The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County had its annual gathering of elected officials to share updates about literacy efforts and opportunities to participate throughout the county. The event also served as a kickoff for the friendly competition
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Howard Schnellenberger and his wife, Beverlee, were honored before the University of Miami vs. Florida Atlantic University football game. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
S-A-T-I-S-F-A-C-T-I-O-N.
As the University of Miami contingent
Related story: Witches of Delray
When witches go riding, and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers, ’tis near Halloween!
Boots worn by Margaret Hamilton
in The Wizard of Oz, cauldron and other props
courtesy of Hidden Siren.
Photo illus
The Plate: Jerk chicken
The Place: Bamboo Fire Café, 149 NE Fourth Ave., Delray Beach; 749-0973.
The Price: $15
The Skinny: The flavors of Bamboo Fire are not for the faint of heart.
We don’t mean that it’s spicy — though owners Donald and Beverly J
Rather than howling at the moon, these whimsical witches
rise early Halloween morning to ride their broomsticks
(bicycles) for fun and a good cause.
Andie DeVoe, Alpha Witch, surrounded by fellow witches waving and casting spells
upon passing cars
George Gann, standing in a natural setting of blackbead and saw palmetto,
has created a website and phone app (below) to assist local gardeners.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Are you a wannabe gardener, and your thumb isn’t gree
Garden team leader Shelly Zacks hands a pruning saw to Arie Forma.
A bolting basil plant.
Salo Bowen carries some wood for stakes.
A vining sweet potato already is in bloom.
Jeanne Fernsworth lays cardboard to be covered with mulch.
Photos by Jerry
Susanne Jorgensen stands triumphantly at the summit of Mount Shasta
in California after taking part in the 2015 Climb Against the Odds.
Photo provided
By Lona O'Connor
Nobody would have faulted Susanne Jorgensen if she had decided to snorkel and
Craig Yarbrough of Boynton Beach shows the mutton snapper he caught on Sept. 11
using a dead sardine on a circle hook while fishing on the Sea Mist III drift boat,
based at Boynton Harbor Marina.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
O
Francesca Watt and her brother Charlie in Tzfat. Also called Safed, this city
in the northern district of Israel is considered one of Judaism’s four holy cities,
along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias.
Photo provided by Koby Wexler
By Janis Font
Three-year-old Yorkshire terrier Peaches,
who has been named America’s Top Dog Model,
poses in a pet relief area at Palm Beach International Airport.
Peaches no doubt will make regular use of PBIA’s new pet relief areas,
at the eastern and western e
Kevin Anderson of Gulf Stream waves to the crowd during the U.S. Open.
Photo by UltimateSports.com
By Steve Pike
Any good professional athlete worth his or her salt will tell you that every pitch, every pass — and, in Kevin Anderson’s case, every
Related story: Police advise precautions during Halloween festivities
By Janis Fontaine
Halloween is more popular than ever, but the days of trick-or-treating door-to-door are fading fast. Less than a third of costumed kids plan to walk around
A scary, skeletal guard greets visitors who dare to enter the spooky grounds
for Halloween in the Hammock at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton.
Photo provided
During Halloween, we throw many of our rules out the window, according to offi
Amara (l-r), Ari and David Kaiyalethe pose in the ground floor of the new home they are building in Boca Raton to be within walking distance of Chabad of East Boca Raton. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Margie Plunkett
David and Amara Kaiyalethe a
By Tao Woolfe
A massive kapok tree dominates the walking path behind the Boca Raton Resort and Club. Its raised gray roots, covered with thorns, stretch toward the walkway like a dragon in the sun.
Longtime golfers and members of the club sa
By Rich Pollack
Thanks to significant increases in overall property values and several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of cuts to the town’s proposed 2015-2016 budget, Highland Beach residents are likely to see their municipal tax rate drop for th
By Sallie James
Boca Raton would add four code enforcement officers, four firefighter/paramedics and five new police officers under a proposed 2015-2016 municipal budget that holds the line on property taxes and adds two new programs and new perso
By Steve Plunkett
The proposed Houston’s restaurant at the old Wildflower site will have a breathtaking view of the Intracoastal Waterway, but it won’t have docks, the developer says.
And a fence will block access on the waterfront walkway to t
By Rich Pollack
During meetings with residents concerned that a new U.S. Customs Station at the Boca Raton Airport would generate more noise, airport leaders realized they could be doing a better job of telling the airport’s story. “That was t
