James Blumenfeld, co-owner of Meridian Art Experience in Delray Beach’s Pineapple Grove,
displays works mainly from local artists and offers services for collectors.
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James Blumenfeld and business partner Susan Romain
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By Jane Smith
With a 15-minute soliloquy, Delray Beach’s mayor cast the deciding vote to keep the Community Redevelopment Agency board independent from the City Commission.
“The hasty manner in which we got here does not produce an envi
By Steve Plunkett
Town resident Chris O’Hare’s “bad faith conduct” in seeking hundreds of public records may leave him liable for Gulf Stream’s hefty legal bill and even sanctions, a circuit judge has ruled.
In a case O’Hare filed against th
By Dan Moffett
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Mark Harris worked for 27 years as a paramedic with the Fire Department of New York, and on 9/11 arrived at Ground Zero just as the second airplane hit the tower.
Years later, after retiring to South Palm Beach
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — John R. Pisapia, a lifelong student of education who loved traveling and learning from leaders in other parts of the world, died May 2 after becoming ill last summer. He was 79.
Although unable to speak in the las
By Emily J. Minor
LANTANA — Ray Flow, the son of North Carolina tobacco sharecroppers who left his small hometown to join the service and then moved to Florida to marry, start a family and surround himself in community, died May 19.
Mr. Flow
By Jane Smith
Fourteen years after Boynton Beach installed fire hydrants in the County Pocket, its seven hydrants were finally mapped in May.
“We rely on water departments to send the information,” David Sauls, a fire safety specialist with
By Thom Smith
Humans have swum naked in Florida waters for millennia, but as the state’s 1,350 miles of coastline have become more congested, pressure has grown to “suit up.” Only one beach — Haulover in Miami — is officially “clothing optional.”
By Jane Smith
The city will still celebrate the Fourth of July while its beach promenade work continues.
“Pardon our dust,” said Stephanie Immelman, executive director of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative. “We will have a condensed eve
Randy Ely (left) and Nicholas Malinosky have joined Douglas Elliman to take advantage
of the brokerage’s international exposure. Their office is in Delray Beach.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Randy Ely and Nicholas Malinosky joined Douglas E
Community Greening project
transforms rocky field into orchard
Volunteers plant mango trees for Community Greening at Catherine Strong Park in Delray Beach.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Delray Beach Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Johnson and Gra
Louie the English bulldog listens to Kyle and Mya Laman (photo below) as they read books
to him during a Tale Waggin’ Tutor session at the downtown Boca Raton Library.
Photos provided
By Arden Moore
Inside the downtown Boca Raton Library, sibling
Music therapist Howard Sherman demonstrates a Q-chord digital guitar
with students (l-r) Barbara Kennedy, Jill Gray, Cathy McCormick and Karen Martin.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Connor
A curious shopper follows Howard Sherman into a
Mike Minia of Boynton Beach, a member of the Bootlegger fishing team, caught this 47.7-pound
African pompano south of Boynton Inlet in March. His fish was about 3 pounds shy of the
International Game Fish Association world record for that species.
Ph
By Janis Fontaine
You can find religion in the strangest places.
Like at lunch.
You’re quietly chowing down on a burger and fries and the guys at the next table are talking about religion. You don’t really mean to, but soon you’re joini
By Christine Davis
Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received initial accreditation from the national Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for a university-sponsored residency program in psyc
Darlene Duggan measures at 3 feet what is thought to be a rare blanket octopus that washed ashore
near the Gulf Stream Golf Club on May 11. The pelagic species carries more than 100,000 eggs
until they hatch. The deep-sea creature was given to FWC’s
John and Gail Field built the We Rock the Spectrum gym in Boca Raton three years ago
as a place for their son, Jayson, and other autistic children, but it’s open to all.
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
John and Gail Field didn’t set out to b
Daniel Iscoe of Ocean Ridge was one of five local students honored with a Congressional Award
for their exceptional community service. ‘The Congressional Award is designed to recognize students
who have demonstrated outstanding character development
From toasting his special day by sipping craft beer to determining who can reel in the biggest fish, the time you spend together might be the best gift of all.
Go fishing with Dad either along the coast or west of town. Photo provided
By Mary Thurwa
