Father Paul Kane, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, participates
in Delray Beach’s Martin Luther King Day Walk to City Hall.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
If you come to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach and ask to
By Janis Fontaine
Refusenik Marina Furman speaks at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at a private home in St. Andrews Country Club. Hear the story of a woman who survived the Soviet emigré movement and made a dangerous journey to freedom, including a harrowing
Longtime supporters of the federation were thanked by the Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation
during a celebration in Zinman Hall. The festive breakfast included
holiday songs performed by preschoolers from Zale Early Childhood Center. ABOVE: Doroth
Jeffrey the cat keeps a watchful eye on a stack of Coastal Star newspapers at Delray Garden Center.
Photo provided
Dave Wesolowski, community outreach coordinator, sorts through a tub of donated leashes,
collars and harnesses at Peggy’s Pantry on the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League campus in West Palm Beach.
Taylor Jones/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
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Customers shop in the store off U.S. 441 west of Boynton Beach. The new location
in downtown Delray Beach will have the same square footage but a different aisle configuration.
U-pick strawberries are ripening now.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal S
If a tree is planted in the right location in your yard, it can cut your summer energy costs by 20 percent, according to the Florida Forest Service. To get you started saving, the service has teamed with the Arbor Day Foundation to give away tree
Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Atlantic Avenue has been Delray Beach’s shopping mecca for decades, but some shoppers forget about the eastern-most stretch — from the Intracoastal Waterway to the beach. That’s a shame. Lovely boutiques, goo
Capt. Art Sapp of Pompano Beach (top) celebrates with members of the Liquid fishing team
at Sailfish Marina in Palm Beach Shores after winning the 79th annual Silver Sailfish Derby with 11 releases.
Photo provided by Leonard Bryant Photography
By Wi
Students react to Melissa Norelli during a Skyped lecture.
Norelli as viewed through a hatch in the Florida International University’s Medina Aquarius Reef Base.
Photos provided
By Janis Fontaine
Melissa Norelli loves math and science.
The alw
Conceptual drawing of proposed Mizner 200 project. Image provided by Garcia Strombeg GS4studios
By Mary Hladky
Elad National Properties has submitted preliminary plans to the city for yet another reimagining of what it wants to build on the sit
Matt Molloy is one of my favorite photographer a 29 year old Canadian with a diploma in visual depiction who adores most forms of art. He makes his own particular music, plays guitar and drums, yet he will attempt to play any instrument he can get hi
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will join cities from Maine to Key West to create an “Urban Appalachian Trail.”
At their Dec. 8 meeting, city commissioners unanimously approved the designation of the route along Federal Highway to George Bush Boulev
By Jane Smith
The city strengthened the future of its tree canopy in December by toughening an ordinance protecting shade trees.
The first change was renaming the ordinance, last revised in 2008 and formerly called the Tree Ordinance. It is
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council postponed discussion of an ordinance that would give city lawmakers a raise, planning to address in January the possibility of setting the wage level at a percentage of Palm Beach County Commission salar
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton City Council members are shrewd negotiators, it turns out.
Barely a month after the Hillstone Restaurant Group withdrew its proposal to build an eatery on the city-owned Wildflower site, it’s back at the negotiating
By Rich Pollack
Saying he’s achieved what he was selected to do when he was appointed to serve on the Boca Raton Airport Authority, Boca Raton Deputy Mayor Robert Weinroth resigned last month from the independent board that oversees airport operat
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton is reviving a 4-year-old plan to rejuvenate Lake Wyman Park, but will not install temporary park facilities at its Wildflower property.
The City Council in a Dec. 7 workshop made a commitment to pursue a multimillio
By Steven J. Smith
Restaurateur Arturo Gismondi confirmed he intends to convert the historic Luff House into a restaurant by this time next year.
The two-story, 2,492-square-foot Luff House — named for pioneer residents Theodore and Harriet
By Christine Davis
A Highland Beach pre-real-estate-crash spec house at 3621 S. Ocean Blvd. with 200 feet on the ocean, was recently torn down as part of an $11 million deal to develop six upscale townhouses on the site.
Boca Raton agents Frank Jich
