Dozens of concerned neighbors meet Oct. 19 along Marine Way in Delray Beach to see the effects of high tides along the Intracoastal Waterway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A Coastal Star Special Report:
Adapting to change: First the probable, then the
Patricia “Pat” Brown-Paytee is known for tireless service to the Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. Brown-Paytee, of West Palm Beach, has been involved with the agency for 13 years, starting as a grant-funded recruit
Diane Duffy and Scott Agran in the newly opened Lang Realty office
in the Plaza Del Mar shopping center in Manalapan.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
INSETS BELOW: Brock Rosayn (left); Phyllis Alexander (right)
By Christine Davis
Here’s the latest
Mel Cottone was on President John F. Kennedy’s staff
as an advance man who helped plan the president’s appearances.
Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
Photo was signed by President Kennedy.
Mel Cottone (dark hair, arms crossed) watches the 1960 electi
By Steve Plunkett
Anthony Majhess will cut his second City Council term a year short to run for mayor of Boca Raton.
Majhess said the fact he would be term-limited out of office in March 2015 and have to wait two more years for the next mayo
Friends of the Library say the two screened-in porches would be more useful
as enclosed rooms to accommodate the many groups using the library.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Since it opened its doors in 2006 after previously
Boca Raton will be the backdrop of a new bowl game to be played at Florida Atlantic University’s football stadium starting in December 2014.
Football fans in the South, Northeast and Midwest will be treated to television cameos of the city as
By Steve Plunkett
In a word, visitors to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center want more.
As in, “more from the center as well as at the center,” Judy Gire said while presenting a five-year strategic plan for Gumbo Limbo to the Greater Boca Raton Beach
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton will not send money to pay for the inspector general until a lawsuit by it and 13 other municipalities is resolved challenging how the office is funded.
The cities filed suit two years ago saying the county’s pr
A woman was killed near the Chalfonte condominiums, and Boca Raton police responding to a “shots fired” call Oct. 20 killed her husband, whom they found armed on the shoulder of South Ocean Boulevard.
Dead were Germana Burlakoff, who had tur
Bethesda Hospital Foundation Women of Grace honorees and their guests react to the unveiling of personalized windows at Saks Fifth Avenue in Palm Beach. Each honoree had a window decorated representing her own style.
Meet the Women of Grace | See mo
By Steve Plunkett
A federal contractor paid by the city will have its dredge off Boca Raton’s south beaches the first week of November.
City Council members waived normal bidding procedures Oct. 22 to take advantage of Marinex Construction
The Wick Theatre opened in September and on Nov. 15 Marilynn A. Wick and her daughter, Kimberly Wick, will open the Costume Museum at the Wick Theatre. The museum will bring to life 100 years of costume designs. The costume museum opening is the
By Emily J. Minor
HIGHLAND BEACH — Marie A. Beary, who broke the glass ceiling over and over again as a prominent New York attorney and then taught her four children the importance of feminism in a modern world, died Sept. 25. She was 90.
Th
The Plate: Pepperoni Pizza
The Place: Pizzeria Oceano, 201 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana. No phone; pizzeriaoceano.com. Typically opens around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Meatless Monday event is Nov. 4.
The Price: $19; cash only.
The Skinny: It is rar
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Horst Susskind, a self-made man who joined the Dutch Underground during World War II, died Sept. 29. He was 89 when he suffered a massive heart attack, his daughter, Elizabeth Susskind, said.
Her father was “a
By Jane Smith
BOCA RATON — Sandra L. Cook died in the arms of her son and daughter at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Delray Beach on Sept. 23.
Mrs. Cook, 68, died from complications of the rare disease cortical basal ganglion degeneration,
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Elizabeth L. Pettinicchi, a stay-home mom and grandmother with a propensity for kindness, acceptance and spending time with her kids and grandkids, died Oct. 21 at her home in Ocean Ridge. She was 87.
“The mai
Cherokee purple tomatoes from Farmhouse Tomatoes, available at the West Palm Beach GreenMarket.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Customers check out spices for sale at the Delray Beach GreenMarket.
Christy’s Bakery offers an array of pastries
Scott Dingle (back row, from left), Pastor Andy Hagen, Susan Hagen and Debbie Dingle were among
the Advent Lutheran Church team who visited Good Shepherd Church and School in a Mumbai slum.
It was part of a mission against sexual slavery.
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