By Dan Moffett
The South Palm Beach Town Council sent a clear response to a developer’s request to fast-track a condominium project on the site of the beleaguered Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn.
Not so fast, council members told the Paragon Acquis
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The ‘Over the Hill Gang’ — Roy Miller, Gene Robey and Don Hebert
— at The St. Andrews Club.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Golfers and guests arriving at the bag room in The St. Andrews Club are greeted by a homemade sign warning t
By Cheryl Blackerby
Two beach renourishment projects are completed, with two more to go.
The Savannah dredge finished work on nine-tenths mile of beach in south Boca Raton on Dec. 9, and the Ocean Ridge project wrapped up Feb. 9. The dredge
Gulf Stream School had a brief return to its roots on Feb. 19 as young polo players presented an exhibition game on the school’s lacrosse field. The school was built in 1938 on part of the original Gulfstream Polo Club.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
In Delray Beach, five historically significant properties have been selected for the National Registry of Historic Places, but missing from the list has been the prestigious designation of any of the city’s five locally designated
Owen Gassaway III stands in front of model airplanes
that once graced the Lantana airport. They are being packed and ready to move.
2013 photo by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The Lantana airport operator is a man on a mission.
Paul ‘Krazy Tyrone’ Krohn of Highland Beach
honed his entertainment skills as a tummler
at various resorts in the Catskills.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Every entertainer has a heyday — and for Highland Beach resident Paul Krohn, it was the 2
By Mary Thurwachter
A plan to extend a natural gas line to Hypoluxo Island is a go, but not without some controversy. In October, the town of Lantana mailed letters to island residents asking for a yes or no vote on the issue. Proponents of the
South Palm Beach Town Council members Robert Gottlieb and Stella Gaddy Jordan kept their seats for two more years after no one came forward to oppose them in the March 11 election.
Gottlieb, 74, was appointed to the Town Council in November 2
Laura and Ella Jervis (left), descendants of Walter ('Pop') Lyman, captain of one
of the first commercial boats to navigate the Boynton Inlet, take part in
a dedication ceremony of a new historic marker at the South Lake Worth Inlet.
The marker was
Three candidates are competing for two open seats after Ed Brookes and Zoanne Hennigan decided against running for re-relection on March 11.
James Bonfiglio
Personal: 60; bachelor’s degrees in political science and history, 1975, University
Dan Bates, Palm Beach County’s environment resource management director, had mixed news during a recent meeting with Manalapan’s task force on beach issues.
The good news was that the contours of Manalapan’s coastline help its beaches collect
Three uncontested races have left the Manalapan Town Commission with two new faces.
Clark Appleby, a member of the town’s zoning commission, claims the at-large seat vacated by John Murphy, and Ronald Barsanti, an alternate on the architectur
By Emily J. Minor
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — Nancy Canter, a lifelong student of art and literature who moved to Hypoluxo Island in 1986 and then helped raise money and interest for the Lantana Public Library, died Feb. 17. She was 83.
“She was quite
By Ron Hayes
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — In 2005, Anne Heyman helped establish “Moral Voices,” a lecture series at Tufts University. The first speaker was a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, where 1.2 million children had been orphaned.
As she listened
One highlight of the Casino remodeling has been the use of the ballroom
for events like the Daddy-Daughter/Mother-Son Date Night on Feb. 7.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
The Lake Worth Casino project was completed, with great
Tania Gerst, with her parents Rod and Emily Regan, in the back room
of Brogues, where they recently added windows.
Libby Volges/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Here’s throwing some light on what’s happened outback at Brogues Downunder Bar
Customers Connor Wordelman and her son Brooks (left) and Kristi Lesnik and son Gabriel
take some time to get to know each other during the Feb. 11 grand opening
of the Fresh Market at the corner of Linton Boulevard and Federal Highway in Delray Beac
ABOVE: Tom Vinci, 90, a resident of the Sabal Point Condominiums in Boca Raton, poses with his artwork — intricately painted squares similar to the stenciled designs created by his father. BELOW: Gay ‘Gigi’ Vela holds a hand-woven mohair jacket she
By Jane Smith
Buckets of money are flowing into the Boca Raton municipal races for the March 11 elections from two main groups: development and public safety.
Ten candidates raised $364,795, as of Feb. 7, the last reporting deadline before Th
