to the second anniversary of
By Noreen Marcus
The court-appointed lawyer for double-murderer Duane Owen has promised to appeal a judge’s order that imperils Owen’s attempt to get off Florida’s Death Row.
Palm Beach Circuit Judge Glenn Kelley’s May 9 ruling does not move Owen any
