The Caridad Center celebrated the construction of an 11,000-square-foot addition to its facilities, which are operating above capacity with more than 25,000 patient visits annually. The expansion will allow the clinic to serve an additional 3,000 pat
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When Judi Sikes retired after more than a decade of waiting tables at Park Avenue BBQ & Grille in Lake Worth, Delray Beach and Boca Raton, the local chain celebrated her last day by naming it in her honor. Sikes recently married Russell Buckingham, o
Proper Affair: The Addison, Boca Raton – April 16
Boston Proper and the Achievement Centers for Children & Families united in April to host the seventh annual Proper Affair to benefit low-income children and families in our community. The event fe
This year’s event raised more than $100,000 for the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club of Delray Beach. Community Impact honorees were Jerry Lower and Mary Kate Leming of The Coastal Star. Kyra Dobard was Youth of the Year. ABOVE: (l-r) Co-Chai
The Plate: Chicken Parmigiana
The Place: Josie’s Ristorante, 1602 S. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach; 364-9601 or josiesristorante.com
The Price: $8.99 (at lunch)
The Skinny: Once again, it was lunchtime and we were starving. Fortunately, Josie’s offered
By Steve Pike
Sometimes fiction makes the best truth.
Bob Brink looked up from his plate of fried mushrooms and smiled at the notion.
“That’s it in a nutshell,” said Brink, a former reporter for The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Illustrated magazine. “
By Steve Pike
It’s always a challenge and risk for an author to write about a well-known historical figure. When that figure is Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, youngest daughter of Russian Czar Nicholas II, the bar is raised even higher.
In his
By Steve Pike
It was quite an adventure for Daring Dog to find his way to book form. Whereas many books eventually become screenplays and perhaps even movies, Charlotte Jerace’s flying dog hero of The Adventures of Daring Dog started out as a screen
Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene has expanded his sizable Florida real estate holdings by purchasing the southernmost property in Manalapan, the 4020 S. Ocean estate formerly owned by longtime resident Ken Brown.
Greene was the sole part
Ocean Ridge Town Clerk Karen Hancsak (l) talks with Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Susan Bucher, just prior to a March 8 emergency hearing concerning an lawsuit filed by Ocean Ridge Town Commissoner Richard Lucibella. Both Hancsak and Buc
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach has dropped out of a lawsuit to determine how cities pay for the county Inspector General’s Office.
“The Inspector General has been instrumental in helping us focus on best practices,” Mayor Cary Glickstein
Athletes and film crew produce a Gatorade commercial on Delray Beach in March. The city is steadily becoming a popular destination for the film industry. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Frustrated town commissioners are looking for ways to accelerate Gulf Stream’s utilities project after learning it might not be completed until the end of the decade.
“It seems to me this town may need to take some appropriate steps to f
By Dan Moffett
Facing a federal lawsuit from Gulf Stream over hundreds of public records requests, Chris O’Hare has filed complaints against two of the town’s attorneys in two different arenas.
In Palm Beach County Circuit Court, O’Hare is asking Ju
By Steve Pike
The Brown Jug — symbol of golf supremacy in Gulf Stream — went to the Little Club on March 26. The host Little Club defeated neighbor St. Andrews Club 18-15 in the annual event that began in 1975.
The tournament, which featur
By Dan Moffett
When Palm Beach County voters overwhelmingly approved the creation of an Inspector General’s Office in 2010, they made a binding contract with cities and towns that requires them to help pay for the new watchdog.
That is the centerpiece
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach needs to provide Disney-style service for its downtown to maintain its image as a world-class destination, said Don Cooper, its new city manager.
But achieving that high level of service is difficult and costly in
Editor Mary Kate Leming and Publisher Jerry Lower, were honored by the Boys and Girls Club.
Photo provided
When we started The Coastal Star in November 2008, the last thing we anticipated was to be recognized with a community award.
After many year
Harvey and Virginia Kimmel have funded a six-figure matching grant to jump-start the expansion of the children’s section at the Delray Beach Public Library. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Virginia and Harvey Kimmel were renting an apartm
