By Rich Pollack
It is a Palm Beach County tourist season best defined by storms.
Snowstorms in the rest of the country, no storms to speak of in South Florida and the perfect storm of an improving economy plus pent-up demand and strong promot
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Protesters chanted in the fountain area between Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club and
the Boca Raton Resort to protest George Zoley, president of the GEO Group.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
About a dozen human-rights activists prot
Highland Beach Town Clerk Beverly Brown swears in Commissioner Dennis J. Sheridan
during a special commission meeting March 12.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Incumbent Highland Beach Town Commissioner Dennis Sheridan narrowly
By Rich Pollack
The long-awaited $850,000 renovation of Highland Beach’s Town Hall is finally underway. Construction crews began demolition late last month.
Expected to continue through the fall, the project is designed to unite the Police De
The book of a lifetime – the life of Boca Raton philanthropist and community activist Florence A. “Flossy” Keesely — will soon be available.
The memoir that’s been more than a year in the making, will be unveiled on Keesely’s 100th birthday
Coach Howard Schnellenberger was honored on his 80th birthday by hundreds of supporters, including football legend Joe Namath.
Schnellenberger and his wife, Beverlee, share a kiss to celebrate the end of the entertainment. Tim Stepien and Jerry Lower
CRA Vice Chairman Robert Weinroth, Mayor Susan Haynie, Council Member Michael Mullaugh
and CRA Chairman Scott Singer at the March 31 meeting.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton’s coastal voters turned out for the March b
Members of the crowd enjoying the show include (l-r) Samathana Kent, Mary Raggazino, Marta Motz, Dan Funch, Sheree La Dove Funch, Denise Zimmerman, Rosa Feeney, Stacey Packer and Peggy Henry.
Designer Zac Posen is honored by the models at the end of
Tim Stepien/2011 Coastal Star file photo
Fire Wire surfboards have decks of sustainably grown wood.
Synergy offers sustainable, organic and fair trade beach-to-dinner fashions.
Patagonia’s Men’s Special Edition Front-Zip Full Wetsuit has a micro-
YMCA Inspiration Breakfast committee members: Jennifer Siesel, Alberto Echevarria, Chris Echevarria, Mary Workman, Megan Keenan, Gloria Hosh, Kery Knutson, Carl Foster, Alex Farnsworth, Teresa Harrington, Jon Kaye, Trina Chin Cheong, Pam Roulan and L
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater swept guests off their feet at the annual affair, which started with a performance in Dreyfoos Hall and ended with dinner in the Cohen Pavilion — all to raise money for the center’s education and outreach progra
Senior cast member Andy Yao (left) shares a heartfelt story about how Theater Director Teresa Vignau (center) impacted his life in a positive way as senior castmates Alyssa Moeller and Caitrin Assaf and junior castmate Caroline Manera try to hold bac
Former LPGA golfer Meg Mallon, who suffers from back, neck and shoulder pain, receives
shockwave therapy from Dr. Erich Menge at Boca Delray Pain & Rehabilitation.
Mallon says the therapy has helped her feel better.
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The George Snow Scholarship Fund’s 21st-annual auction fundraiser attracted more than 450 ‘cowpokes’ for a foot-stompin’ good time. The event, which honored Robert Rollins with the Community Service Award and Lynn University with the Corporate Commun
Before a crowd of more than 550 board members, donors, employees and volunteers — all sporting their finest Western wear at the 12th-annual fundraiser for the Tri County Humane Society — leaders of the Boca Raton nonprofit announced a new name and lo
Anita Thorstad, a deacon at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton, has led
the church’s joint efforts with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach to open
and operate a K-6 school in Bondeau, Haiti, which now serves 275 students.
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FAU honors student Ben Arsali, center, with Diana Stanley,
CEO of The Lord’s Place, left, and Jeremy Morse, vice president
of social enterprise at The Lord’s Place.
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By Paula Detwiller
When you’re a college kid, getting a text me
The Royal Swedish Navy vessel welcomed aboard dozens of U.S. and Swedish dignitaries for an official visit attended by local business leaders who enjoyed a luncheon and a dinner with Honorary Consul of Sweden Per-Olof Loof. ABOVE: Albin Jacobsson, K
The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County honored its best and brightest during an Academy Awards-style evening of performances staged by Andrew Kato, producing artistic director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. A record-breaking number of tickets were
More than 750 members of the local community came out to celebrate the good things the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County does in the area — and to hear special guest speaker Mandy Patinkin. Patinkin, an actor and singer, talked about his J
