An estimated 1,200 children received school-supply-filled backpacks at the nonprofit healthcare center’s Back 2 School Bash. The children, all of whom are patients at the center, set an attendance record at the 20-year-old event, which served 1,100 i
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FAU President John Kelly (left) speaks with Dennis Gallon
and Bill Berger during a recent event.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
John Kelly could have worked in a cotton mill or driven a tractor under the hot — much hotter than Boca Rat
The fourth-annual reception raised more than $60,000 to benefit Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine’s incoming class. More than 220 business, civic and healthcare leaders attended, each giving a donation for underwrit
The league’s board of directors and other active members came together for the annual summer project of distributing baby diapers to the communities of south Palm Beach and north Broward counties. This year, nearly 38,000 were given to 16 agencies,
Stretching from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic, Ocean Strand is the last
undeveloped real estate of its kind left in Boca Raton.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Ocean Strand, a spectacular swath of green real estat
One of Boca Raton’s largest wine-tasting parties drew more than 350 guests who had the opportunity to sample 100-plus vintages, enjoy hors d’oeuvres provided by local restaurants and listen to live music. The extravagant event was sponsored by the Gr
More than 100 attendees at the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce’s informal networking event enjoyed a tour of the salon and spa while sipping cocktails. ‘It was a pleasure having members of the Delray Beach Chamber group here,’ the company’s
By Rich Pollack
The drawn-out saga of the $3.5 million sale of a Highland Beach town-owned property in Boca Raton may soon be coming to an end.
Last month, the Boca Raton City Council gave its approval to a change in its comprehensive plan tha
Astraea Quisenberry came a long way to see baby sea turtles march into the sea.
Astraea, a 5-year-old from Portland, Ore., has been fighting leukemia and wanted to see the turtles
at Gumbo Limbo. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Gumbo Limbo, made it h
If approved, the new condo would be built where mangroves stand
between Regency Highland (left) and the three towers of Toscana on the right.
Bing Maps photo
By Rich Pollack
A developer’s request for permission to build a 209-foot-tall, 16-story l
In 1994, when Boca Raton bought the Ocean Strand property for $11.9 million, many praised the investment as a victory for preserving green space. Twenty years later, the 15-acre property between high-rise condominiums and homes remains blissfully
Jennifer Urbanek leads a shark feeding at the Sandoway House. Shelley Gilken/The Coastal Star
By Shelley Gilken
Who needs Sharknado, modern-day megalodon attacks, or a submarine shark lurking off the coast of South Africa? There’s no need for fictitio
Christiane Francois has traveled
to Boynton Beach’s sister city, Qufu, China.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The owner of the defunct Dolphin restaurant in Boynton Beach likes to think globally.
“I like the idea of finding out abou
By Cheryl Blackerby
The city of Boca Raton got a big surprise July 28 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — a check for $4 million for reimbursement of the 2010 beach dredging project at the city’s north beach.
“We had been hoping for it. We
By Dan Moffett
Sometime in the next couple of months, Circuit Judge Catherine Brunson is expected to settle a three-year legal battle between Palm Beach County and 14 municipalities when she rules on how taxpayers should pay for the Inspector
By Cheryl Blackerby
After fish and a moray eel died at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center when a pump failed in early August, Michele Peel, spokesperson for Friends of Gumbo Limbo, asked the city of Boca Raton and the Boca Raton Beach and Park District for
By Sallie James
The financially strapped not-for-profit Boca Raton Children’s Museum may have a savior. Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, a Boca Raton-based nonprofit organization, has expressed interest in taking over the struggling 34-y
Commissioners Ron Brown, Mayor Bernard Featherman and Dennis J. Sheridan
listen to a presentation on the town’s spending cap.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
In the wake of a finding by the Palm Beach County Inspector General’s Offic
By Sallie James
The city will be extending lifeguard hours, hiring a full-time building inspector and increasing parking enforcement staff under a proposed $135.8 million 2014-2015 general fund budget. The overall city budget includes money for 22
Anthony Romeo of Boca Raton stretches out in a folding beach chair at Boca Raton’s South Beach.
He brings his own chair and is content with that.
Sallie James/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
When Boca Raton resident Elle Tate takes her two young
