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
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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
By Ron Hayes
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — In 2005, Anne Heyman helped establish “Moral Voices,” a lecture series at Tufts University. The first speaker was a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, where 1.2 million children had been orphaned.
As she listened
One highlight of the Casino remodeling has been the use of the ballroom
for events like the Daddy-Daughter/Mother-Son Date Night on Feb. 7.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
The Lake Worth Casino project was completed, with great
Tania Gerst, with her parents Rod and Emily Regan, in the back room
of Brogues, where they recently added windows.
Libby Volges/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Here’s throwing some light on what’s happened outback at Brogues Downunder Bar
Customers Connor Wordelman and her son Brooks (left) and Kristi Lesnik and son Gabriel
take some time to get to know each other during the Feb. 11 grand opening
of the Fresh Market at the corner of Linton Boulevard and Federal Highway in Delray Beac
ABOVE: Tom Vinci, 90, a resident of the Sabal Point Condominiums in Boca Raton, poses with his artwork — intricately painted squares similar to the stenciled designs created by his father. BELOW: Gay ‘Gigi’ Vela holds a hand-woven mohair jacket she
By Jane Smith
Buckets of money are flowing into the Boca Raton municipal races for the March 11 elections from two main groups: development and public safety.
Ten candidates raised $364,795, as of Feb. 7, the last reporting deadline before Th
Boca Raton will have umbrellas and chairs similar to Delray’s beach furniture.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Related story: After much to-do, new beach furniture seems to please everyone
By Steve Plunkett
Rows of blue beach chairs with billowin
By Steve Plunkett
Someone is wondering whether Boca Raton should buy South Inlet Park from the county.
County Commissioner Steven Abrams told Eric Call, the county’s parks and recreation director, that the city was asking about such a sale.
Bob Weisblut (right)presents a Certificate of Appreciation Feb. 13 to Eric Vandernook of FAU, following an Ocean Ridge Town Hall Lecture.
Voters will choose a new mayor and two council members in the March 11 election. The mayor and Seat B on the council are for three-year terms. Two candidates are in the mayor’s race, and four are running for Seat B. The Seat D position is for th
