For the 15th consecutive year, Delray Beach has been designated as a Tree City USA community by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The honor recognizes the city for its commitment to urban forestry management and environmental improvements.
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Lantana Police Officer Brian Gibson was recognized as the department’s 2014 Employee of the Year during the March 9 Town Council meeting. Police Chief Sean Scheller said Gibson, who had been honored as Employee of the Second Quarter previously, h
SOUTH PALM BEACH — They say a cat has nine lives, but with all due respect to felines, any cat would have been happy to have lived the many lives of Robert “Bob” Welstein, who died on March 15 at the age of 96. Mr. Welstein lived many lives duri
By Steven J. Smith
OCEAN RIDGE — Pierce Koslosky Sr. was the very model of a tenacious businessman, a loving husband and a dedicated family patriarch, who emerged from humble beginnings in a coal town to embrace lasting success in the business w
By Mary Thurwachter
It may appear bleak now, but soon the green space at the Lantana Beach facing A1A and east of the drainage ditch swale will be undergoing a spruce-up courtesy of an anonymous resident.
At the March 23 meeting, the Lantana
By Jane Smith
The fate of the old Boynton High School is on the front burner again. On March 17, an architectural consultant gave city commissioners three options for its Town Square: Renovate the high school, partially restore it and save its faç
\Rinah Karson of Delray Beach holds her bicycle valet ticket that was distributed by Human Powered Delray.
Barbara and Norman Iverson, Delray Beach residents, load up their bikes with groceries from the farmer’s market.
Patrick Halliday and Jim Chard
By Jane Smith and Willie Howard
Boynton Harbor Marina customers are paying $5 for parking on Fridays through Sundays, after its Community Redevelopment Agency board nixed negotiations with a landowner to provide free parking.
CRA staff was neg
Boynton Beach Mayor Jerry Taylor dedicates the Downtown Heritage Trail plaque in honor of Janet Hall,
a boat captain and co-founder of the Sea Mist fishing company, during a March 18 ceremony.
Standing with Taylor are Hall’s daughter, Judi Garnsey An
Dr. Acey Albert, primary care physician, at his office in Palm Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
When Dr. Acey Albert volunteers at the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii, he works in makeshift conditions: The medical tent is pi
A right whale surfaces, arching her back and extending her head and fluke out of the water.
Photo provided by FWC
By Cheryl Blackerby
Only about 500 North Atlantic right whales are left in the world. Fortunately for Floridians, these extremely rar
During a March 29 celebration held on the proposed site of the Harry and Celia Litwak Chabad Center,
Rabbi Ruvi New recognizes Irving Litwak (right) who donated $2.7 million for the property in his parents’ honor.
The sign in the background anticipat
Dr. John Schwartz
The La Sagra’s flycatcher resting in the branches of a gumbo limbo tree.
Jacque and Larry Goodhew.
Photos by Malcom Balfour and Dr. John Schwartz
By Malcolm Balfour
After a disappointing five-day bird-watching jaunt to Key Wes
By Mary Thurwachter
Walking tours have long been a favorite of tourists and locals. They provide an entertaining way to dive into culture and history — and in some cases, food and wine — all while getting a little exercise, to boot.
Here’s a look
You can achieve Nirvana, but it comes with a price: $25 million.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Nirvana can be yours if you can pony up the cash
In case you didn’t know, “Nirvana” is located in Manalapan at 840 S. Ocean Blvd. And it’s for
By Rich Pollack
With an $882,000 Florida Department of Transportation grant approved and another $600,000-plus FDOT grant expected next year, the Boca Raton Airport Authority is moving forward with plans to build a long-discussed U.S. Customs stat
Impact 100 Palm Beach County Co-Presidents Sue Diener and Susan Duane. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
One woman. One meeting. One vote. The model on which Impact 100 Palm Beach County was founded has attracted more than 300 local philanthropists united
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
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,
