Wazir Muhammad, a principal investigator and professor at Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, received a $701,000 grant from Precess Medical Derivatives. He’ll use the money to personalize radiation therapy for cancer
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The Chabad hopes its new home at 490 E. Palmetto Park Road will be ready in a year. Google maps
By Mary Hladky
After years of searching, Boca Beach Chabad finally has found a new home.
The Chabad in August closed on the purchase of a 30,000-square-fo
Hunger Action Month in September offers chances to stay active and slow down hunger in Palm Beach County. It is a nationwide initiative created by Feeding America to raise awareness. Feeding South Florida reports that in South Florida, more than 1.2
By Janis Fontaine
On a hot Wednesday in August, more than 200 people gathered in the gym at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach to talk about politics. The lively crowd came from other local Catholic churches — St. Jude and St. Joan of
Angelo Sanders is headed to the School of Music at State University of New York at Fredonia on a full scholarship from Nat King Cole Generation Hope. Photo provided
By Faran Fagen
Music saved his life.
That’s the first thing Angelo Sanders thinks o
Dozens of juvenile reef fish seek cover among the rocks off Ocean Ridge.
By John Pacenti
It’s just before low tide at Gulfstream Park on the morning of Aug. 15, and a mere 30 yards from the beach is a snorkeler’s treat. On this day when the shimm
Capt. Steve Gordon holds a snook caught by Tom Greene in a Palm Beach County inlet.
By Steve Waters
The snook is one of the most sought-after saltwater gamefish in Florida, and there’s no better time to catch one in South Florida than after the se
By Steve Plunkett
While some joggers, bicyclists and people walking along State Road A1A may want to be able to take a bathroom break at Ocean Strand Park, they're going to have to keep taking care of business elsewhere.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach
By John Pacenti
Fearing businesses would leave Delray Beach over soaring costs, Mayor Tom Carney successfully spearheaded the move for a city tax cut at a meeting where department heads said such relief would necessitate significant reductions in ser
A 2022 home in Ocean Ridge was built to a raised minimum elevation based on its flood zone. Under new FEMA flood maps that take effect in December, if this home were replaced, the new base level would have to be three feet higher -- and the ground fl
Crows check out a nest on the beach in Ocean Ridge, while another (below, right) flies overhead. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The crows know.
Along our beaches, the loud and large black birds show off their smarts by trackin
July 16 marked the first day of heavy equipment and snarled traffic on A1A at the Delray/Highland Beach border. It clears out after 6 p.m. and on weekends. The project will cover all of Highland Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
No sweat! Machine
In wake of tumult, commission changes public comment policy
By John Pacenti
Boynton Beach Mayor Ty Penserga said that the FBI is investigating a death threat made against him in July.
City Commissioner Thomas Turkin said he has also been the target o
By Rich Pollack
State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman knew something was wrong after she leaped into the Intracoastal Waterway last year to cool off on the Fourth of July.
“It looked like green pea soup,” she said, adding that she washed off as soon as s
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach city commissioners positioned staff to begin programming at the Crest Theatre by allocating $118,000 for “rapid activation” of its Creative Arts School, intent on utilizing the building’s classrooms that are ready even if
City’s fireworks almost didn’t happen — For all the complaints on social media about the July Fourth fireworks in Delray Beach, residents were lucky to have any pyrotechnics at all. The barge that was supposed to be used for the display got stuck in
By Steve Plunkett
Work on the Core district’s road and drainage project was at a near-standstill in July as Gulf Stream’s contractor and consulting engineer waited to receive a “dewatering permit.”
“The contractor is in the process of obtaining a de
By Steve Plunkett
For the third year in a row, Gulf Stream will likely levy the same property tax rate: $3.67 per $1,000 of taxable value.
Also, like last year, resurfacing roads and improving drainage in the Core district consumes the bulk of the to
By Brian Biggane
In a significant turn of events, South Palm Beach Town Attorney Ben Saver said at the regular Town Council meeting on July 9 that he was “cautiously optimistic” that negotiations with CPZ Architects of Fort Lauderdale would soon resu
New generator will take time — After months of discussion, the Town Council authorized Town Attorney Ben Saver to draw up a request for a competitive bidding process on a new backup generator for the town’s lift station. Saver said that based on prel
