The Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council drew a large turnout for its 2014-15 season kickoff, where established and prospective members gathered for a meet-and-greet cocktail reception. Photo: Laurence Blair, Steven Belson and Daniel Siegel. Ph
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Sanborn Square, Boca Raton - Oct. 18
Tim Irwin poses on stilts behind Boca residents Eric Rosenberg, holding Darla, a small French bulldog, and his friend Allie Weprin with her Boxer, Sheba, who sit for a photo within the interac
Ted Juracsik, founder of Tibor Reel Corp., with daughter Marianne Papa,
who oversees the fly fishing reel manufacturing business on Congress Avenue in Delray Beach.
Juracsik lives in Boca Raton and spends much of his time fishing from a second home i
Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club head golf professional, Andy McMechan.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
The Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club is undergoing some significant changes.
The most visible is the renovation to its golf co
The Plate: VegeFi Burger
The Place: BurgerFi, 6 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach; 278-9590 or burgerfi.com
The Price: $6.97
The Skinny: I could have asked, “Where’s the beef?”
And I’m sure BurgerFi could have answered with my choice of meaty burgers.
But w
Kids join in the annual tug-of-war at the Delray Beach Surf Festival. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
Even if the waves aren’t big, it’s still a swell time at the Delray Beach Surf Festival.
“Our motto of the whole surf festival is the win
Community Invited To Help Underwrite The Festivities Presented Annually By The LCPL. Justin J. Wilson Detachment 1045, Marine Corps League, and Navy F.M.F. Corpsmen of 4th
ANGLICO (Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) of Palm Beach
Broken Sound Club, a P
BCBGMaxazria, a luxury national-brand women's clothing boutique, plans to open its doors in a storefront in the 411 E. Atlantic Avenue building, Delray Beach, by the end of November, if not sooner, says the soon-to-be store manager Rena Vatch, who is
Pamela Higer-Polani is instrumental in organizing Boca Raton’s first Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
When Pamela Higer-Polani approached the Alzheimer’s Association a year and a half ago about having a wa
A 1960s postcard of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn, when it was called the Palm Beach Hawaiian.
Courtesy of Janet DeVries
Mary Smith of Lantana stands in the parking lot of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn
on its final day of business Sept. 21. Smith w
By Mary Hladky
The wait for people yearning to live in downtown Boca Raton is finally coming to an end.
The first downtown apartment complex to be built in nearly a decade, the 261-unit Camden Boca Raton at 131 S. Federal Highway, began ope
By Cheryl Blackerby
New sand has been pumped on Boca Raton’s south and north beaches, and next year it will be the city’s central beach’s turn to be renourished.
Although the central beach didn’t lose as much sand to Hurricane Sandy as the nort
Boca Raton officials approved a $136 million general fund budget during a final Sept. 18 budget hearing, setting the property tax rate for 2014-15 at $3.71 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
Property values have increased 5.63 percent in Boca R
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Police Foundation is officially a nonprofit organization, recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
“Up until now, donations to the foundation were not tax-exempt,” said Highland Beach Police Chief Craig Ha
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Town Commission last month gave final approval to a $11.35 million general fund budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year — while at the same time holding the line on the town’s operating tax rate at $3.95 per $1,000 of
By Rich Pollack
After six months and more than $900,000 worth of improvements, Highland Beach’s Town Hall renovation project is all but complete. Now commissioners are trying to figure out how to show off the enhancements.
Commissioners, at a workshop
Customers are greeted with the aloha treatment, complete with leis, at the opening of the new Trader Joe’s store at 855 S. Federal Highway at the corner of Southeast Eighth Street in Boca Raton on Sept. 26. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Holy Cross Urgent Care and Imaging Center will open a new office at 1799 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
A grand opening celebration, with tours, giveaways, paraffin dips, prizes and refreshments, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 15. For more informa
Mary Huddleston Waxman, a graduate of Florida International University with a bachelor’s of music in applied voice, provides voice instruction to children participating in the joint effort between Sol Children Theatre of Boca Raton and Karen Slattery
By Tim Pallesen
City Hall has undergone a transformation in the 18 months since Mayor Cary Glickstein and Commissioner Shelly Petrolia were elected.
New top administrators are in place.The addition of Jordana Jarjura to the commission last M
