Tom McClure, past president of the Boynton Intracoastal Group, presented Boynton Beach Assistant Police Chief Joseph DeGiulio a check for $1,000 to support the department’s ‘Shop With a Cop’ program and an additional $1,000 to Fire Chief Glenn Joseph
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The 64 members of the incoming Class of ’17 in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU each received a doctor’s white coat in a ceremonial rite of passage. The event formally marked their entry into the profession. ‘The power of the symboli
ABOVE: During IBM’s heyday in Boca Raton, more than 10,000 employees designed and manufactured the world’s first personal computers. BELOW: Most residents who were not employed with the company never got close enough to appreciate the architecture o
The Plate: Chicken box with fries
The Place: Troy’s Barbeque, 1920 S. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach; 740-1125 or www.bbqtroys.com.
The Price: $8.59
The Skinny: I always loved the food from Troy’s Barbeque, going back to the days Troy Davis had a takeou
By Noreen Marcus
A developer sued The Coastal Star alleging libel and then abruptly dropped the lawsuit a month later.
The suit filed Aug. 30 in Palm Beach Circuit Court by Hudson Holdings and its principal Steven Michael claimed the newspaper
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach staff did an “amazing job with everything associated with Hurricane Irma,” Mayor Steven Grant said.
Because residents had 3 or 4 days warning prior to Irma, some placed sofas and other large items on the street for bulk pi
In Gulf Stream, Mayor Scott Morgan gave a heartfelt thank-you to police officers "for selflessly staying in this town, staying here in the Police Department, camped out in this commission meeting room and in offices throughout Town Hall, at a time wh
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach fared okay during Hurricane Irma, said Mayor Cary Glickstein the day after Irma’s tropical storm-force winds damaged trees and downed powe
By Rich Pollack
As she raced up the Florida peninsula, Hurricane Irma left a little bit of rubber in her tracks.
Residents living along the coast in Highland Beach peered out their windows several days after the storm to find dozens, maybe even hund
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Hal Hutchins estimates that somewhere between 10 to 20 percent of the town’s permanent residents ignored calls to evacuate the island during Hurricane Irma and rode out the storm in their homes.
That was mo
Chances are that you’ve been busy cleaning up your yard since Hurricane Irma left town. And you have a large pile of palm fronds, tree branches, coconuts and other brown matter at your curb.
But if you want the trees that are left to flourish in the
By Sallie James
Boca Raton is on the road to recovery with many city services returning Sept. 13 as City Hall opened again for business. The city’s mandatory curfew has also been lifted.
Although much of the city remains without power, cleanup in
Tall coconut palms at the Gulf Stream Golf Club were shredded during winds from Hurricane Irma. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Carpets are spread on the lawn to dry at Gulfstream Shores condominium in Gulf Stream. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A bicycli
Collapsed foliage in a Highland Beach yard. Photo provided
Collapsed foliage in a Highland Beach yard. Photo provided
A palm tree fell into the Intracoastal Waterway in Highland Beach. Photo by Peggy Gossett-Seidman
Palms swayed in the wind Saturday
A hand-made sign marks the location of a down power line in the County Pocket on Sept. 13. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A power pole leans across South Island Drive in Ocean Ridge on Sept. 13. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Ocean Ridge officer Jimmy Pi
In Highland Beach, Mayor Carl Feldman estimated that 70 percent of residents had power by noon on Thursday, Sept. 14 with outages still reported in the south end of town. Power was also reportedly out at the town's only commercial property, the Delra
The Carlisle retirement community on Ocean Avenue in Lantana had power Wednesday, Sept. 13 following Hurricane Irma and had staffers working to dry out apartments on the east side of the building that had water damage from the hurricane. A few trees
Tall coconut palms at the Gulf Stream Golf Club were shredded during winds from Hurricane Irma. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Carpets are spread on the lawn to dry at Gulfstream Shores condominium in Gulf Stream. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
After the hurricane, Lantana Mayor Dave Stewart drove through the town, street by street, and gave this assessment: "I saw no damage to buildings, a lot of landscaping in disarray, and at the beach we lost part of the road."
Stewa
Omar Gonzalez clears a limb from the parking lot at the Mayfair House in South Palm Beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The Town of Palm Beach was still enforcing an ID check at their border on Sept. 12. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A surfer heads t
