By Jane Smith
A political newcomer and a seasoned public servant will join the Delray Beach City Commission after they were handily elected March 14.
The most contentious race was between retiree Jim Chard and his main contender, politic
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The Balsan estate became Casa Alva.
The Pierce homestead. The man on the right is Hannibal Pierce. The other men are unidentified.
Photos provided by Historical Society of Palm Beach County
Michelle Donahue with the Brown Wrapper newsletter.
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Delray Beach and Boynton Beach became the center of gladiolus growing in 1939
after a deep freeze wiped out the crop in Fort Myers.
Starting in 1947, Delray Beach began having parades during the gladiola festivals.
Lavish floats were decorated with f
By Mary Thurwachter
After voting not to sign on to a crossing agreement with Florida East Coast Railway and All Aboard Florida in February, the Lantana Town Council changed its mind a month later, affirming the agreement at its March 13 meeting.
By Jane Smith
Riverwalk owner Shaul Rikman recently purchased 5.8 acres of mangroves just south of his proposed development and offered them to the city of Boynton Beach in late March.
“It is in our best interest to maintain the mangroves to th
By Jane Smith
The restaurant once known as the Little House will reopen this summer as Fork Play.
A late decision by the owners, former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella and his partner, to enclose the eatery’s outside porch led to a de
By Jane Smith
City commissioners are so thrilled with the performance of their interim city manager, they decided to raise his salary equal to the one paid to the city manager who resigned at the end of December.
Vice Mayor Jordana Jarjura,
By Dan Moffett
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Vice Mayor Joseph “Joe” Flagello approached his role on the South Palm Beach Town Council with a bountiful supply of self-deprecating humor. He liked to joke about the council’s division of labor. Mayor Bonnie
DELRAY BEACH — Marcus W. Smith, 82, of Delray Beach and Prouts Neck, Maine, died peacefully on Feb. 27. He is survived by his devoted wife of 31 years, Alexandra White Smith; his five children and their spouses: Marcus W. Smith Jr. of New Canaan,
DELRAY BEACH — Virginia Artrip Snyder, a longtime private investigator renowned for her tireless efforts to help oppressed people and improve her community, died March 20 at her home in Delray Beach following a stroke. She was 96. Mrs. Snyder
GULF STREAM — Sheila W. Scott, 87, of Gulf Stream died on March 9 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Scott was born in New York City and was raised in Greenwich, Conn., and Edgartown Mass. (Martha’s Vineyard). She attended Greenwich Academy and g
Bob Luptak and his Steinway gallery have been a fixture in North Boca Raton since 1999.
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By Brian Biggane
Bob Luptak heard from more than his share of skeptics back in 1999 when he decided on a North Federal Highway location in Boca
Customers combined shopping and fun as they sipped champagne and tried on Stella & Dot jewelry
and Amanda Johnson one-of-kind dresses. Here, birthday girl Sophia Frances wears an Amanda Johnson crown.
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Terra Holdings/Brown Harris Stevens has a rebranded office in Lake Worth’s arts district. ABOVE: (l-r) Jennifer Spitznagel,
David Burris, artist Maria Paz, Ava van de Water, Susan Burris, Nasrin Bakonyi and Lena Ingraham.
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By Christine
By Emily J. Minor
COUNTY POCKET — Sandra Strosky Gallagher, a beach lover who came to Florida on a spring break getaway right after college and never lived up north again, died March 2 after a brief illness. She was 53.
Mrs. Gallagher lived
ABOVE: FAU student Ryan Uber does a back flip March 25 at South Beach Park in Boca Raton. BELOW: Aquatic-themed kites fly at the Air Waves event in mid-March at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Condo balconies are cantilevered.
Rendering by GS4 Studios
By Sallie James
A proposed six-story, 70-unit condo complex slated for the southwest corner of South Ocean Boulevard and East Palmetto Park Road got a thumbs up from Boca Raton’s Planning
By Steve Plunkett
The group that wants to invalidate an ordinance reserving city-owned land on the Intracoastal Waterway for public uses has withdrawn its lawsuit but has not dropped its complaint.
ForBoca.org Inc., which is led by former Cha
By Steve Plunkett
The city will have a “public outreach meeting” April 3 to discuss its waterfront parks and gather ideas from Boca Raton residents.
The session, hosted by Fort Lauderdale-based consultant EDSA Inc., is designed to give the publ
By Steve Plunkett
Just like last year, a mommy leatherback turtle has kicked off nesting season in Boca Raton.
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center spotters found 2017’s first sea turtle nest March 25 in Spanish River Park. The location was well north of
