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Accolades keep rolling in for Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue, a collection of more than 200 upscale shops (Tiffany, Chanel, Hermes, Saks, Louis Vuitton and Cartier, etc.) offering everything from designer jewelr
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One minute it’s Thanksgiving, and the next, you’re stocking up on champagne to welcome the new year.
The holidays go by in an instant, but we all try to steal a little time for the ceremony of the season, for its sounds,
Workers and dogs coexist inside the pet-friendly office of Architec Brands, a housewares design company
in Delray Beach. Henry, a 3-year-old golden retriever, lounges in his bed. His friend Lilly,
a 2-year-old Morkie, explores the office to find a pl
The Philharmonic gets ready to begin the 2014 Gingerbread Concert.
Photo provided by Lynn University
By Janis Fontaine
The 13th annual Gingerbread Holiday Concert by the Lynn University Philharmonic returns from campus to the Great Hall in the Bo
Note: Events are current as of 11/27. Please check with organizers for any changes.
December 5
Saturday - 12/5 - Golf Cart Decorating Contest & Parade at The Pavilion at Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Ave, Delray Beach. Decorate your golf cart. Pu
Gulf Stream School has been ranked No. 32 out of 50 schools identified as the best private schools in the country by TheBestSchools.org, an independent organization.
Only one other Florida school made the list. Rocky Bayou Christian Academy
Gulf Stream School students who will participate in the all-state concert are (l-r): Stefan Awaida,
Tori Wheat, Sarah Vanden Bosch, Daniel Rogers, Bianca Mason, Alivia Roth, Morgan Mattson and Mia Dagher.
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Looking out the window at this marvelous Tuesday afternoon sun in South Florida I can't believe the time has moved so fast.
When Growing up all the old people would neal down, pinch my cheaks, and tell me how much I've grown.
Today, marks the 7th year
FAU urban planning student Adam Chapman measures 8 to 10 inches of water on Southeast First Street in Delray Beach.
Lake Boca Raton crested over the sea wall and breached the Por La Mar neighborhood in Boca Raton.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal St
By Mary Hladky
After about two years of exploratory talks, Boynton Beach-based Bethesda Health and Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida have agreed to merge.
The agreement, announced on Oct. 2, calls for a two-year transition peri
Cynthia Smilovsky gives a blanket to World War II veteran John Mazzucco of Boca Raton before he left on an Honor Flight to Washington. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
At 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, two SUVs pulled out of Briny Breezes
There are few places left in southern Palm Beach County where you can see the Atlantic Ocean. Private homes and condos block most of the views. Only along the public beach in Delray Beach, in spots where sea grapes have been trimmed along Boca Ra
Lance Shaner, owner of Shaner Hotel Group, and Mike Sformo, Operation Backbone’s founder.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Lance Shaner was in Buffalo several months ago for what he thought was simply the opening of the new Buffal
If the fire district were to be approved, a new station might be built along A1A somewhere between the town of Gulf Stream and Woolbright Road in Ocean Ridge. One proposed location is in Briny Breezes between Gulfstream Texaco and Hampton Real Estate
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will focus on raising the level of service of its own fire-rescue department instead of consolidating with the county, city commissioners agreed Nov. 3.
Just four residents spoke against the consolidation.
“We are
By Jane Smith
Parking meters are coming to downtown Delray Beach, a majority of city commissioners agreed in mid-October. The question remains when.
A majority of commissioners reached that decision in May, too, and were waiting to review p
By Jane Smith
The Downtown Development Authority board will give new Executive Director Laura Simon a salary increase to coincide with her promotion. At the Delray Beach authority’s Oct. 12 meeting, the board agreed to increase Simon’s base sa
New playground equipment might have a nautical theme.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Veterans Park will soon have new playground equipment after Delray Beach commissioners agreed to pay slightly more than $92,000 to replace the aging wooden
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic movie theater property in Delray Beach asked to amend for the fourth time the contract to buy the 1.59-acre site.
But the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, which owns the parcel that sits
