By Jane Smith
After waiting for more than 10 years, Boynton Beach will finally get a project that could jump-start its downtown.
City commissioners sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency board gave tentative approval to a $4.3 milli
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By Jane Smith
Delray Beach has an alphabet soup of marketing agencies, three city commissioners say. They w
Hal Finkelstein (left) and Martin Kahn at the South Palm Beach SCORE office in Boca Raton.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jay Waitkus
Martin Kahn says he likes “to see the good side of people, and see them make it.”
Kahn means it, too:
Rob Van Winkle, aka rapper Vanilla Ice, is offering to do a 13-episode TV show
about his renovation of this $10.5 million home in Manapalan.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Broker James Arena, of Arena and Company, which has headqua
IN THE ’50s
An aerial view of Boca Raton Inlet and Lake Boca Raton shows the property that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club. That’s Camino Real curving eastward.
IN 2012
An aerial view of the land that includes the Boca Raton Resort & Club. In 1
A manually operated wooden drawbridge was built in 1916 on Palmetto Park Road, making beach access easier. This view is looking west over the bridge. On the right is the tender’s wife, Mrs. Townsend. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Socie
Once homesteading was allowed in Florida, Thomas Moore Rickards was the first known settler to build a house. He settled in about 1897 along the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
By Deborah S
Thousands of people took part in the 20th annual Buddy Walk at John Prince Park Oct. 19. The event raised money for the Gold Coast Down Syndrome’s educational, social and advocacy programs and promotes awareness of the capabilities and talents of peo
Joseph Myrick, Peg Young, Helen Long, Robert Myrick, Mamie Myrick and William Myrick enjoy a day on the beach in this photo by Laurence Gould, taken 1914-1917. Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
The year is 1958; the view is south on Fede
About 1,500 people came to Mizner Park for the first Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which raised $120,000. Photo provided
Six teams of volunteers ‘competed’ with one another during Boca Helping Hands’ Miracle Chef event Oct. 17. The teams prepared dishes using nothing but recovered food, drawing attention to the need for food recovery in our community. Supporters and
By Rich Pollack
It took a couple of votes and close to 30 minutes of sometimes heated discussion, but Highland Beach town commissioners finally agreed at their October meeting to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to show off the recent
By Rich Pollack
Buoyed by the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Friends of the Highland Beach Library will again host a wine and cheese fundraiser featuring entertainment and drawings for an assortment of prizes.
Set for 5:30 to 7
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach was all abuzz last month when part of a beehive on State Road A1A fell to the ground and hundreds of bees began chasing pedestrians strolling on the town’s walking path.
More than four hours after a walker flagge
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council approved a year-long moratorium on the operation of medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensing or cultivation facilities.
The law gives the city time to address possible land- development regu
By Sallie James
An upscale Mizner Park jazz club that features live entertainment could be staying open until 4 a.m. on weekends under a six-month pilot program.
Jazziz Nightlife, at 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton, wants to keep its doors open t
Jim Prewozniak, executive director of the Holy Cross Medical Group (center), fields questions during an open house to celebrate
the opening of its Urgent Care and Imaging Center at 1799 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
Music, refreshments, giveaways
The Boca Raton Garden Club’s annual Holiday House fundraiser will be held Nov. 14-16 at the clubhouse, 4281 NW 3rd Ave.
The hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
“Our members have been busy creating h
Kim Weiss captured images of sunrises from the terrace of her Boynton Beach apartment. Photo provided
By Steve Pike
“There is never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.’’ — Carlos Santana
Kim Weiss can relate to a guitar legend’s senti
Members of the community-outreach-focused congregation helped make a difference in the lives of others
during the synagogue’s High Holy Days hunger program — among them, ‘Feed My Community,’ in which
more than 5,000 bags were filled with 18,000-plus
