Walking the Morikami Museum gardens can be relaxing.
Photo courtesy of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
By Linda Haase
The unexpected breast cancer diagnosis was traumatic enough. But when the treatment made Jaclyn Merens so ill she could no
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Casey Cleveland, lead pastor of the Avenue Church, cuts the ribbon during the grand
opening for City House in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW: David Franklin
By Tim Pallesen
The challenge to save local children with no fath
PBSO Cpl. Brian Cullen works with his partner Justice.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
I’ve often wondered why it is that of all the various species on the planet, dogs appear to rank among the most diverse. Consider that there are
Lance Irvine of Fort Lauderdale, fourth from right, and other members of the Young Guns Fishing Team
show the 57.9-pound wahoo caught Sept. 13 to win heaviest overall fish in the XGeneration 440 Challenge
tournament based at Palm Beach Yacht Center i
A diver keeps a lionfish at arm’s length to avoid the sharp spines.
Geoff Pugh, a lifelong diver, developed a tube
for storing lionfish after they are speared. The invasive fish
have 18 venomous spines on their bodies. Pugh builds his lionfish tubes
You can expect a some scary moments at Sugar Sand Park’s Shriek Week. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
What were you afraid of as a child?
Was it the dark? The monster under the bed? The one in the closet?
The monsters of our imagination
Meg Mallon and Beth Daniel
File photo/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
For athletes in any sport, there is nothing like a home game. The comfort level of playing in familiar surroundings and sleeping in your own bed is almost incalculable in regard
Nothing says Halloween in Florida more than scary surfing guys. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Shelley Gilken’s random picks for things to do with tots and teens in the 2014-2015 season.
1. Trick or Treating on the Avenue and the Halloween Parade and
The new Trader Joe’s at the corner of Linton Boulevard and Federal Highway in Delray Beach opens on Sept. 5.
ABOVE: Barbara Arnold and Sandra Shinn stock shelves under the watchful eye of a surfing cow. Other store walls are covered with similar mur
In what is certain to stir controversy in Boca Raton for years to come, a developer has submitted plans for an “ultra-luxury” downtown condominium project that would include four towers rising as high as 30 stories.
ELAD National Properties of
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Diana Lewis 45.56% 45,175
*Jessica Ticktin 54.44% 55,181
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Maxine Cheesman 16.76% 16,661
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In Boynton Beach, Steven Michael’s Hudson Holdings bought a 1.35-acre parcel along Northeast Sixth Avenue, just south of the city Community Redevelopment Area called Ocean Breeze East. It paid $1.1 million for the land in April 2013.
Then it
Developer assembles properties in Delray, Lake Worth
Related stories: Atlantic Crossing construction to begin despite pending lawsuit | Plans for other sites as well | Planners look to update downtown development rules | iPic project draws fire fro
Building Boom: Investments in change
Related stories: Developer assembles properties in Delray, Lake Worth | Plans for other sites as well | Planners look to update downtown development rules | iPic project draws fire from nearby businesses
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By Dan Moffett
After more than a decade on life support, the end appears near for the last commercial district in Ocean Ridge.
The Town Commission has rejected an amendment that essentially would have grandfathered the five-store strip at 5011
For two years after we moved into our office at 5011 N. Ocean Blvd., people would stop in asking where the dry cleaner was. They looked crestfallen when I explained the locations of two businesses across the bridge.
At least once a week throug
By Rich Pollack
Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians along A1A beware: Law enforcement officers from several departments will once again be out in force this month in a concentrated effort to promote the need for bicyclists, motorists and pedestr
By Tim Pallesen
The furor over Atlantic Crossing now has Delray Beach ready to tighten and improve its downtown development regulations.
“We started on the heels of Atlantic Crossing, and we heard about height and density concerns,” Treasure Co
Delray Beach Historical Society President Leslie Callaway addresses the crowd
during the the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Delray Beach Historical Society charter signing.
INSET BELOW: A portrait of Ethel Sterling Williams.
Tim Stepien/The Coa
By Dan Moffett
After the furor over the Red Cross plan for a Designers’ Show House on Point Manalapan, town commissioners are working to draft a new ordinance that would prohibit large, multiday special events.
“This is the result of the recent
