For many coastal residents, Matthew was a chance to take photos and watch the waves, such as these off Ocean Ridge.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Employees put cross arms back on the bridge at George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach.
The arms
By Jane Smith
Community Redevelopment Agency board members gave their former executive director 12 weeks of severance pay and benefits totaling $34,741.
They did so after learning in October that the terms of Vivian Brooks’ contract were not cl
By Dan Moffett
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Woodrow “Woody” Gorbach was 91 years old when he decided to enter the world of politics and claim a seat on the South Palm Beach Town Council, becoming one of the oldest elected officials in the state’s history.
Billy Himmelrich cuts waste in his Delray Beach-based bakery by donating to the Palm Beach County Food Bank.
Himmelrich and his wife, Shelly, are co-chairs of Empty Bowls Delray Beach, a fundraiser for the food bank.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
With a medical marijuana constitutional amendment on the state ballot Nov. 8, a compassionate-use state law already on the books and a nationwide trend toward legalization, Briny Breezes is moving to protect itself against the eme
By Jane Smith
The Community Kickoff featured all the trappings of an opening night performance.
The event was held at the Crest Theatre on the historic Old School Square grounds in Delray Beach. Mayor Cary Glickstein acted as master of c
Anyone grabbing a midday nap at Veterans Park has soothing music as accompaniment.
Park supervisor Abby Murrell came up with the idea.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Calming classical music plays daily over the speaker system at Vetera
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
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.
