Maurice Johnson, a Baptist pastor, has launched Mable Dean Millinery Creations at his home in Wellington. Photos by Ruth Cincotta/The Coastal Star
A retiring Boca milliner fretted about finding a suitable successor. Today, she’s brimming with pri
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Gunther Volvo plans to build a 31,050-square-foot showroom-service area and three-level parking garage
on Federal Highway. Place Au Soleil homeowners fear the project will fill their neighborhood with noise and light.
Rendering courtesy City of Delra
GULF STREAM — William Paul Luke, M.D. , 89, passed away peacefully on April 25 at home in Gulf Stream, succumbing to Lou Gehrig’s disease, which he had fought for 15 years. Not a record, but he tried.
He was eased on his way by his loving ca
By Emily J. Minor
BOYNTON BEACH — Susan Eileen (McDonald) Norton, whose good manners and slight frame often belied her stubbornness, true grit and power on the tennis court, died last month after fighting a rare cancer that showed itself last May,
The local chapter of National Society of Arts and Letters will host an elite ballet competition June 2 spotlighting 17 young dancers vying for a $12,000 prize. ABOVE: Co-chairwoman Alyce Erickson and chapter executives Brian Edwards and Shari Upbin w
The conceptual plan features a five-story glass City Hall attached to the existing city library.
Part of the library would become a City Hall addition. Across Ocean Avenue
from the proposed City Hall is the historic high school. This view is
looking
Impact 100 Palm Beach County had its sixth annual ceremony awarding high-impact, $100,000 grants in each of five focus areas: arts and culture; education; environment; family; and health and wellness. Out of an initial 61 applicants, a total of 27 se
Members of the Delray Beach Initiative met for some miniature golf fun to raise money for Atlantic Community High School. More than $5,000 in proceeds will be used for college-prep courses for students who otherwise would not be able to afford them.
A crowd of 500-plus attended a high-energy affair benefiting the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. The audience welcomed to the stage Brett Ratner, a Miami Beach native who is a successful movie director and has more than $1 billion in bo
Nearly 130 guests celebrated the 13th annual event, which raised $140,000 for Women’s Circle. They enjoyed a cocktail hour with a silent auction, dinner, music and a program. Highlights included a guest appearance by French-American artist Duaiv, who
With its White Party theme and gourmet-style comfort food, Caffe Luna Rosa made the ninth annual eating affair an evening to remember for its 110 guests, all wearing white. Seated at 18 reserved tables stretched along the closed roadway, they enjoyed
The Unicorn Children’s Foundation annual event inspired hope and raised awareness — all in the name of children with special needs. Chaired by Gregory Fried and hosted by Miss Florida Teen USA 2016 Gracie Smith, this year’s event featured a performan
Blue glass beads could be used to create a wave pattern
along the sidewalks and intersections of Boynton Beach Boulevard.
Rendering provided by Kimley-Horn
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach Boulevard will be beautified to match the up-and-coming dow
Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society, raised more than $30,000 for earthquake victims in Italy, as well as for scholarships for local students, at the gala. After a cocktail hour with a Tuscan antipasto in the Mediterranean Ballroom, the 250-plus
A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy examines a cooler that washed ashore after a boat
with three people aboard flipped just south of the Boynton Inlet. One of the boaters
was taken to a hospital and treated for a broken arm; the others were examined
The 26th annual event raised $200,000 for the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County’s programs, offered to more than 27,000 adults, children and families each year. In excess of 550 guests turned out to hear award-winning author, poet and naturalis
The second in a series of informative, invitation-only events helped spread the word about Trustbridge, the parent company of Hospice by the Sea and Hospice of Palm Beach County. The reception included a dialogue with three experts: Dr. Leonard Hock
A rendering of part of the apartment complex. The developers have asked for a variance
to lower the parking allotment to two spaces per unit.
Rendering provided
By Mary Thurwachter
Developers for Water Tower Commons gave the Lantana Town Council a
A panoply of talent was presented at the final luncheon of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation Guild’s seasonal series, from visual artists creating pieces on the spot to classical and modern ballet performances. Guild President Theodora Aspeg
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach council members have approved paying another $15,000 to architects for a conceptual rendering of what a new Town Hall might look like and for estimates of how much it might cost.
But they are a long way from sign
