By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Daniel J. O’Connell, a prominent contractor and former Ocean Ridge mayor whose daughter said he was always loved for that impish “twinkle in his eye,” died Dec. 16. Mr. O’Connell was 86.
“He was a hilarious man,”
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By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Thomas G. Vinci, a kid from the tenements of New York City’s Lower East Side who became a successful educator and social philanthropist, died Thanksgiving Day. He was 93.
Dr. Vinci, who had retired to Florida
BRINY BREEZES — Harry Robert Esterman, 88, formerly of Cincinnati, died Dec. 15. He leaves behind his wife of 65 years, Patricia Carolyn Esterman (nee Albers), to whom he was devoted, and five children: Sue Thaler (Mike) of Briny Breezes; Sally L
GULF STREAM — Daniel Joseph Murphy died peacefully at his home in Gulf Stream on Dec. 21 after a courageous 3½-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 83.
Danny, as he was known, had been retired for 34 years after a storied career on Wall
By Jane Smith
After listening for nearly an hour to pitches by three executive search firms, Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency board members decided to give their interim director six more months to prove he can do the executive d
Children from the Lantana Hypoluxo School sit
on the Around the World float during a May Day 1923 celebration.
Lantana Elementary School students crowd around a 1935 American LaFrance fire engine
in this photo, one of about 25 images on display at th
Banyan Creek Elementary won the Grand Float prize during the Delray Beach Holiday Parade
on Dec. 10. The float embraced the parade theme of ‘A Rock and Roll Holiday.’
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
The city of Delray Beach presented the Delra
Design changes for Mizner 200 include pocket parks and more shade trees and moving the central building farther from Southeast Mizner Boulevard.
Rendering by Garcia Stromberg/GS4Studios/Provided by City of Boca Raton
By Mary Hladky
In their lon
Sandy Hedges and daughter Tammy Deery own The Fancy Flamingo in Boynton Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Would you go into business with your mom?
That’s what Tammy Deery did about 14 years ago. A dental hygienist, Deery ha
Each morning, photographer Joseph Vincent captures an image of the sun rising over Delray Beach.
Early morning brings with it the opportunity of a new beginning. It also is a time for reflection.
Photos provided by Joseph Vincent/jo
By Mary Hladky
On one point, at least, everyone agrees: There isn’t enough parking in downtown Boca Raton.
What to do about that is another matter.
After wrestling with the issue for more than one hour at their Dec. 12 workshop meeting, City
Three-foot-long iguanas run along a dock in Highland Beach.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
Green iguanas are not your unobtrusive 5-inch garden lizards that scurry across sidewalks and terraces.
An iguana, which can grow to 6
Police aren’t sure of the gun’s age or history.
Photo provided
By Ron Hayes
A little before 10 a.m. on Nov. 10, a maintenance worker helping to usher in a sparkling new future at Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club stumbled on a rusty piece of the pa
Tire tracks lead to a pentagram vandalized in Sanborn Square. The pentagram was repaired
and reinstalled Dec. 28. It was vandalized again early Jan. 2.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
A satanic pentagram with a banner disavowing the e
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton city officials have nearly reached the end of a tumultuous process to better define what developers can and can’t count as open space in downtown projects.
The City Council, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agenc
An artist’s rendering shows the buildings in the Via Mizner complex at Federal Highway and Camino Real.
From left are the Mandarin Oriental Residences and Hotel and the recently completed luxury apartment building.
Rendering provided by Penn-Florida
The Police Department’s new message board cost about $16,000 and was paid for by the nonprofit
Highland Beach Police Foundation. Besides its message capabilities, the unit can measure
vehicle numbers and speeds at various times, helping the departme
By Steve Plunkett
Renovation of the science playground at Sugar Sand Park hit a last-minute delay in December when workers found three multilevel wood posts showing signs of rot below the surface.
“Unfortunately that is going to add another tim
Under the branches of a trio of Gumbo Limbo trees, a family takes advantage of the recently reopened boardwalk.
The project cost $630,810, paid for by the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District. The boardwalk
closed in February 2015 when engineer
By Steve Plunkett
After 4½ years, commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District decided to drop the “interim” part of interim Executive Director Arthur Koski’s title.
“I think you all will agree with me that Mr. Koski has done
