By Cheryl Blackerby
Wildlife at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center is in peril because of long-standing problems with pipes and tanks, Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners were told at a commission meeting July 21.
“Several weeks ago, there
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By Christine Davis
Fans of Trader Joe’s are ready, waiting and hungry for the Boca Raton store to open at 855 S. Federal Highway. And, while they thought they might be waiting even longer when an onsite problem with power lines cropped up, the Sep
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District adopted a proposed tax rate of .97 for every $1,000 of assessed value for 2014-15, the same rate as last year, at the district’s meeting July 21. Only property owners with a keen e
By Sallie James
The municipal property tax rate in Boca Raton won’t be going up this year.
And the way Boca officials see it, low taxes are just one more reason to brag about how great their city is. A recent survey by CreditDonkey.com named Bo
By Mary Thurwachter
A report from the Palm Beach County Inspector General’s office calls into question the procedure Highland Beach used to raise its spending cap in 2012.
The cap had been $350,000, but commissioners raised it to $1 million through an
By Sallie James
Motorists who park downtown may eventually have to feed a meter. But not yet.
The city is mulling a variety of options to deal with a downtown parking crunch that has become problematic, due to a mix of construction workers usin
By Rich Pollack
While Highland Beach residents are likely to see a slight reduction in their municipal tax rate on their property tax bill in the next few months, the amount of taxes they pay for municipal services could actually increase.
A p
A female marl pennant, an unusual species that breeds in brackish ponds and often along the coast, perches in Ocean Ridge. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Cheryl Blackerby
Here’s one reason to love dragonflies: Th
Feast of the Sea’s third Maestro del Mar Chef Challenge took place July 24 at Salt 7 in Delray Beach. Chefs from four Delray Beach restaurants competed, presenting a signature dish that included mahi-mahi. The dishes were created in less than 60 min
Soccer sensation Jozy Altidore (right ) poses with Boca High School student Michael Vanaki, and a signed American flag at Waterstone Resort & Marina. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
Twenty minutes into the U.S. Team’s World Cup opene
By Greg Stepanich
This might be a good month to get your grunge on.
The pestilential heat of an August in South Florida has to be tempered some way, and perhaps an evening of rough-edged rock from rain-soaked bands that made it big in the 199
The Rotary Club of Delray Beach gathered for official business to install its 2014-15 board of directors. ABOVE: (l-r) Anne Bright, Bill Arnst, Ernie Simon, Peter Beck, David Harden, Mike Campbell, Betsy Owen, Jimmy Weatherspoon, Candace Etzler, Alan
Members of Soroptimist International of Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach celebrated their organization’s 54th-annual dinner in special sunset style. Kathi Pease, past governor, installed the officers for the 2014-15 year as former President Kim Champi
Students raised $3,000 to benefit the Brother Mutien-Marie School in Mbalmayo, Cameroon, West Africa, during a contest that saw a teacher kiss a pig. The teacher, Eufrasio Volpe, who heads the Italian Club, did the deed at a pep rally. The pig was on
‘Sea oats are our first line of defense in dune protection,’ Ocean Rescue Chief Tom Mahady says. So six students from Pope John Paul II High School joined Mahady in planting 250 sea oat seedlings. ABOVE: (l-r) Mahady with students Zachary Markle, Jon
A special evening with special prizes benefited The HARID Conservatory, a professional training school for ballet dancers. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres, along with hair, make-up and skin consultations with aestheticians. ‘We are thrilled t
Lily Forte performs with the School of Rock during its 2013 summer tour to the Northeast, which included a show at the Lincoln Memorial. Photo provided
Watch video of Lilly performing
By Amy Woods
She sang her heart out in front of Mel B, Heidi
The Plate: The Country Pulled Chicken Sandwich
The Place: M.E.A.T. (Meat Eatery and Taproom), 980 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 419-2600 or www.meateateryboca.com
The Price: $10
The Skinny: We at The Plate have a message for you, gentle readers:
When d
Shelley Gilken teaches an Action Karate class to young students in May. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
When people think of karate, they often conjure up images of punches, kicks or hand-to-hand combat.
Those are all part of karate and self-def
Mark Gerretson, who loved to fish, started the Holiday Toy Drive Fishing Tournament
in 1994 to benefit the Delray Beach Police Department’s annual drive.
After his death in 2005, friends named the fishing tournament for Gerretson.
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