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As the housing market collapse fades into memory, the taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has risen to within striking distance of the histor
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Related story: Higher cost estimates could scuttle fire district plan
By Rich Pollack
Another deadline for when Highland Beach has to let Delray Beach know if it plans to continue contracting with the city for fire and rescue services has come
By Steve Plunkett
Talk of the city annexing five subdivisions north of Clint Moore Road has the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District crying foul.
District commissioners were already chafed by the 2013 annexation of the Royal Palm polo gro
The Early Literacy Backpack program is giving Suzanne Endruschat’s daughter, Maggie, 4,
a head start on developing her reading skills.
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By April W. Klimley
Maggie Endruschat just turned 4, but she’s already getting ready to read — a
By Steve Plunkett
Night owls behind the wheel can expect to encounter up to 30-minute delays on Interstate 95 on select Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Work on the Spanish River Boulevard interchange this month will include erecting bridge beams across th
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is sending a counterproposal filled with additions and deletions to the City Council, which wants “sole discretion” to make changes at parks.
The district and the council now must
By Steve Plunkett
Arthur Koski, longtime attorney for the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, will relinquish his additional role as interim executive director of the agency Oct. 1.
Koski, who has been under attack from city officials s
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council after much disagreement last month again delayed approving an ordinance that would limit building heights in areas zoned local business and multifamily residential.
The proposed ordinance would limit
The public is invited to attend an architectural roundtable from 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 8 at Boca Raton City Hall, 201 W. Palmetto Park Road.
The focus of the roundtable is to discuss the creative reinterpretation of the Mizner tradition as it r
Stratford Arms’ use of multiple kinds of palm trees makes for a stunning entrance feature.
BELOW: The Atrium uses colorful plants to make the assisted-living facility more inviting to its clients.
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By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
On May
Eddie James and Tommy Woodard, known as The Skit Guys, will perform June 10 in Delray Beach.
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By Janis Fontaine
The Skit Guys — Tommy Woodard of Edmond, Okla., and Eddie James of Sachse, Texas — have been using comedy and drama to
Boca teen’s prototype harnesses ocean energy
and wins her a ticket to the White House
Hannah Herbst, at an FAU lab, shows her floatable prototype designed to provide
a power source by using untapped energy from ocean currents. She won the Discovery
Dr. John Strasswimmer is helping bring skin cancer screenings and treatments
to the local migrant community. Behind Dr. Strasswimmer at Caridad Center
are Dr. Sherry McQuown and Wilfido, a patient of Dr. Strasswimmer’s.
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Dana Cook holds two of his Sea Turtle Hatcher fishing lures.
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By Willie Howard
Many Palm Beach County anglers know that mutton snapper linger in shallow water during the summer months, waiting for baby sea turtles t
Agnes Simon and her poodle-Pekinese mix, Benji, celebrate his 11th birthday
at The Carlisle Palm Beach senior living community in Lantana.
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By Arden Moore
Inside The Carlisle Palm Beach senior living community in Lantana, you expe
The school’s Academy of the Arts presented Let Your Hair Down, Rapunzel, the 11th stage performance
that showcased the talents of middle-schoolers. In addition to the play, students presented the Great Wall of Art
featuring hundreds of works created
By Steve Pike
“I was born addicted to heroin.”
That Garcia Marquez-esque line opens The Painting and the Piano, co-authored by Ocean Ridge residents John Lipscomb and Adrianne Lugo. The self-published book follows Lipscomb and Lugo from seem
Steven Dapuzzo slices a completed pie at SoLita & Mastino in Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Related story: Hey, Dad! This brew's for you at local beer masters
By Sallie James
The faint smell of burning oakwood wafted through
Related story: Hey Dad! Eat, drink and make pizza in Delray Beach restaurant class
By Thom Smith
Father’s Day. What to do?
By comparison, Mother’s Day is a piece of cake, or maybe croissants, eggs Benedict and Champagne at a special brunch
More than 800 guests — a record — turned out to support the school and help raise in excess of $600,000, which will fund student scholarships. During the evening, university President John Kelly announced a $5 million gift from Bobby and Barbara Camp
