Pope Francis, who died April 21, was remembered as a pope for the regular people.
The Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito, Bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach County, called the pope “a man of tremendous hope, which he lived to the end, and which provi
May 24: A yoga Mass is offered at St. Gregory’s from 4 to 5 p.m. in St. Mary’s Chapel. The Rev. Elizabeth Pankey-Warren and Father Andrew Sherman lead this combination of prayer and yoga practice. All levels are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat. St
By Janis Fontaine
All clergy are teachers, but few come with the academic pedigree of the Rev. Dr. Robyn Neville of St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton.
Neville, who says it’s perfectly fine to call her Robyn, brings more than two decades o
Hunter Barron and Pasta Pantaleo show off a nice blackfin tuna. The fish are plentiful off Palm Beach County this time of year. Photos by Steve Waters/The Coastal Star
By Steve Waters
South Florida offshore anglers have their pick of species in May,
Arden Moore in this recent photo snuggles with Emma, who is now healthy and happy. Photos by Arden Moore/The Coastal Star
Nearly every day in some area of Palm Beach County, a dog darts out of the house, roams away and becomes lost. Or an unwanted d
Florida Atlantic University celebrated “Match Day” with its Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine’s class of 2025. Match Day occurs nationally on the third Friday of March when the results of the National Resident Matching Program are announced.
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Julie Knichel is an ICU nurse with Marcus Neuroscience Institute, part of Baptist Health at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. She suffered a stroke early last year and credits her colleague Dr. Brian Snelling with saving her life. Photo provided
By Jan
St. Andrew’s High senior Alexander Dartnell, a two-time national champion and the top-ranked U.S. junior player in squash, is preparing for the World Junior Championships in Cairo, Egypt. The sport was added to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, wher
With four outdoor terraces and courtyards, this industrial-modern home on Gleason Street has incredible outdoor space in which to relax or entertain. In the ground-level walled courtyard, the loggia is adjacent to a heated pool and spa counterbalanc
Delray Beach firefighter David Wyatt, who was driving a city aerial ladder fire truck when it was struck by a Brightline passenger train downtown on Dec. 28, is being fired, the city said Thursday following an investigation. Wyatt had been on paid a
A Palm Beach woman is dead after being struck by a truck on April 1 in the parking lot of Plaza del Mar in Manalapan, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.
Janice Stein, 74, was walking across from Publix just before 8 a.m. when she “inadvert
By John Pacenti
Lynn Ladner, Ocean Ridge’s sometimes embattled town manager, resigned after commissioners gave her poor evaluations, particularly hammering her on budget and fiscal responsibility, as well as leadership.
Ladner, in her resignation let
Stores had a feel for the fabric of a community
Fran Prescott buys fabric at Joann’s in Riverwalk Plaza in Boynton Beach. ‘It’s a disaster,’ she says of the impending closings. ‘There are no other stores like this.’ Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coast
Purchases in tens of millions of dollars aren’t immune from the wrecker’s ball
David MacNeil paid $38.5 million for an oceanfront house in Manalapan only to raze it, leaving the empty lot to the left. Now, he plans to buy the partially completed hous
Leneita Fix, executive director at The Reef Institute in West Palm Beach, with a miniature version of the Atlantic Ocean. The institute is advising Delray Beach on which coral to use to restore its reef. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Women relax under the buttonwood tree in this 1928 photo. The tree still stands at the center of the park in Boca Raton’s Por La Mar. Photo provided by Boca Raton Historical Society BELOW: Sherry, Joshua and Ken Lerner (l-r) with the tree during the
Spring is the season of comings and goings. Winter visitors will soon be leaving South County as they do every year. Even the moon left us, hiding in Earth’s shadow for about an hour on March 14 in the only lunar eclipse we could see here in 2025.
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Carol Besler is president of the StarBright Civic Collective, a nonprofit that has funded emergency medical training for Ocean Ridge police and classes for residents. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Kathleen Kernicky
Carol Besler was always mindful
The Coastal Star is converting all of its delivery to single-family homes, going from newspapers in plastic bags thrown in driveways to having U.S. Postal Service delivery in mailboxes.
We are doing this to improve service to our readers and adverti
I’ve lived in Highland Beach for 26 years. In spite of all the new and improved infrastructure put in place to deter it — the latest of which is pedestrian-activated warning lights installed at no small expense — vehicles continue to fly through cros
