L-R: Police Officer of the Year George Reid, Paramedic of the Year Kyle Pavelka, Firefighter of the Year Ray Charafardin, and Tyrone Powell. Powell, a Highland Beach maintenance mechanic, is the town’s inaugural Employee of the Year award winner. Ti
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By Rich Pollack
The 3.3-mile State Road A1A road improvement project in Highland Beach — which came in with a roar — is going out with a whimper as crews finalize the project that’s more than six months behind schedule and almost $1 million over budg
The proposed Mizner Plaza has two stories of retail and restaurants below a 219-room hotel. The staircase between towers aligns with Mizner Park. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s Community Redevelopment Agency has approved a 12-story h
By Mary Hladky
The outgoing City Council on March 24 approved a luxury residential building on the grounds of The Boca Raton resort.
The unanimous vote cleared the way for construction of an eight-story, 76-unit building with one level of underground
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town leaders and South Florida Water Management District staff think they may have come up with a compromise that could keep plans for a dock serving the town’s police and fire departments from sinking.
Standing in the
DELRAY BEACH — Sonya Isabelle Marcellino Costin of Delray Beach and Lake Burton, Georgia, died March 19. She was 91.
Sonya graduated from Seacrest High School in Delray Beach in 1952 and married her high school sweetheart, Bob Costin. Together, they
Five bulldozers level freshly pumped sand after it was spread onto the beach in Ocean Ridge from the dredge (at right) as part of a $9.4 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project. The gray color comes from organic sediment and is common for beach
By Henry Fitzgerald
Fresh off a 17-award performance in the Florida Press Club’s annual competition, The Coastal Star has been named a 15-time finalist in the upcoming Florida Press Association awards.
The groups have different purposes — the FPA se
Boca teen uses talents with art and speech to build positive self-images in younger kids
American Heritage School ninth-grader Ayel Morgenstern at home in Boca Raton with several of her paintings. Art and heart are core to her service projects. Tim
Carrie Rubin and Terry Fedele are the chairwomen for the Impact 100 Palm Beach County Grand Awards Celebration. Impact 100 has donated nearly $8 million via 124 grants to area nonprofits since 2012. Photo provided
By Lou Ann Frala
Impact 100 Palm Be
Florida Panthers captain Sasha Barkov with (l-r) Kelley Morris, president of the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation and Memorial Foundation; Beth-Ann Krimsky, board chair of the foundations; and Caitlin Stella, CEO of Joe DiMaggio Children’
ABOVE: Teachers from Forest Park Elementary in Boynton Beach (l-r) Lynda Campbell, Jacqueline Anderson, Marie Volcimus, Regina Smith and Barbara Callahan. Photo provided
The Junior League of Boca Raton honored 30 teachers from seven Title 1 elementar
ABOVE: (l-r) Bill McFee, Matt Saady, Maria McFee, Dan Guin and Kat Saady. Photo provided
Guests sampled Belgian and Trappist beers and met representatives from their respective breweries: De Dolle, Ommegang, St. Bernardus, Rochefort, Barrel of Monks
ABOVE: (l-r) Sherry Zepatos, Pam Higer-Polani, Ted Hoskinson, Jan Savarick and Kim Champion. Photos provided
The Roots and Wings Goes To Hollywood: 10th Anniversary event raised $385,000 for its literacy programs. The evening celebrated a decade of i
ABOVE: Nancy and Eric Brinker. Photos by CAPEHART
Promise Fund brought together nearly 150 community leaders, philanthropists and health care advocates committed to expanding access to lifesaving breast and cervical cancer care for women across Palm
ABOVE: (l-r) Ariella Jonas, Dr. Javier Ley and Azuela Ley. Photo provided
The annual fundraising event brought together donors, alumni and community leaders in support of Caron’s mission of support for individuals and families affected by substance u
ABOVE: Paul and Lynn Lawless. Photo provided by CAPEHART
Community leaders, Palm Beach Atlantic University supporters and distinguished guests gathered for a cocktail reception for former U.S. Secretaries of State Mike Pompeo and John Kerry, who gree
ABOVE: Lisa Bruna B-Major Award winners (l-r) Elias Cohen Jimenez, Josefina Ezcurra and Michael Li. Photos provided by CAPEHART
The nonprofit orchestra’s gala broke its record, raising $1.2 million to support the symphony’s education and outreach ini
ABOVE: (l-r) Billy Marino, Ed Ventrice, Nathan Nachlas and Bill Donnell. Photo provided
The sixth annual Backyard Battle brought together nearly 100 members for friendly competition and community impact. The evening featured backyard-style games such
Twins Viktoriya and Oksana Gruzdyn, originally from Ukraine, run a South Florida-based company that focuses on cellular health and recovery. They are known on social media as the Scuba Twins because they have completed more than 40 dives, including
