Rochelle Wolberg, curator-director at Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County, named six supporters as this year’s top volunteers and recognized them at the annual members’ meeting.
The 2017 Volunteers of the Year are Noelle Ducret, Sheryl Gilman
All Posts (12538)
Sort by
The South County community saddled up for children who support adults in need during a benefit dinner for the American Association of Caregiving Youth. The Western-themed event included line dancing and mechanical-bull riding and honored local youths
The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum raised $30,000 at its sixth annual affair, which included a trolley tour of venues in downtown Boca Raton and a sampling of dinner-by-the-bite and specialty drinks at each. The evening began and ended at the
A sea of white flooded the outdoor venue during a pop-up dinner party to benefit public arts education. After learning of the secret site by email notification one hour earlier, the 500-plus guests, all dressed in white, lined up for the 5 p.m. start
The Bethesda Hospital Foundation honored five local women and one extraordinary young woman for the 18th annual Women of Grace Luncheon, attended by more than 600. The women were chosen because of their commitment to their nominating organizations an
Boca Ballet Theatre’s annual luncheon and performance successfully kicked off the 2017-18 season by raising awareness and support for the dance troupe. Guests gathered in the resort’s Great Hall for an afternoon of dance, food and raffles. The highli
The school had its annual Halloween event at which guests enjoyed trick-or-treating in costume, showed off decoratively themed trunks and shared in the camaraderie of the campus community. Prizes were awarded for Best Overall Trunk. Faculty and staff
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller’s office raised more than $1,100 through doughnut and T-shirt sales and gathered nearly 400 stuffed bears and hundreds of personal-care items for Aid to Victims
ABOVE: Fewer than 700 people called Boca Raton home when the airfield dominated the area that is now home to FAU.
BELOW: A promotion for the WLRN documentary. Photo provided by Boca Raton Historical Society
By Thom Smith
The Calusa and Tequesta we
The Place: Café Frankie’s, 640 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach; 732-3834 or www.cafefrankies.com
The Price: $9 at lunch
The Skinny: I initially didn’t want to use this photo with my review — it looked gloppy, I told my editor.
Then I looked again and reali
There is water in the streets. It’s there when it rains hard, when tropical weather blows through, when the highest tides of the year align with phases of the moon and when Lake Okeechobee water is diverted into canals and drained into the ocean.
Anne and Peter Vegso own Health Communications Inc., a book publisher in Deerfield Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
If Anne and Peter Vegso’s last name sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because it can be found on a sprinkling of b
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes moved closer to finding a way to resolve nagging disputes over code violations when the Town Council voted Oct. 26 to use either a special magistrate or a citizens enforcement board to hear residents’ cases.
The dec
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach’s City Commission picked the candidate with Florida experience as the next city manager.
Mark Lauzier will start Nov. 6 with an annual salary of $235,000 under a contract approved Oct. 17 by the City Commission.
“I
By Henry Fitzgerald
Municipal elections will take place March 13. Here are the cities and towns in The Coastal Star’s coverage area with seats up for grabs and their respective qualifying periods.
Boca Raton
The city’s qualifying period, when
The Gulfstream Hotel in Lake Worth has been closed for more than 10 years. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Two partners are vying for control of the historic Gulfstream Hotel in Lake Worth as an April expiration nears on the city’s approvals of
By Jane Smith
The Riverwalk Plaza owner now wants to reverse the order of how the 9.8-acre complex will be developed at Woolbright Road and Federal Highway.
In late August, Isram Realty representatives met with Boynton Beach planning staff to o
By Dan Moffett
Nobody will confuse Manalapan with Hollywood when it comes to movie and video production.
The town’s last brush with show biz came in 2014 when the reluctantly remembered rapper Vanilla Ice, aka Robert Van Winkle, announced pl
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream is holding weekly meetings with Florida Power & Light and the phone and cable companies to regain momentum on its project to bury the utility lines.
Contractor Wilco Electric, which has been placing conduit undergr
The Ocean Ridge Police Department hosted a ‘Beach Sweep’ to help clean the town’s beaches of debris left behind following Hurricane Irma. Volunteers enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs and refreshments following the cleanup. ABOVE: (l-r) Officer Bob Massimi
