GULF STREAM — Nancy Touhey, 86, of Gulf Stream, died Oct. 25 after succumbing to cancer.
Born in Milwaukee, Wis., to Lois Gram and George Downing, she was raised in nearby River Hills and attended Downer Seminary and Milwaukee Country Day Sch
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By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — If you want to see what Joseph Charyk accomplished during his 96 years, look up at the stars.
In a long and distinguished career in aeronautics, Mr. Charyk was most widely celebrated as the founder of the geosynchron
BOCA RATON — Anthony James Comparato, a 30-year resident of Boca Raton, passed away peacefully Oct. 25 surrounded by his family. He was 93. He was the founder of Compson Development, a local real estate firm he started in Rochester, N.Y., more
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Marian J. Buehler, a devoted Catholic, mother and wife whose life’s work centered on taking care of people, died Oct. 6 at her son’s house near Lake Ida. Her daughter said that in recent months her 96-year-old moth
Palm Beach Travel owner Annie Davis and her son Jack use a golf cart to move furniture and decorations
from the agency’s current location to another in Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar. The move makes way
for a Publix grocery that is planned for the mall i
Architect Doug Mummaw sits before a rendering of the new Royal Palm Place, which he calls
‘classical architecture with a modern interpretation.’ Mummaw, whose office is in the plaza,
has done nearly all of his work in his native Boca Raton.
Tim Step
Sherry Johnson speaks with customers at the center’s Secret Garden Café.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Donald Godfrey loads meals he delivers for homebound seniors as Michelle Davis White,
senior Veggie Mobile program director, helps at the
The stamp depicts a menorah in a window with snow outside.
By Janis Fontaine
The U.S. Postal Service bestowed an honor on Temple Beth El of Boca Raton by naming it the official site for the first-day-of-issue dedication of the U.S. 2016 Hanukkah
By Janis Fontaine
The recent run of The World Goes ’Round at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse did more than entertain. It also raised money for Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches and Joy MCC in Orlando. Both groups received chec
Donald Godfrey and Michelle Davis White load the Veggie Mobile van, which takes meals to senior shut-ins in Boynton Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O’Connor
“Meals!” shouts Donald Godfrey, with a hearty knock on the door. In his cheerf
Looking up through a stand of blue bamboo.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Black bamboo
Giant bamboo
Sunburst bamboo
Seabreeze bamboo
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Anyone who understands the exotic appeal of bamboo will want to visit the Trop
These medical studies students at Donna Klein Jewish Academy can tour the College of Medicine
at Florida Atlantic University as part of a new program.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
The Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization recently announc
The nonprofit garden celebrated the hurricane-delayed groundbreaking of ‘Windows on the Floating World:
Blume Tropical Wetland Garden,’ expected to open in spring 2017. The new exhibit will educate visitors
about the importance of water conservation.
Eighth-grader Jack Liebowitz (center, in black) tamps the ground where supports for the new playground would go.
David Knobel (left) and Head of School Joe Zaluski do cutting for playground equipment
at the Gulf Stream School. Knobel’s son Spencer go
By Steve Plunkett
The race to fill two seats on the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District Commission now pits municipal firefighters against their county brethren.
Local 2928 of the International Association of Fire Fighters, which represents firefi
By Steve Plunkett
The city plans to triple its number of boat launches in the Intracoastal Waterway by the end of 2019.
City Council members told Jennifer Bistyga, Boca Raton’s coastal program manager, to pursue building two double boat ramps
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District has all but given up on meeting with the City Council in 2016, but is looking forward to having a joint meeting Jan. 30.
“We’ve made every effort to try to pull this together. This
By Sallie James
One resident wanted the city to build outdoor pickleball courts. Another complained about crime, and a third grumbled about traffic.
All three spoke last month at a town forum moderated by the city’s Community Advisory Panel, a
By Steve Plunkett
The boardwalk at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, closed since February 2015 after engineers warned it was near collapse, should be reopening this month.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District approved a $45,500 last-minute ch
By Sallie James
For the second time in two years, the city is considering a one-year moratorium on the operation of medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensing organizations.
No one from the public commented on the matter during the Oct.
