By Sallie James
It’s over — at least for now.
A proposed orthodox synagogue and museum that spawned three lawsuits and packed City Hall with angry residents will not be built.
The 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach in November d
All Posts (12473)
Sort by
Photographer Taylor Jones with Janice Snearer, book coordinator of The Cottages of Lake Worth. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
They began arriving in the 1920s, humble and unpretentious, and by the end of World War II about 1,000 call
By Mary Hladky
A referendum preserving city-owned land along the Intracoastal Waterway for public use gained wide approval from residents in all parts of the city when they voted in the Nov. 8 election.
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of votes
By Steve Plunkett
The first big change at the city-owned Wildflower site after a decisive public rejection of a planned restaurant may be the installation of bleachers to watch the Dec. 17 boat parade.
A citizen initiative to permit only public
Delray Beach Fire Rescue and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
responded to a small fire Nov. 29 at 3201 Beach Walk East in Highland Beach.
The fire is under investigation, but officials suspected it started
from workers soldering wires earlier in the da
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District’s longtime attorney has given up the third of three jobs there that paid him a total of $330,000 a year.
Arthur Koski, who is also yielding his role as the district’s executive dire
By Rich Pollack
After months of planning and preparation, Highland Beach’s $2.8 million water main replacement project is expected to begin this month.
“The contractor is ready to go,” said Public Works Director Ed Soper.
As part of the pr
As Delray Beach begins ordinance changes,
others stand pat
By Jane Smith
The U.S. Cavalry arrived last month in the form of a 20-page federal joint statement on sober homes, delivered by U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel.
She hoped beleaguered cities in h
By Steve Plunkett
The election over, commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District began welcoming the two new commissioners-elect and saying farewell to the defeated incumbents.
“I’m sorry to go. It was a great 12 years,
A bungalow built in the ‘20s will become Luff’s Fish House Restaurant,
which is expected to open in about a year.
Rendering provided
By Sallie James
A historic 1920s bungalow tucked in the heart of downtown Boca Raton will be transformed into a
By Sallie James
Florida voters last month legalized a constitutional amendment that made using marijuana legal for certain medical reasons, but Boca Raton residents who need marijuana for medical use won’t find any dispensaries here.
In Novembe
Stacy Beaulieu-Fawcett chose Delray Beach for her office because of its ‘small-town’ feel.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
As a single mother of a young, autistic child, Stacy Beaulieu-Fawcett recalls having some sleepless nights wh
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents will have a chance to come together and enjoy the season during the annual Light Up the Holidays celebration set for Dec. 5.
Held at 5 p.m. at Town Hall, 3612 S. Ocean Blvd., Light Up the Holidays will
By Janis Fontaine
The students in Banyan Creek Elementary School’s chapter of the Samaritans365 club are proof that young people can take the initiative in helping others.
More than three dozen fourth- and fifth-graders at the Delray Beach sch
'Dr. R2' is the telemedicine device named after Rogers.
From left, Charles K. Cross Jr., chair of the Palm Beach State College Board of Trustees;
Jacqueline Rogers, Lake Worth campus dean of health sciences and public safety and founder
of the Center
Liz Bernstein, a coach at the Power Stretch Studios’ Delray Beach location,
stretches Megan Bell Taylor, the studio owner. The studio opened in November.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Connor
Lee Taylor got his first power stretching ses
A simple red and green theme conveys the essence of Christmas.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Everything we do centers on food. After all, we’re only human.
And at no time is that more obvious than during the holidays.
Think about it: Near the end of
Talia Vessal and Christelle Singh show their plans for adding an outdoor gym to Barwick Park.
The gym will include an elliptical machine, leg press, chest press, pull-up bars, dipping bars and an abdominal bench.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jani
Swiss chard can come in many colorful varieties.
Michael Page says that tending the vegetable garden at Mounts Botanical Garden is a relaxing task.
Chinese cooking staple bok choy.
Amethyst bush beans will turn green when cooked.
Photos by Jerry Lowe
The private school joined Jumpstart’s literacy initiative to help break a world record for the most students
reading the same book the same day. The book at hand was ‘The Bear Ate Your Sandwich’ by Julia Sarcone-Roach.
'Our children love to read,’ sa
