WomenHeart coordinators Rhoda Kitzes and Nancy Edelman say women’s concerns can be different from men’s when it comes to heart disease. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O’Connor
When Nancy Edelman completed her training at the Mayo Clinic as a W
The Rev. Wendy Tobias says St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church is trying to offer something for everyone. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Whoopi Goldberg’s character in the 1992 comedy Sister Act may have oversimplified the goals of the church — “Y’know,
Diving student Seth Butcher, foreground, practices buoyancy control during a scuba diving class held on the bottom of the pool at Pompey Park Recreation Center in Delray Beach. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
Even if you live near the ocean in South
By Janis Fontaine
In just a few weeks, another summer vacation comes to a close for nearly 200,000 kids in Palm Beach County. Before school begins, take advantage of one of the events planned to make the transition easier.
There was no shortage
South Florida Dynamics: Front row, l-r , Abbie Hadener, Dawn Rizzo, Abby Veccia, Nicki Nigro, Autumn Barfield and Deena Rizzo; back row, Jessica Godfrey, Emily Lammers, Sara Pszanka, Curt Burrows, Lindsey Finkel, Chloe Malloy, Carly Finkel and Jenn
By Jane Smith
The city’s Historic Preservation Board in late June turned down Midtown Delray Beach, a mixed-use project proposed by Hudson Holdings, in two 6-0 votes.
The board met for nearly eight hours over two days.
Midtown, at the southwest corner
By Steve Plunkett
Is the town’s barrel of litigation half-empty or half-full?
Resident Chris O’Hare, who inundated Gulf Stream with expansive requests for public records, then sued the town when it did not quickly respond, in mid-June no
Construction crew members plan for the demolition of several buildings in the Plaza del Mar shopping center
to make room for construction of a Publix grocery. Businesses in the mall will remain open
during the projected year-long process.
Jerry Lower
Isabelle Paul, the Florida Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller Commandery,
has been a dutiful dame in the organization since she was knighted in 2005. She’s wearing the red and white colors
of the Order of St. John. P
During a budget workshop on June 12, Manalapan commissioners tentatively agreed to maintain the current tax rate of $2.79 per $1,000 of taxable value for the 2017-18 fiscal year. That’s roughly 5 percent above the projected rollback that would k
By Steve Plunkett
The barrier island-based Florida Coalition for Preservation wants Gulf Stream and its neighbors to budget money this summer to determine where to locate a new fire-rescue station and how much it would cost.
“It’s important for
I am addressing the Editor’s Note, “Extra drive time a necessary nuisance this time of year,” that appeared in the June 2017 issue of The Coastal Star.
Upfront, I totally agree with the opinion that most construction projects on the barrier i
By Jane Smith
The rainy weather in the first half of June did not delay the contractor working on the promenade along Delray Beach’s municipal beach, a city staffer said.
But the contractor has asked for a three-day extension because of the
By Jane Smith
The height of the sea wall in Veterans Park will soon be raised to a uniform level and the two docks there rebuilt, after the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency agreed in late June to pay for the work.
The agency could pay
By Jane Smith
Free parking along Atlantic Avenue west of the Intracoastal Waterway is about to become a thing of the past.
Delray Beach city commissioners directed staff to look into installing meters along the avenue to increase turnover f
Mayor Keith Waters says a proposal to add a 60-room hotel and 70 condos to the 15-acre Ziff estate
would represent a seismic shift in the land use, planning and zoning of Manalapan. The lush vegetation
of the grounds conceals the 33-room mansion and
Along Florida’s east coast, sand drifts from north to south. Where it comes from and where it goes is ruled by wind and water.
Sometimes our beaches feel wide and serene. At other times, finding a dry place to walk below a seawall is impossi
By Dan Moffett
After hearing concerns about rising legal bills, the Briny Breezes Town Council has decided to seek “comparative proposals” for services from outside attorneys.
The move comes in response to a growing number of complaints from
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach thought its long-awaited beach stabilization project was finally about to get started when Palm Beach County commissioners voted early last month to accept the town’s easements and begin permitting.
Then came
By Dan Moffett
The running joke in Briny Breezes during the last month has been that the town might soon be able to score a huge windfall by investing in telescopes.
A nudist group was pushing Palm Beach County to allow a clothing-optional b
