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relaxes body, eases mind
Boynton Beach resident Mitch Marx assumes the Anjali mudra position, or prayer position,
prior to a yoga nidra session at Simply Yoga in Delray Beach.
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By Janis Fontaine
We asked people at local churches and synagogues to tell us their hopes and dreams, plans and wishes, for 2016. Here they are:
“My hopes, plans, dreams or desires for 2016 are that we learn to love each other more; 2015 was
Here are some of the stories about how the money was used, in ways both large and small. The donors want to remain anonymous:
• I started a “Go-Fund-Me” website with my $20 and to date have raised $1,000 for the Village of Hope in Haiti.
• We
Parishioners turn a Boca church’s $8,000
into $30,000 in donations to others in need
The Munson family, (clockwise from front) Pierce, Emerson, Melinda, Ken and Paula,
hold their bricks. Members of Advent Lutheran Church were given play bricks
contai
Robert Knapp is retired from practice, but still teaches.
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By Lona O’Connor
Robert Knapp’s medical career spans more than five crucial decades of women’s reproductive health. As a young medical resident back in t
Ruff Tales Rescue regularly saves animals such as Christian (above)
from bleak lives in South Florida cages. After being fostered and medically cleared,
the pets are driven to Miami-Opa Locka Airport by Melanie Malanowski (below),
where they board an
Candy Evans waters her plot at Cason Community Garden. She and a friend got the garden started
in 2008 with 20 gardeners and 2,500 square feet; now there are 40 participants
and 5,000 square feet of thriving vegetable gardens.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal
Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Plaza del Mar, at the southwest corner of East Ocean Avenue and South Ocean Boulevard in Manalapan, is music to the ears of islanders who really don’t want to cross the bridge to shop. Visitors will find an a
Nine-year-old Kaden MacNeil of Lake Worth caught this 40-pound wahoo with a sardine Dec. 22
on The Lady K Drift boat out of Lantana. (l-r) Kevin MacNeil (proud dad),
Captain Bruce Cyr and proud fisherman Kaden.
Photo provided
A porkfish swims through elkhorn coral, a threatened species, on a reef off Pompano Beach.
South Florida coral reefs face threats from pollution, anchor damage, high water temperatures
and other factors. The public is invited to comment on proposals
Teens do some floorwork on the mat at Buddha Lounge in Delray Beach.
Students in Jo Boccassini’s class do a pose called rope sirsasana. For some kids, the stranger and more challenging the pose, the better.
Photos provided
By Janis Fontaine
Gulf Stream School students celebrate after winning their fourth consecutive division title
against rival St. Vincent Ferrer, which was previously undefeated. Gulf Stream School goalie Tyler Zankl (center)
runs with teammates (l-r) Landon Brady, Char
Traveler Olivier Le Carrer explores the world, and his impressions of puzzling over the world shared with Mashable. Carrer was the first who became interested in mystical places and once crossed the Bermuda Triangle. "I studied many mysterious place
Heifer International’s holiday gift catalog.
By Ron Hayes
You’ve probably found the catalog in your mailbox around this time of year.
Amid the booklets for gourmet cheese baskets, fruitcakes and holiday trinkets comes “The Most Important Gi
The fate of what has been dubbed the Arts Warehouse, a 15,000-square-foot building in Artists Alley purchased by Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency in 2010, remains as uncertain as that of the surrounding area.
Little has been done to
The media often catch a bad rap for giving excess attention to all things outrageous. How else do you explain the Kardashians and the current fascination with every utterance of the 2016 presidential candidates?
Blame it on the 24/7 news cycle. Blame
Al Hincken (center) walks west on Atlantic Avenue with two of his helpers, Thomas Smith (l), 29, and Bob Meyer (r), 64, to deliver food to the volunteers who help put up the city’s 100-foot Christmas tree (below). Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Luc
Brenda Gordon works on a commissioned painting at Artists Alley in Delray Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Related story: Delray seeks grants, partner for plan to revive arts district
By Rich Pollack
The artists who remain in Artists Alley are
Related story: Highland Beach negotiations underway for fire truck, rescue vehicle and staffing
By Dan Moffett
Five coastal municipalities have joined to pay for a study to explore the feasibility of forming a barrier island fire district.
The
One proposal aims to widen sidewalks and preserve ocean vistas along A1A. Rendering provided by Bob Currie
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach residents will have to wait at least a year to see promised improvements along the 1.25-mile promenade along the mu
