Once homesteading was allowed in Florida, Thomas Moore Rickards was the first known settler to build a house. He settled in about 1897 along the east side of the Intracoastal Waterway. Photos courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
By Deborah S
Thousands of people took part in the 20th annual Buddy Walk at John Prince Park Oct. 19. The event raised money for the Gold Coast Down Syndrome’s educational, social and advocacy programs and promotes awareness of the capabilities and talents of peo
Joseph Myrick, Peg Young, Helen Long, Robert Myrick, Mamie Myrick and William Myrick enjoy a day on the beach in this photo by Laurence Gould, taken 1914-1917. Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
The year is 1958; the view is south on Fede
About 1,500 people came to Mizner Park for the first Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which raised $120,000. Photo provided
Six teams of volunteers ‘competed’ with one another during Boca Helping Hands’ Miracle Chef event Oct. 17. The teams prepared dishes using nothing but recovered food, drawing attention to the need for food recovery in our community. Supporters and
By Rich Pollack
It took a couple of votes and close to 30 minutes of sometimes heated discussion, but Highland Beach town commissioners finally agreed at their October meeting to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to show off the recent
By Rich Pollack
Buoyed by the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Friends of the Highland Beach Library will again host a wine and cheese fundraiser featuring entertainment and drawings for an assortment of prizes.
Set for 5:30 to 7
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach was all abuzz last month when part of a beehive on State Road A1A fell to the ground and hundreds of bees began chasing pedestrians strolling on the town’s walking path.
More than four hours after a walker flagge
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council approved a year-long moratorium on the operation of medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensing or cultivation facilities.
The law gives the city time to address possible land- development regu
By Sallie James
An upscale Mizner Park jazz club that features live entertainment could be staying open until 4 a.m. on weekends under a six-month pilot program.
Jazziz Nightlife, at 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton, wants to keep its doors open t
Jim Prewozniak, executive director of the Holy Cross Medical Group (center), fields questions during an open house to celebrate
the opening of its Urgent Care and Imaging Center at 1799 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
Music, refreshments, giveaways
The Boca Raton Garden Club’s annual Holiday House fundraiser will be held Nov. 14-16 at the clubhouse, 4281 NW 3rd Ave.
The hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
“Our members have been busy creating h
Kim Weiss captured images of sunrises from the terrace of her Boynton Beach apartment. Photo provided
By Steve Pike
“There is never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.’’ — Carlos Santana
Kim Weiss can relate to a guitar legend’s senti
Members of the community-outreach-focused congregation helped make a difference in the lives of others
during the synagogue’s High Holy Days hunger program — among them, ‘Feed My Community,’ in which
more than 5,000 bags were filled with 18,000-plus
Bo Reynolds’ music draws from the neighborhoods (like Briny Breezes) near his home in the county pocket.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
In 1999, when Bo Reynolds lived in Austin, Texas, he wrote and recorded an album called Out Of Texas.
In 200
Alan Jacobson opened Plaza Theatre in 2012. The Coastal Star/file photo
By Bill Hirschman
The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan declared bankruptcy and closed its doors Oct. 17 on the day that it was poised to begin its third season.
Meager season subscri
By Steven J. Smith
BOCA RATON — You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who knew the city of Boca Raton and its history better than Peggy McCall.
Mrs. McCall served as volunteer archivist for the Boca Raton Historical Society for more than 25 y
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — For the annual Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Margaret Ann “Muffie” Liebler hired a semi-trailer and decorated it.
“She always had a float,” said her daughter Heather Phelps. Her floats won many first
A sampling of the foods the Cornucopia project provides to the needy.
Flowers and cornucopia provided by Lynda Tatara of The Blossom Shoppes in Boynton Beach.
Photo by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW: Sherry Johnson
Cornucopia program del
April Markee (left, in pink) leads an hourlong fitness program along A1A in Delray Beach. The program provides
new moms an opportunity to meet other local moms and their babies while getting fit.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
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