Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Mizner Park, with its Spanish-styled courtyard, 44 shops and restaurants, art museum, amphitheater, iPic Theater, fountains and large gazebos, has been around for 25 years and continues to enjoy wide appeal. Visi
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By Steve Pike
“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
True to Dr. King’s words, Lee DiPietro knows only one direction — f
By Steve Pike
Ann Purcell remembered the first time she met the maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Seelisberg, Switzerland, in 1974.
“I had to walk up eight flights of stairs to get to a meeting room,’’ said Purcell, whose book The Transcendental Meditation
By Rich Pollack
A decision by Delray Beach City Commissioners to add a 20 percent administrative fee to a proposed 10-year fire service contract with the town of Highland Beach is causing a rift between the two neighboring communities and leading som
Summoning the past
with a concrete cruise along the old road
Australian pines flank A1A in Gulf Stream in 1944.
Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County
Boca Ratone by the Sea, a 1923 gas station/dance hall/ fish camp on A1A where the
Developer pledges $4.5 million;
city gives itself 90 days to raise $1.5 million share
A multi-year proposal that starts with rehabilitating the old high school (bright pink) has long-term plans
including relocating the city hall and fire station. Oth
Xanax addiction, withdrawal and treatment
Xanax is a brand name for alprazolam, a central nervous system depressant prescribed to treat anxiety and panic disorder.
Xanax can be addictive, even after relatively short-term use at recommended doses. Ri
Overdoses of tranquilizers
The National Center for Health Statistics doesn’t keep track of Xanax overdose deaths, but it provides the number of overdose deaths attributable to benzodiazepines, the class of tranquilizer that includes Xanax, Valium, Lib
Family members search for answers
after suicide at beachside rehab house
Delray Beach police and Palm Beach County Medical Examiner vehicles surround
the Caron Treatment Centers house at 1232 Seaspray Ave. in Delray Beach,
after Tod Abrams committed
Marti Kaplan, a volunteer for the Symphonia, lives at The Carlton condominiums in Boca Raton.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Marie Puleo
Marti Kaplan has found the perfect way to combine her talent for crunching data with her love for classi
The Delray Beach Drug Task Force is hosting “SUD Talks,” a discussion about substance abuse issues featuring speakers expert on the subject.
The SUD, or substance use disorder, talks will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Old Schoo
By Jane Smith
A new coalition of 3,500 Intracoastal residents will monitor the Riverwalk Plaza development in Boynton Beach.
The Boynton Coalition for Responsible Development was created by the Florida Coalition for Preservation, a grass-ro
When someone you love takes his own life, it leaves a large aching space packed full of questions. I know, because I lost a brother to suicide. He was 51. This is why when I learned of Tod Abrams’ death at the Caron Ocean Drive facility in Delray
Thank you for the article published in January describing the dilemma of regulating addiction treatment services in our state. We applaud the efforts of all concerned.
As our company enters into the arena of addiction treatment for alcohol a
Picture an ink-drawn political cartoon where a pleading-eyed man rapaciously shovels piles of “taxpayer dollars” into a blazing furnace. The furnace has a fresh sign labeled “Taxpayer Mandate,” which lies above an older sign, scratched away and b
By Jane Smith
The much-anticipated property value analysis of downtown Delray Beach and its beach side will be presented Feb. 28 at the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency meeting.
Munilytics, the Davie company analyzing the records, received
By Jane Smith
The iPic movie theater moved closer to becoming a reality after a Delray Beach review board approved site plans in mid-January. Next stop for the mixed-use project will be the Feb. 22 meeting of the Planning & Zoning Board.
In con
By Jane Smith
Repairing and replacing crumbling seawalls along the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach will cost about $25 million, according to an estimate by the city’s chief financial officer.
“You only have to look at the pictures of
By Ron Hayes
Oh, thank heaven for 7-Eleven.
Had a small group of outraged residents not come together in May 1967 to oppose a convenience store along A1A in Delray Beach’s south end, someone might be dispensing Big Gulps near where Atlantic Dun
By Jane Smith
Parking meter times east of the Intracoastal Waterway have changed again. Delray Beach users will again have to feed the meters only between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week.
The previous hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. lasted only
