By Sallie James
Two activists have sued Boca Raton in federal court, claiming their rights to equal protection and due process were violated when the city created a zoning classification that paved the way for a controversial synagogue.
The
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By Sallie James
A ranking organization for the property/casualty industry has named Boca Raton’s Fire Rescue Department one of the best in the nation, citing its top-notch fire services.
The impressive news could mean a savings of up to 3 perce
Robert Glassberg, a Best Wishes of Boca Raton employee for more than 31 years, assists
Samantha Santoro and her boyfriend, Ryan Leavitt, both 18 and seniors at Boca Raton High School.
Santoro was searching for a graduation present, taking advantage o
Boca Raton property owners, rev your lawn mowers. The allowed length of grass — and other untended vegetation — just got shorter.
The City Council approved an ordinance in February that reduced the permitted maximum height of untended vegetati
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plans to hand-deliver a check for $3.7 million — as soon as the City Council finds time to accept it.
The money is half the local cost of renourishing the city’s beaches from the
‘Who wants to go for a boat ride?’ Guests outfitted in the mandatory life jackets
are ready to be helped aboard one of the 20 yachts offering rides to attendees
of last year’s Boating & Beach Bash for People With Disabilities.
Photo provided
By Apri
The park’s entrance was at Camino Real, about where the gates to Camino Gardens stand today.
All that is left is an asphalt pathway and the geyser base in the lake.
In the 1950s, people paid $1.25 to see herds of African gazelle, zebra,
giraffe and c
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners unanimously passed a package of five local ordinances at their March 1 meeting, with several designed to keep the town from looking unsightly during construction.
“Most of these ordinances have
By Dan Moffett
MANALAPAN — Kersen De Jong was the most controversial citizen in Manalapan because that’s what he wanted to be.
Born in the Netherlands, De Jong said he believed it his duty as a naturalized American to speak out whenever he found i
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Björn Nils Anders Lamborn, a prominent physicist who held a key role in establishing the Ph.D. program in physics at Florida Atlantic University, died Jan. 14 after suffering a bad fall following cataract surgery
Florent ‘Flo’ Plana and cameraman Hugo Le Gourrierec record Ed Manley
as he talks about photos from his days in the service during World War II.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The RV in which Plana travels to interview World War II veterans.
By Steve
By Rich Pollack
Motorists traveling along State Road A1A in southern Palm Beach County from March 7 to 13 may be seeing more flashing emergency lights as the South Florida Safe Roads Task Force conducts another in a series of concentrated educati
Owners Sean Iglehart and Clint Reed opened Sweetwater Bar & Grill in 2011
in Boynton Beach. This month they are opening Saxon, which has a different flavor.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
“Hey, let’s open a bar!”
Giving the frivolo
‘Hello, mamas!’ says the sign on the new portable breastfeeding and pumping station
at Palm Beach International Airport. The 5- by 9-foot portable lactation suite,
located past the security checkpoint across from Gate C1, includes seating, an electri
By Ron Hayes
HIGHLAND BEACH — Joanne Freeman loved books.
Ms. Freeman, a former bookstore owner who volunteered with the Friends of the Highland Beach Library and later was a part-time member of the staff, died Feb. 6 after battling cancer.
Volunteers donate their time at the golf course
to get reduced fees
Volunteer Francis Sanatan rakes a sand trap at Red Reef Park Executive Golf Course.
Doug Tunstall, who volunteers at Red Reef, plays a round of golf.
Francis Sanatan, a volunteer pla
Jenny O’Sullivan (right), with her husband, Morgan, and children, Caitlin, 6, Sean, 4,
and Molly, 6 months. Jenny O’Sullivan donates breast milk to the Toppel Family Place
at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Conno
Gina Melby, CEO of JFK Medical Center, addresses employees and board members
as part of the celebration of the 50th year of the hospital.
Dino Gavazza (foreground) and Frank Gueits help carry the capsule that was buried in 2003
after a major expansi
Liz Ryan
By Janis Fontaine
Liz Ryan has accepted a position with St. Paul’s Day School in Delray Beach as day school director.
Ryan, who has a degree in music/theater, started her child- care career as a volunteer at her church and then honed
Rabbi Joan Cubell, right, with Cantor Geniene Miller, left,
and Adina Baseman Sharfstein at a recent Shabbat service.
Photo provided by Norman Karl Garrett
By Janis Fontaine
Rabbi Joan Cubell wants everyone to feel welcome at Congregation Beit
