By Steve Plunkett
If you thought construction crews would vanish from Interstate 95 as work on the Spanish River Boulevard interchange wound down, guess again.
In a combined open house/public meeting March 14, state transportation officials reviewe
Related story: Boynton Beach, Delray Beach ask for ban on assault rifles
By Rich Pollack
The rush of calls came soon after word spread about the mass shooting in Parkland. Parents of children attending public and private schools throughout Palm
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District will pay Arthur Koski, its lawyer and executive director, $120,000 for extra work he performed negotiating and finalizing the $24 million purchase of the Ocean Breeze golf course.
Koski’s
By Jane Smith
Hudson Holdings promoted its massive Midtown Delray project one last time prior to its City Commission review.
Before the March 6 Delray Beach meeting, two young women stood before the entrance of City Hall, holding baskets full of han
Vice Mayor Alysen Africano-Nila (above)
and Commissioner Peggy Gossett-Seidman (right) are sworn in to office in Highland Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Voters in Highland Beach turned out in record numbers during
ABOVE: When not competing, training or traveling, Kevin Anderson likes to relax in his Gulf Stream home with his guitar and new dog, Lady Kady. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
ABOVE: He spends hours stretching and practicing in an effort to re
By Rich Pollack
With Highland Beach voters rejecting a proposal to allocate $2.1 million for a streetscape plan, town commissioners are going back to the drawing board to ensure a 3-mile stretch of asphalt on the west side of State Road A1A is not a
The Bel Lido Property Association, which represents a neighborhood of 112 oceanfront residences, featured two guest speakers: Highland Beach Town Manager Valerie Oakes and Police Chief Craig Hartmann. Board President Ron Brown introduced them to the
By Mary Hladky
Shared-ride businesses operating downtown soon will have six locations where they can park until passengers contact them to be picked up.
The waiting areas also will give the shared-ride vehicles greater visibility.
Three of the waiti
The face of downtown Boca Raton continues to change. The former Citibank and SunTrust buildings are being demolished to make room for the project that will include the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Boca Raton. The 1
Monica Mayotte takes the oath of office. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The new City Council’s first vote may have been a harbinger of decisions to come — members split 2 to 3 against keeping Jeremy Rodgers as deputy mayor.
At the co
By Sallie James
A Boca Raton police sergeant accused of using the N-word, making racially insensitive jokes and lying under oath has been fired.
Jeremy Codling, 40, who was hired in May 2005, was let go in early March for conduct unbecoming a police
Paul Todd and Paul Todd Jr. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Paul Todd is a Christian artist, but his love of music and skill as a keyboard player has taken him on musical journeys outside the church. He incorporates classical, pop, Broadway, the Gre
The St. Lucy Council of Catholic Women, Highland Beach, organized the March 9 show at the Polo Club in Boca Raton, which brought in 350 guests. The Wick Theatre and Costume Museum contributed decor with vintage movie costumes and sponsored centerpiec
Boca Raton Regional plans to identify a partner this summer.
By Christine Davis
Officials at Boca Raton Regional Hospital have established a list of five health care providers as potential partners from a group of 12 health systems that responded to
Gospel singer Renee Rowan Basel will perform at Barwick Road Baptist Church, but often sings at Church of All Nations in Boca Raton, where her husband is pastor. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
She’s the daughter of a pastor, the sister of a pastor
A bottlenose dolphin captures a houndfish off Palm Beach. Scientists with the Taras Oceanographic Foundation’s Palm Beach Dolphin Project, which began offering dolphin-watching tours to the public in January, shot the photo.
By Willie Howard
Seeing
ABOVE: An orange-barred sulphur butterfly drinks nectar from a firebush. BELOW: Strangler figs line the path of the Ashley Trail. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
It’s easy to find the Ashley Trail from the parking l
TOP: Caterpillar on lily by Jo Ann Ricchiuti.
ABOVE LEFT: Curious raccoon by Ricchiuti.
ABOVE RIGHT: Barnacle-covered flip flop by Connie Wagner.
LEFT: Ricchiuti at Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Photos provided
By Mary Thurwachter
Nature pho
The Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County welcomed 80 beautifully clad guests to a high tea with a harpist staged on the Great Lawn adjacent to the butterfly garden. The Feb. 3 event was preceded by a mimosa stroll through the exhib
