A bulldozer levels the sand escarpment in Ocean Ridge just south of Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park while beachgoers and sea shell collectors enjoy the beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
In a surprise move by the contractor, dr
Gloria Adams has worked at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square for 25 years, 23 of them as director of the Cornell Museum of Art. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
By Lucy Lazarony
For 25 years, artist Gloria Adams has brought
Donna Schneier’s collection forms the show ‘Unique by Design’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Envelopes get pushed when art dealer Donna Schneier is involved.
The Manalapan resident’s latest coup is an envi
The $37 million Ocean Avenue Bridge, opened in November, features a designated fishing platform for fishermen and cast netters. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Palm Beach County has posted four “cast netting prohibited” signs
By Dan Moffett
After viewing an engineering consultant’s slide show and getting reassuring answers to another round of unsettling questions, the Manalapan Town Commission unanimously agreed to move forward with a plan to replace the aging Audubon
Police Chief Carl Webb and Town Clerk Yudy Alvarez were sworn in to their official positions. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Carl Webb’s career in law enforcement began in Pittsburgh during the 1970s when he volunteered as a reserve
Karen Marcil and Christina Auer show off items from Our Boat House in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park. The retail company was started in 2005 in Vero Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
You can thank Frances, Jeanne and Wilma for Boc
The former Boca Raton Bridge Hotel, now known as Waterstone Resort & Marina, will have its grand opening May 7. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
On May 7, Waterstone Resort & Marina, 999 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton, will celebrate its
By Rich Pollack
The YouTube videos and website postings flooded the Internet for days after the South Florida Safe Roads Task Force completed its weeklong initiative last month to increase safety among bicyclists, motorists and pedestrians on St
The Plate: Crab cake sandwich
The Place: Old Key Lime House, 300 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana; 582-1889 or oldkeylimehouse.com
The Price: $14.99
The Skinny: It was a dilemma anyone would envy: we were hungry, but not starving.
Did we want to gorge ourselves
Richie Podvesker, deli master of the store, directs a customer to the beer collection while handling the sandwich orders of a dozen customers at a time. He has been making subs and other meals for more than 21 years.
By Paula Detwiller
The road
Robert Morse with Randi Emerman and Rick McCoy at the Palm Beach International Film Festival. Photo provided
By Thom Smith
If you want bright lights, head for the big city. Big bucks and exotic cars and a penthouse suite? Try Cannes. Mucho-chic
Cast members take the stage in the Arts Garage production of The Trouble With Doug. Photo provided
By Greg Stepanich
Seraphic Fire, the Miami-based concert choir with two Grammy nominations to its credit, performs this month at St. Gregory’s Ep
The Wasie Foundation is inviting women age 18 and older to team up with Operation Mobilization in the quest to end human trafficking by raising funds through a challenging series of summits. Cost is $800, which includes lodging, food, transportation
The view of Boca Raton Airport from Glades Road and Interstate 95.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The federal government pays to staff the control tower at the Boca Raton Airport.
Clara Bennett, the Boca Airport Authority’s executive director,
cam
By Steve Plunkett
Pay attention to the sign when you pull into a free on-street parking space in downtown Boca Raton. The city is enforcing the mostly two-hour time limits for the first time in at least three years.
City staff also are puttin
INSET BELOW: Walter O'Neill
By Lucy Lazarony
Walter O’Neill can sum up his vision for the Art School of the Boca Museum of Art in four simple words, “community and building community.”
O’Neill, who took over as director on April 7, sees the A
Lake Boca was filled with boats, partiers and music on April 27 for Boca Bash,
an annual floating party held between the Camino Real and Palmetto Park Road bridges.
Ocean Ridge resident Luke Smith, sporting a pink flamingo hat,
collects trash for
By Tim Pallesen
A majority of city commissioners wants to charge a dollar for trolley rides to discourage the homeless from riding free to a soup kitchen.
To stop the homeless from begging for money, commissioners also want a tough new ordin
By Rich Pollack
Concern over a water leak that led to one small neighborhood association receiving a $4,000 water bill has Highland Beach town leaders looking into new ways to detect leaks and save not just treated water but also a lot of money.
