The Junior League of Boca Raton had its 28th-annual fundraiser – one of the largest to date, with 900 guests in attendance and $180,000 raised. Linda Coffin, nominated by Children’s Home Society of Florida, was named the 2015 Woman Volunteer of the Y
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The 21st-annual Buddy Walk attracted 2,000-plus participants and raised $175,000 for Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization and its advocacy, education and support programs for children and adults in Palm Beach County. LEFT: Gail Marino, with dau
Students perform the Christmas Concert at St. Vincent Ferrer last year.
Photo by Alicia Donelan
By Janis Fontaine
The holiday season is full of shopping and shows, concerts and parties. Parishioners are polishing the stained glass and putting on
Resurrection fern growing on an oak tree thrives in the humid air.
A family enjoys a walk on one of the trails.
INSET BELOW: Beauty berry lives up to its name.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Deerfield Island P
3rd Annual Delray Beach Surf Festival: Delray Beach – Nov. 14
Under rainy skies and gusty winds, Tom Pacheco, Laura Melum, Lydia Ripper, Elissa Masler and Laura Simon cheer for contestant Raef Melum, 10, during the Delray Beach Surf Festival. Competi
Nate Kinbacher, manager of The Bridgehampton, hacks away at invasive Brazilian pepper plants
along the dunes in Delray Beach. His friend Jason Davis assists.
The berries of a Brazilian pepper plant.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah
Jimmy Lytle reads the green as he caddies for pro golfer Meg Mallon during the Walgreens Charity Championship
at the Seagate Golf Club in Delray Beach in early November. Mallon, of Delray Beach, made an attempt
to defend her title at the Legends Tour
New boating zones in Florida Bay, including poll-and-troll zones and poll-troll-idle zones,
were approved as part of Everglades National Park’s new general management plan.
The shallow-water boating zones are not physically marked yet.
ENP website i
Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Accolades keep rolling in for Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue, a collection of more than 200 upscale shops (Tiffany, Chanel, Hermes, Saks, Louis Vuitton and Cartier, etc.) offering everything from designer jewelr
Palm Beach ArtsPaper staff
One minute it’s Thanksgiving, and the next, you’re stocking up on champagne to welcome the new year.
The holidays go by in an instant, but we all try to steal a little time for the ceremony of the season, for its sounds,
Workers and dogs coexist inside the pet-friendly office of Architec Brands, a housewares design company
in Delray Beach. Henry, a 3-year-old golden retriever, lounges in his bed. His friend Lilly,
a 2-year-old Morkie, explores the office to find a pl
The Philharmonic gets ready to begin the 2014 Gingerbread Concert.
Photo provided by Lynn University
By Janis Fontaine
The 13th annual Gingerbread Holiday Concert by the Lynn University Philharmonic returns from campus to the Great Hall in the Bo
Note: Events are current as of 11/27. Please check with organizers for any changes.
December 5
Saturday - 12/5 - Golf Cart Decorating Contest & Parade at The Pavilion at Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Ave, Delray Beach. Decorate your golf cart. Pu
Gulf Stream School has been ranked No. 32 out of 50 schools identified as the best private schools in the country by TheBestSchools.org, an independent organization.
Only one other Florida school made the list. Rocky Bayou Christian Academy
Gulf Stream School students who will participate in the all-state concert are (l-r): Stefan Awaida,
Tori Wheat, Sarah Vanden Bosch, Daniel Rogers, Bianca Mason, Alivia Roth, Morgan Mattson and Mia Dagher.
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Looking out the window at this marvelous Tuesday afternoon sun in South Florida I can't believe the time has moved so fast.
When Growing up all the old people would neal down, pinch my cheaks, and tell me how much I've grown.
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FAU urban planning student Adam Chapman measures 8 to 10 inches of water on Southeast First Street in Delray Beach.
Lake Boca Raton crested over the sea wall and breached the Por La Mar neighborhood in Boca Raton.
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After about two years of exploratory talks, Boynton Beach-based Bethesda Health and Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida have agreed to merge.
The agreement, announced on Oct. 2, calls for a two-year transition peri
Cynthia Smilovsky gives a blanket to World War II veteran John Mazzucco of Boca Raton before he left on an Honor Flight to Washington. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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At 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, two SUVs pulled out of Briny Breezes
