Tim Paller stands with the wine bottle that carried a message sent by Russian newlyweds in Cuba. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Early on the morning of his mother’s death, Tim Paller went for a walk on the beach.
“I was just watching the sun
By Dan Moffett
With year-end holiday celebrations coming up, South Palm Beach residents won’t have to worry about government officials dipping into the town’s coffers and making merry to excess.
That’s because the Town Council has adopted a “
The Coastal Star staff was honored Nov. 2 with first-place awards in environmental news coverage, opinion writing, news photography and feature page design by the Florida Press Club during its annual awards banquet.
Competing with other month
By Cheryl Blackerby
The subject was climate change, and Bob Perciasepe, deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, admitted early on, “I know I’m preaching to the choir here in southeast Florida.”
Perciasepe was the fea
This $450,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom can be yours if you buy
the $12.75 million Boca Raton home that comes with it.
Courtesy photo
INSETS BELOW: Adzem, Wenzel, Desmond, Pyfrom
By Christine Davis
Here’s an interesting way to obtain a limited editi
A view of the planned Atlantic Crossing project seen from Atlantic Avenue at Veterans Park. Rendering provided
By Tim Pallesen
City commissioners will review Atlantic Crossing, the $200 million proposed centerpiece for East Atlantic Avenue, one
Bob Luptak is owner and president of the Steinway Piano Gallery.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
On the grand scale, Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton hits all the right notes, because it’s always been about pianos for owner
Delray Beach native Harvey Brown Jr. will speak at the 74th annual Library Association meeting
on Dec. 9 at the Delray Beach Public Library.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
If you want to know who’s who in Delray Beach, ask Harvey Brown Jr. He’s a
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s long-awaited dog beach will open to pets and pet lovers the second weekend of December at the north end of Spanish River Park.
Hours will be 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to sunset on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Th
Before and during construction, merchants on either side of the Intracoastal Waterway fretted about how the Ocean Avenue bridge closing would hurt their businesses. Now that the new span has opened, some confess it wasn’t so bad, after all. But other
Father David Toups (left) leads seminarians Joe Plesko, Jonathan Emery, Felipe Gonzalez and Elixavier Castro in a 12-mile Central Florida obstacle course called the Tough Mudder.
Toups currently serves as seminary rector and president at St. Vincent
The Plate: General Tso’s Chicken
The Place: Pine Garden, 1668 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 395-7534 or pinegardenbocaraton.com.
The Price: $11.95
The Skinny: Those who attended Florida Atlantic University back in the ’80s may remember Pine Garden for
Butch and Melinda Trucks join Rena Blades and Brad Deflin at the Cultural Council’s Culture & Cocktails event at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. Photo by Corby Kaye’s Studio
By Thom Smith
A whole lotta love was present at the Cultural Council of
The proposed 13-story Hyatt.
Rendering provided
By Dan Moffett
The prospects for economic revival in downtown Boca Raton just went up — at least 13 stories’ worth.
That’s how high Hyatt intends to build a 200-room hotel on the southeast co
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program kicked off 17 years of helping at-risk girls in South Florida — and 11 years in Palm Beach County — by welcoming volunteer counselors, school-district personnel and other community partners to a gather
This fashion show sponsored by Wells Fargo Private Bank helped benefit Dress for Success Palm Beaches, a nonprofit organization that promotes economic independence for disadvantaged women by providing them with professional attire, career-developmen
ElevenSpa celebrated its ninth anniversary as a destination for salon and spa services in Delray Beach. The evening of elegance included music, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction, of which 100 percent of the proceeds went to Saluting Our
Dr. Denise St. Patrick-Bell, executive director of the Boca Raton Children’s Museum,
is leading a series of initiatives to bring more money into the museum.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
After 34 years of financial insecurity,
Anne and Louis Green were two of the more than 400 walkers and sponsors who came out to support the eighth annual affair that raised more than $310,000 for Florida Atlantic University’s Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center at the Christine
The Junior League of Boca Raton’s 26th annual celebration of women honored Peggy Jones (LEFT), the nominee from Boca Helping Hands. Patricia Thomas, who was nominated by two organizations — Caring Hearts Auxiliary of Florida Atlantic University’s
