Volunteers work in the Briny Breezes Library in 1972. It looks much the same today. Photos from Overdue in Paradise
By Ron Hayes
The libraries are big and small, public and private. Academic, deeply religious or passionate about medicine. They’re Fin
Chamber President and CEO Troy McLellan (left) with Boca Raton Regional Hospital President and CEO Jerry Fedele, who received the excellence award, and Ethel Isaacs Williams, who will serve a second term as Chamber chairwoman. Photo provided
The Gr
Retired Maj. Gen. John Van Blois addressed the DAR monthly meeting about his years of service in the U.S. Air Force, handling the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin Wall conflict, Vietnam, the first Iraq War, Desert Storm and national security. ABOVE:
Nearly 1,000 members of the community participated in the Palm Beach County Food Bank fundraiser, enjoying a simple meal of soup donated by 38 Delray Beach restaurants and bread from Old School Bakery. Participants purchased an empty bowl to take hom
New members of the Council of Catholic Women of St. Lucy’s Church were inducted at a tea and luncheon at the church hall in Highland Beach. ABOVE: (l-r) Carol Gammage, Joan O’Leary, Pat Boden, Petra Karabelas, Marguerite Shaw, Ellen Ryan, Maura Terma
Philanthropist Jeffrey Stoops spoke at the first such event of the 2017-18 season, which took place in the Khoury Family Dance Rehearsal Hall in the Cohen Pavilion. Eileen Berman, chairwoman of the Corporate Partners executive committee, welcomed mem
The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation raised more than $145,000 for those living with digestive diseases during the annual outdoor affair — one of more than 100 that take place across the country to support the estimated 1.6 million Americans, nearly 100,
The Italian Cultural Society’s regional dinner was arranged by chairs Rose De Angelis and Regina Peters. They and café owners Francesco Blanco and Fabrizio Giorgi planned a typical meal with wines you would enjoy in Bologna. Entertainment was provide
More than 60 art lovers came out to celebrate the opening of ‘My Drawers,’ an exhibition by fine-art photographer Barry Seidman. The photographic exposé takes viewers on a personal journey through Seidman’s life, with large-scale images of his person
By Thom Smith
An estimated 5,000 revelers welcomed the new year at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, but hotel management was focused primarily on just one.
Only a couple of hours after Vitaly Zdorovetskiy checked in with a woman believed to be his gir
ABOVE: Despite the cool weather, the event was a family affair with the Schneider family — Mark and Jessica with children Joey and Nathan (in stroller) — in attendance.
BELOW: Erica Falls — touring with New Orleans funk and jazz jam band Galacti
The Plate: Breakfast Burrito
The Place: East Ocean Café, 412 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach; 200-6006 or www.eastoceancafe.com.
The Price: $8
The Skinny: When I was a young man living in Delray Beach, my dad and mother would drive over to visit from Fo
The Chinese Association of Science, Education and Culture of South Florida will sponsor dancers at the Boca celebration Feb. 18. Photo provided by wangweijiang
(This is the second in an occasional series on how various cultures celebrate the new ye
Palm Beach: The Essential Guide to America’s Legendary Resort Town, by Rick Rose; Globe Pequot,
170 pp.; $19.95
By Steve Pike
Rick Rose is passionate about Palm Beach culture and society. Those things sort of go with the territory (pardon the pu
By Steve Plunkett
The public records war between the town and Martin O’Boyle rages on; a proposed settlement signed by Gulf Stream’s litigious resident was withdrawn before town commissioners could consider it.
The proposal would have dismissed nine
Village atmosphere giving way to high-rise future
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By Jane Smith
Folks in Boynton Beach once envisione
Barbara Rodriguez works at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa (above) and lives in Highland Beach. With AVDA, she helps to throw parties for children at shelters. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Barbara Rodriguez wanted her daughter, Gabby, to
By Steve Plunkett
Town resident Martin O’Boyle appears to have won his first public records lawsuit against Gulf Stream, but whether it will cost the town $650,000 or only $10,000 is yet another dispute.
O’Boyle said Gulf Stream would pay $100,000 ex
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will soon be able to boast that it has two historic districts on the National Register.
The Old School Square Historic District, with 119 contributing structures, received unanimous approval Nov. 30 from the Florida Nationa
By Dan Moffett
After months of often contentious debate, Briny Breezes is entering the new year with major changes to the town’s leadership and government structure.
For the first time in its 55-year history, Briny will have a town manager. Council m
