By Rich Pollack
Residents at the normally peaceful Penthouse Highlands community in Highland Beach have been on edge for more than a month after town police found the body of Elizabeth Cabral, 85, in her fifth-floor apartment.
While the Palm Beach Co
Related story: Beach-park director may drop job as its lawyer
By Steve Plunkett
Red Reef Park just had emergency repairs made to its seawall and is in the process of getting two new restrooms east of State Road A1A. Total cost: $710,000.
The Greater
Chris Evert’s estate on 5 acres in west Boca Raton is on the market for about the same amount she paid for her current home in Boca’s Sanctuary. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Retired tennis champion Chris Evert’s house is for sale. Her 12,000-sq
By Mary Hladky
Developer and landowner Crocker Partners is making another attempt to keep its proposed Midtown development alive, this time by filing a lawsuit that accuses the city of treating Crocker Partners differently from other property owners
By Steve Plunkett
The dust had barely settled over Mayor Susan Haynie’s suspension from office when City Council wannabes began opening campaign accounts to run for the resulting vacancy when Deputy Mayor Scott Singer assumed the mayor’s spot.
Haynie
By Henry Fitzgerald
Several Boca Raton property owners are complaining that the Lake Worth Drainage District is improperly planning to cut trees, shrubbery and other vegetation from their backyards abutting a lake.
“They’re going to take out everythi
By Steve Plunkett
Arthur Koski, the executive director of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District, is ready to shed his duties as its legal adviser and focus on the Ocean Breeze golf course.
“What I’m looking for is that golf course to be finish
Former Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein with his children, Lily (left), Madison and Jack. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Cary Glickstein
58, Delray Beach
Former mayor, entrepreneur and aging surfer
His father: Hugh Glickstein, who died in 2015
His ch
Flavors Honorary Chairs Thom and Joyce DeVita, Chairwoman Karli Vazquez-Mendez and Honorary Chairs Joni and Al Goldberg. Photo provided by Munoz Photography
By Amy Woods
The Junior League of Boca Raton celebrated its ninth-annual Flavors event, know
More than 150 guests attended the inaugural gala for the Parkinson’s Foundation South Palm Beach County Chapter. The event honored Robert and Gail Milhous, longtime supporters, and was dedicated to the nonprofit’s vision of making life better for tho
Guests to the event — themed Angels & Heroes and benefiting Tri-County Animal Rescue — dug their spurs into bottomless cocktails, indulged in delectable hors d’oeuvres and lassoed up special items from the silent auction. The night segued into dinne
Bagpipers from Palm Beach Pipes & Drums escorted women to the celebration. The tradition is part of the club’s last major event of the season. ABOVE: Toddy Donley is escorted. Photo provided
The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters welcomed P. Scott Cunningham to the Theatre Lab. Cunningham is an essayist, poet and translator originally from Boca Raton whose new publication is titled ‘Ya Te Veo.’ LEFT: (l-r) Lou Tyrrell, artist
Il Circolo members enjoyed an afternoon of eating, learning, music and sports, including a cooking demonstration, to mark the establishment of a new scholarship fund in the culinary arts. The 100 attendees watched the preparation of pasta alla vodka
Pat Barnes, of Briny Breezes, was treated to lunch — and dessert — by a group of friends for her 100th birthday. The afternoon celebration continued with 15 hands of bridge. Barnes was the big winner. A larger birthday celebration took place May 26.
Donning pink hard hats and pink sapphire-and-diamond earrings, more than 100 women gathered to kick off Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County’s Women Build 2018. Guests enjoyed taking photos in their bling and being inspired by a homeowner’
By Jan Norris
Just in time for summer blockbusters, the Cinemark Palace 20 and XD in Boca Raton has revamped, and opened the Movie Bistro on its premier level to slake the beer and cocktail thirst of moviegoers.
Open for both lunch and dinner, as wel
The Plate: A 1¼-pound Maine lobster
The Place: Prime Catch, 700 E. Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach; 737-8822 or www.primecatchboynton.com.
The Price: $21.95
The Skinny: Sometimes, you can combine fine dining, good eating and a good value.
That’s the c
Guests celebrated the opening of the museum’s current exhibitions: ‘Nomadic Murals: Contemporary Tapestries and Carpets’; ‘Lisette Model: Photographs From the Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada’; and ‘Nick Carone: Shadow Dance.’
The board, life trustees and standing committee members were honored at the afternoon affair. Sponsor Laurie Silvers welcomed guests and shared news about the arts-education programs. Board Chairman Michael Bracci gave an overview of the expansion pr
