By Amy Woods
From her first day to her last, the director of community relations at the Delray Beach Public Library loved her job.
“It spoke to all the things that I enjoyed doing,” said Bonnie Stelzer, who officially retired Feb. 29 after 1
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Ken and Sue Gross hold paintings from Haiti that they display in their Briny Breezes home.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Sue Gross looks at the water found in one community in Haiti.
Gross and her husband, Ken, say most people cannot afford
the $30 ce
Story and photos by Mary Thurwachter
Once known as the Pink Plaza, Royal Palm Place is no longer pink — it’s more of a variety of beige hues now. But the shopping center, off Federal Highway south of Palmetto Park Road, retains the old-world ch
Inside the Secret Garden Café, chef Lynn Dorsey shows off her vegan ‘crabcake.’
Ocean Ridge resident Naomi Donner receives a ‘sacred sound session’
by Randall Rodriguez at the Bean Scene Sunset Marketplace.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lo
Match Day is celebrated around the nation promptly at noon as new doctors
open sealed envelopes to learn where they will be spending their medical residencies.
Here, several of the 61 medical students in the class of 2016 celebrate at FAU.
Dr. Stuart
Basketball legend Alonzo Mourning played most of his NBA career for the Miami Heat.
He will be the keynote speaker at the April 6 Inspiration Breakfast.
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
The 14th annual Inspiration Breakfast, an annual fundraiser
Stargazer lilies may add color to a room but will poison your cat.
Photo courtesy of proflowers.com
A sago palm is toxic to dogs.
Photo courtesy of lake.ifas.ufl.edu
Ibuprofen can lead to gastritis or even a bleeding ulcer in a pet.
Photo courtesy of
The dune in Delray Beach has a mixture of native species that help trap blowing sand
and control erosion. It is more than shoulder high in many places.
Horizontal coco plum has adapted to the dune and lines the sidewalk in many places.
Dune sunflower
Fewer migratory birds, like these blue-winged teals, have been seen this winter.
Possible causes include a warmer winter to the north and more rain in South Florida.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Migratory birds still flew south th
Hundreds of blacktip sharks swarm the shallow waters off Palm Beach. Florida Atlantic University
biology professor Stephen Kajiura studies the annual migration of blacktips along South Florida’s beaches.
Photo by Stephen M. Kajiura
A blacktip shark c
Spotlight Families creator Shawn Sherlock with her son Aiden,
youth editor and music scene reporter of the magazine.
Twelve-year-old twins Madison and Mallory Barrass are two of the junior reporters.
Photos provided
By Janis Fontaine
Shawn Sherlo
Sight, smell and sound were featured during a field trip for first-graders from Trinity Lutheran Church & School
in Delray Beach. Hosted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, the trip included stops
at the Musical Swings temporary art install
The Oxbridge Academy Spanish Team, Los Dragones de Oxbridge, finished second place overall
in Division II at the 2016 Florida State Spanish Conference. The conference brings together the state’s
top 50 public and private school teams to compete in im
The St. Vincent Vikings capped their season with a 42-30 victory in the Boynton/Delray Basketball League
Championship game over the Lake Worth Christian Defenders. The Vikings (9-8) were led by eighth-grader
John Krolikowski’s game-high 24 points. Th
The Town of Ocean Ridge Town Hall will be closed on Friday, March 25, 2016 in order for staff to work on a Records Management project. Contractors may work that day, and inspections will be performed as usual.
Note: All camp listings are current as of 2/26. Please check with organizers for any changes.
March 21-25
2016 Spring Break Tennis Camp at Patch Reef Park Tennis Center, 2000 Yamato Rd, Boca Raton. Warm up exercises, drills, situational games, instruct
Note: Events are current as of 2 /26. Please check with organizers for any changes.
March 6-12
Friday - 3/11 - Lenten Fish Fry at St. Mark Catholic Church, 643 St. Mark Pl, Boynton Beach. Held again 3/18. $12. 734-9330; stmarkboynton.com
3/11 - Lenten F
By Dan Moffett
Lawyers for the town of Gulf Stream and those representing Martin O’Boyle and Chris O’Hare continue to exchange jabs about who’s willing to make peace and who isn’t.
O’Boyle and O’Hare have filed at least 40 lawsuits against the
By Dan Moffett
An important compromise in the Legislature appears to have allayed opposition to a controversial bill aimed at stopping people who exploit the state’s public records laws to shake down government entities for money.
Under changes
Is Delray Beach sure it wants an “Urban Appalachian Trail”?
If you have ever been on the actual Appalachian Trail, you would find that the users are hardy, backpacking, great folks who live in tents/sleeping bags, dig holes for latrines, eat p
