Briny Breezes Mayor Mike Hill and Alderman Barbara Molina, both appointed to their seats in January to fill vacancies, were returned to office after no opposition came forward for the March 11 election.
Hill has one year left on his term and
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Former U.S. Ambassador Stuart and Wilma Bernstein received the American Friends of The Hebrew University’s 2014 Scopus Award during the annual gala. Nearly 250 supporters gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and special presentation. ‘The Scopus
By Dan Moffett
Unhappy with the engineering advice they got for a street paving project two years ago, Manalapan town commissioners don’t want to make the same mistake again when they tackle the Audubon Causeway bridge project.
So, commission
To say the Armory Art Center’s wearable-art runway show was over the top in creative genius would be an understatement. A standing-room-only crowd of 300-plus cheered the inventive undertaking as 36 models strutted in everything from a multicolor en
The ‘pride’ of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County roared once again at the annual gathering attended by more than 400 Lion of Judah members. The women reflected on turning points in their lives — when they knew they wanted to support t
A capacity crowd of almost 1,200 hospital supporters rocked out to the Beach Boys, with special guest John Stamos, at the 52nd annual fundraiser. The ball celebrated the establishment of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute, paid tribute to Honorary Cha
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
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
