A beachside condominium will be allowed to make improvements to its outdoor deck and pool area even though a portion of the property is located seaward of the coastal construction control line.
Boca Raton City Council members last month grante
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Helping Hands volunteers serve lunch to the needy on a Wednesday afternoon in March.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW: James Gavrilos
By Steven J. Smith
James Gavrilos, executive director of Boca Helping Hands, remembers how a devastatin
The 58th-annual affair attended by 700 guests made history with its ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ theme. Current and former ambassadors stood in a receiving line, as did special guests Shirley MacLaine and William Shatner and the evening’s performer,
A moving and powerful documentary about temple member Michelle Brandfon’s family’s experience highlighted the monthly series. Titled ‘No Place on Earth,’ the film shares the story of Jews ages 2 to 78 who survived the Holocaust by going underground a
Jeremy Rodgers is sworn in March 31 by Florida CFO Jeff Atwater.
Bruce Borich/The Coastal Star
By Tao Woolfe
City Councilman-elect Jeremy Rodgers attributes his surprise win to running a clean campaign and focusing on Boca Raton’s business grow
The University Club of the Florida Atlantic University Foundation celebrated its gambling-themed gala with gaming including blackjack, craps, poker, roulette and slot machines and dinner-by-the-bite. Funds raised benefit academic programs and scholar
The Palm Beach Symphony turned a dreamy night into reality during the annual gala. ‘The annual gala is an opportunity to help the Palm Beach Symphony sustain the world-class symphonic music that it has been providing for over 40 years,’ Co-Chairwoman
Leaders celebrated the first phase of the center’s ‘West Wing’ improvements, which include the opening of the Hall of Discovery, a space that has been expanded by 5,000 square feet and features hands-on, interactive exhibits with a modern twist. A hi
The 12th-annual event themed ‘Friends of A Feather Flock Together’ honored women while empowering local children by supporting education in art, journalism, science and other disciplines. The theme symbolizes the 45th year of ‘Sesame Street’ and Big
The Palm Beach International Film Festival anounced it now has a home at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar. The location not only will provide a headquarters and home for movies, but also will be used for small theater productions and c
More than 350 guests attended the Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse’s eighth-annual fete, featuring keynote speaker Taylor Armstrong of ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,’ who also is a domestic-violence survivor and advocate. Armstrong delivered
Town Clerk Valerie Oakes swears in Vice Mayor Bill Weitz, who beat incumbent Ron Brown.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Following overwhelming support from voters, two major Highland Beach water projects can now move forward, but it
More than 250 guests attended the organization’s anniversary event, including the center’s staff members, supporters and donors from around South Florida. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the thousands of patients it serves annually. PHOTO: Com
A yellow tabebuia tree in full bloom.
Photo provided by Richard Randall
By Tao Woolfe
The city is offering a sweet, shady deal this month to homeowners who want to spruce up their properties.
Boca Raton residents can buy one or two tropical tre
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach Town Commissioners will consider appointing interim Town Manager Beverly Brown to the position permanently this month.
During a meeting March 31, commissioners unanimously expressed support for appointing both
There are plenty of orchids, decorative pots and garden accessories available at the Delray Garden Center.
Robert Glynn with one of the five macaws that have found a home at the garden center.
Classic landscape materials like this stunning hibiscus
Reed Stewart, teacher, needlepoint expert and designer,
stitches a pair of Stubbs & Wootton shoes
at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach.
Andie Lindeman of Jupiter stitches Blue Dog
into a pair of Stubbs & Wootton slippers.
Tim Stepien/The Coa
After five decades of educating thousands of students, Unity School families had thousands of reasons to celebrate. More than 300 supporters – including Don and MaryAnne Shula – gathered and raised a record $200,000. ‘We are blessed to have such fant
John Sharp (seated, center left) celebrates his 100th birthday at the Colonial Ridge Club Clubhouse in Ocean Ridge on St. Patrick’s Day, Sharp’s favorite holiday. Pictured behind him are his two daughters, Pat Duignan (left) and Nora Furey (with polk
School officials and students kicked off construction of a soon-to-be-built open-air pavilion that will serve as the school’s gymnasium and house home games for the first time in the institution’s history. ABOVE: Barbara Messier, Adriana Smigiel, Que
