With jubilant family members and friends filling Madonna Hall, the eighth-grade class of 2015 celebrated its commencement. Speaking at the 70th such graduation ceremony was William Finneran, longtime supporter of the school. Finneran urged parents to
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Students contributed to a grand total of 20,366 community-service hours during the school year, including 87 boys and girls who served more than 100 hours each. More than 30 area nonprofits benefited from their hard work. Also recognized by school of
Céline Von May, director and co-founder of the French American International School of Boca Raton, grew up in Paris. Taylor Jones/The Coastal Star
By Marie Puleo
The French American International School of Boca Raton — a private elementary school
‘False crawls,’ where the female turtle comes a few feet ashore and then turns around without nesting, have become more common this year. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Sea turtle nesting on Palm Beach County beaches is unofficiall
ABOVE: Lilyana Marie Richardson, daughter of Arianna Patterson and James Richardson, was selected as winner of the ‘Most Patriotic Baby’ contest during the July 4 festivities in Lantana.
BELOW: More than 3,000 attendees were onhand for the fireworks a
One week after being named Club of the Year by Rotary International, members of Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton inducted Jon Kaye as their new president during a Mad Men-themed event. ‘I look forward to an exciting year as we add the Inaugural Mayor’
To commemorate a successful year, Soroptimist International of Boca Raton & Deerfield Beach celebrated by touring The Wick Theatre & Costume Museum and dining beneath antique chandeliers. The highlight of the afternoon was the announcement of the 201
A gift of $20,000 was received from the Lions Club of Delray Beach to establish an endowment to assist visually impaired patrons. John Parke, club treasurer, along with other members presented the check to Nancy Dockerty, library board president, and
The Boynton Intracoastal Group marked its kickoff with a meet-and greet party at the home of Boynton Beach City Commissioner Michael Fitzpatrick and wife Lisa Hanley. Residents from Sterling Village, Snug Harbor, Seagate of Gulfstream, Hampshire Gar
By Amy Woods
A footloose and fancy-free fundraiser for the George Snow Scholarship Fund has brought together eight amateur rug-cutters who will twirl their way across the parquet Aug. 28.
Boca’s Ballroom Battle — an evening of dining and dancing —
By Amy Woods
August in Boca Raton used to comprise 31 dragging, dripping, doldrum-like days. Not anymore. The month will outshine the summer sun with the arrival of Boca Chamber Festival Days.
The annual event that pairs for-profit businesses w
By Thom Smith
Running may be the purest form of athletic endeavor, but except for the Olympics and the Boston Marathon, it is virtually ignored. So most people have never heard of the Schapperts.
Oh sure, folks connected with Pope John Paul
The Plate: Shrimp Kabob
Where: Two Georges at The Cove, 1754 SE Third Court, Deerfield Beach; 954- 421-9272 or www.twogeorgesrestaurant.com/thecove
The Price: $18.99
The Skinny: We have been craving shrimp lately. Call us prawns in the game of life.
But
By Mary Hladky
One year after announcing they were exploring a merger, WXEL-TV and WPBT2 have agreed to join forces.
The two public broadcasting stations will combine as South Florida PBS, reaching 2.42 million households from Key West to the S
With NASA's New Horizons spacecraft taking the first detailed pictures of Pluto this year, a Delray Beach man reflects on his involvement with "firsts" in space.
Little did Sid Schildkraut know that tinkering with the inner workings of radios at the
Caryn Foltz has sketched images of the area
and paired them with her thoughts that day in a book she calls SandScript.
Bruce Borich/The Coastal Star
The cover of Caryn Foltz’s book of drawings
and essays is derived from her first sketch.
By Ron Ha
I’ve lived on the barrier island for more than 30 years. I’m a big fan of home rule and local government. I enjoy being able to pick up the phone and talk with someone I know when I call Town Hall. I like it when police officers wave while I’m ou
Gerald Gitner poses with a collection of TWA model airplanes in his Highland Beach condo.
He is putting his extensive airline-management experience to good use
as chairman of the Highland Beach Financial Advisory Board.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
The recent article, “City/CRA shared-goals meeting takes a turn toward showdown” was more gossip-like than the journalistic quality your readers have come to expect.
First, a made-up “rift” (between city and CRA) that does not exist cannot “c
