By Mary Thurwachter
At a budget hearing Sept. 23, the Lantana Town Council gave its approval to an $18 million budget with a tax rate of $3.24 per $1,000 of taxable property.
The 2014-15 tax rate is the same as last year.
Thanks to the rebo
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The Carlisle Palm Beach, a six-story senior living community at 450 E. Ocean Ave. in Lantana, completed a renovation that includes the addition of a “memory care” unit for residents with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
“We’re excited
Melissa DiMisa and Connie Muir opened Once Upon a Time in May in the Pineapple Grove
area of downtown Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Scott Simmons
Once upon a time, there were two east Boca Raton moms who had kids to clothe.
The
The Plate: Ellie’s Famous Chicken Pot Pie
The Place: Ellie’s 50’s Diner, 2410 N. Federal Highway, Delray Beach; 276-1570 or elliescatering.com.
The Price: $12.97 (served with soup)
The Skinny: Ellie’s offers comfort fare with ’50s flair.
And what could
Cendyn Spaces takes up a portion of the first floor of a 94,500-square-foot Boca Raton office building
that also is the home of the M.E.A.T. Eatery & Taproom.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Since the world is flat (and the way American compan
A blue dauben water lily stands above the surface of a fountain that drains in the koi ponds.
Angel wing begonia.
Bring quarters to buy fish chow and enjoy the koi feeding frenzy.
INSET BELOW: The red and yellow blooms of the Pride of Barbados tree g
Pumpkin Ravioli with Buffalo served at 50 Ocean in Delray Beach
The Pumpkin Beer Float at 50 Ocean
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
How to tell when it’s fall in South Florida? The license plates change color.
And pumpki
Tons of limestone boulders and recycled concrete slabs were sunk to re-create the Goggle Eye Reef.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
About 700 tons of limestone boulders and scrap concrete were dumped into the ocean about a half-
Walking the Morikami Museum gardens can be relaxing.
Photo courtesy of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
By Linda Haase
The unexpected breast cancer diagnosis was traumatic enough. But when the treatment made Jaclyn Merens so ill she could no
Casey Cleveland, lead pastor of the Avenue Church, cuts the ribbon during the grand
opening for City House in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW: David Franklin
By Tim Pallesen
The challenge to save local children with no fath
PBSO Cpl. Brian Cullen works with his partner Justice.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
I’ve often wondered why it is that of all the various species on the planet, dogs appear to rank among the most diverse. Consider that there are
Lance Irvine of Fort Lauderdale, fourth from right, and other members of the Young Guns Fishing Team
show the 57.9-pound wahoo caught Sept. 13 to win heaviest overall fish in the XGeneration 440 Challenge
tournament based at Palm Beach Yacht Center i
A diver keeps a lionfish at arm’s length to avoid the sharp spines.
Geoff Pugh, a lifelong diver, developed a tube
for storing lionfish after they are speared. The invasive fish
have 18 venomous spines on their bodies. Pugh builds his lionfish tubes
You can expect a some scary moments at Sugar Sand Park’s Shriek Week. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
What were you afraid of as a child?
Was it the dark? The monster under the bed? The one in the closet?
The monsters of our imagination
Meg Mallon and Beth Daniel
File photo/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
For athletes in any sport, there is nothing like a home game. The comfort level of playing in familiar surroundings and sleeping in your own bed is almost incalculable in regard
Nothing says Halloween in Florida more than scary surfing guys. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Shelley Gilken’s random picks for things to do with tots and teens in the 2014-2015 season.
1. Trick or Treating on the Avenue and the Halloween Parade and
The new Trader Joe’s at the corner of Linton Boulevard and Federal Highway in Delray Beach opens on Sept. 5.
ABOVE: Barbara Arnold and Sandra Shinn stock shelves under the watchful eye of a surfing cow. Other store walls are covered with similar mur
In what is certain to stir controversy in Boca Raton for years to come, a developer has submitted plans for an “ultra-luxury” downtown condominium project that would include four towers rising as high as 30 stories.
ELAD National Properties of
Percent Votes
Circuit Judge, 15th Circuit, Group 14
Diana Lewis 45.56% 45,175
*Jessica Ticktin 54.44% 55,181
101,356
Circuit Judge, 5th Circuit, Group 30
Maxine Cheesman 16.76% 16,661
*Jaimie Goodma
In Boynton Beach, Steven Michael’s Hudson Holdings bought a 1.35-acre parcel along Northeast Sixth Avenue, just south of the city Community Redevelopment Area called Ocean Breeze East. It paid $1.1 million for the land in April 2013.
Then it
