By Sallie James
A plan to develop the south end of Hillsboro El Rio Park — an area once used as a city dump — would cost about $3 million, according to Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell. The north end of the park at 499 SW 18th St. was develo
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By Sallie James
Residents who need to renew their annual beach parking permits can now do it by mail or email.
“It seems so archaic to make everyone stand in line at our community centers. How wonderful that we are doing it through the mail and
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — After he retired from his financial consulting firm a couple of years ago, Alan Alford became a city employee once again.
“He went to work as a ranger at Sugar Sands and Patch Reef parks three days a week,” recalled Le
HIGHLAND BEACH — Daniel Featherman, a resident of Highland Beach and formerly of Philadelphia, died Oct. 2 in hospice care at Delray Medical Center. He died from complications resulting from surgery.
Mr. Featherman, 83, was secretary and treasurer
Green sea turtles set an all-time nesting record during the 2015 Florida nesting season, which ended Oct. 31.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission reported about 28,000 green sea turtle nests counted on 26 index beaches statewid
By Steven J. Smith
Candidates planning to run for offices in many of the Palm Beach County municipal elections March 15, will need to file qualifying papers earlier than usual, according to Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher.
“Due to the fede
By Rich Pollack
With the season just around the corner and more people taking to South Florida’s roadways, some law enforcement agencies along Palm Beach County’s coast are gearing up educational and enforcement efforts designed to keep pedestrian
Freida Boyers celebrated her 105th birthday Oct. 27 with a motorcycle ride
through Ocean Ridge. Neighbor Phil Lambrecht took her for a cruise
on his 1997 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
When Freida Boyers
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — When staff members at the Boca Raton Historical Society wanted reliable information about the city’s early days, they called Dave Ashe.
He had lived those early days as a boy, and then, as a man, founded the society to
A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling emerges from its shell.
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Related story: Green sea turtle nesting sets record
By Cheryl Blackerby
Scientists have long thought sand temperatures surrounding turtle nests determined the gender of sea
A public-private partnership at the Lake Worth Casino complex, proposed by one of the owners of the historic Sundy House in Delray Beach, has been rejected by the City Commission.
“We are not going to accept any more proposals until we can ide
The developer has begun a limited demolition of the Oceanfront Inn in South Palm Beach.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Developer Gary Cohen has all the permits in place to tear down the Oceanfront Inn in South Palm Beach, but after
By Dan Moffett
Bob Vitas was the first candidate South Palm Beach council members interviewed in October for their vacant town manager’s job, and he wasted no time convincing them he was right choice.
“He came in and knocked our socks off r
Bess Hatsis, (l-r) Ellie Ana Sperantsas, Dean Sperantsas and Father Mark Leondis
of St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton pray over the grave
of Athena Sperantsas. They released balloons into the sky to honor Athena’s birthday.
Tim Stepien/Th
HIGHLAND BEACH — Gordon B. Kelley, 77, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22, 2015. Born and raised in Decatur, Ga., Gordon attended and graduated from the University of Georgia, where he played football for the Bulldogs and helped them win an SEC ch
DELRAY BEACH — Kathleen Stephens Moraskie died at her home in Delray Beach on Oct. 1 surrounded by her children. Originally from Shamokin, Pa., Mrs. Moraskie was the daughter of John Edmund and Anna (nee Hollenback) Collins, sister of Anne (Sc
Bob and Ellie Smela are celebrating 25 years
at Ellie’s 50’s Diner on North Federal Highway in Delray Beach.
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By Scott Simmons
You’d think Ellie Smela would be exhausted after 25 years of rocking around the clock at he
On Oct. 21, Lynn University President Kevin M. Ross announced that the Christine E. Lynn University Center
will be built through a $15 million challenge grant from board of trustees chair Christine E. Lynn.
The building will encompass the Hannifan Ce
Mrs. Arnold MacSpadden (left) with Mrs. Horatio Ebert and Mrs. J. Myer Schine at a 1956 Artists’ Guild fundraiser.
A painting by Albert P. Murrow, circa 1965, of the building at 801 Palmetto Park Road that first housed the Boca Raton Museum of Art an
By Steven J. Smith
BRINY BREEZES — If laughter is the best medicine, Terry Dugan heaped generous doses of it on friends and family throughout his life, according to his widow, Barbara.
“It came from his Irish-ness,” she said. “I have so many
