By Tim O’Meilia
The Manalapan Town Commission will try to settle a lawsuit over $158,000 in building permit fees for an oceanfront mansion that was never built.
Commissioners indicated they would likely return the bulk of the fees paid by the
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Artist Mark Sparacio shows off a work in progress to Gulf Stream School students, who also check out a cover illustration from a Captain America comic book. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The questions for comic book artist Mark Spa
By Tim Pallesen
Mike Novatka, the cabana guy on Delray Beach’s city beach, has become the first victim of a City Commission initiative to undo contracts renewed without competitive bids.
“All I care about is providing excellent service to our c
By Emily J. Minor
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Henry Sullivan “Harry” Cahill, a corporate accountant who retired young and moved to Florida so he could golf every day, died May 4 at home with his wife of 67 years. Mr. Cahill was 98.
“He was a good man,” said
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Edwina Rhodes Charyk, a resident of The Landings since 1985, died peacefully on May 6. She was 87.
“We had 67 wonderful years together,” said her husband, Joseph V. Charyk, who served as the first director of the Na
By Ron Hayes
MANALAPAN — Margaret Cole Kotsko, who loved art, books and fashion, died peacefully at her home in the Little Pond complex on May 19, surrounded by her husband of 56 years, Francis R. Kotsko, and other family members.
Mrs. Kotsko w
Retired Ocean Ridge Town Manager Bill Mathis, who was called back twice to be the town’s top administrator, died May 11 in Belle Glade. He was 79.
Mr. Mathis, whose given name was Delano William Mathis, was a police officer, police chief and town
John Kujawa lived and worked a variety of jobs around the world before returning to Delray Beach to settle, raise a family and start his LED lighting company, Lumitec. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Lumitec’s offices are both high tech and high t
A 1-year-old hawksbill turtle found on Easter Sunday has been released after being nursed back to health at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Easter the hawksbill turtle had its own resurrection, than
By Mary Thurwachter
By the time the Ocean Avenue bridge reopens in November, beach-goers will find something new at the Lantana public beach — parking kiosks.
At its May 13 meeting, the Town Council approved spending up to $77,389 for two parki
Students and staff of Gulf Stream School pose for a group photo to commemorate the school’s 75th anniversary and to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Crocker Pavilion. The school is expanding to better meet the classroom needs of the school.
Je
Jeff Redmond popped the question to a surprised Julia Payne Spitznagel on a February trip to Thailand. They plan to wed Sept. 22 at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, where they first met on a group-hiking weekend. Julia was recently accepted to th
Kevin Lane Spitznagel earned his master’s degree in English from Longborough University in Leicestershire, U.K. He has been hired as an editor by a tech writing company in Winter Park, Colo., where he and his malamute, Decker, live at 8,000 feet of
Chloe Anderson Downe and Duncan Graham Wells were married on the beach at The Ocean Club on April 27. The date was exactly six years from the day they first met at the University of Virginia. Chloe lived in Ocean Ridge between 1993 and 2001 and gradu
Gulf Stream Civic Association Board Member Dan Lounsbury presents a check for $15,000 to Gulf Stream Police Chief Gary Ward. The donation will be used to purchase three video systems and digital video recorders for police vehicles used by the Police
Supporters hope that water taxis like this one in Fort Lauderdale will soon be plying the waters of Palm Beach County. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Water taxis may soon be traveling on the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach County.
The County
Blair Adams (brother and man of honor), Linda Adams (bride’s mother), Brittany Adams Manimbo (bride), Daniel Manimbo (groom) and Dave Adams (father of the bride) celebrate the couple’s wedding at Harbour Island in the Bahamas. Family photo
By Jane S
The Plate: Jerk Chicken
The Place: Temple Orange, the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach, 100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan; 533-6000.
The Price: $28
The Skinny: We always try not to be a jerk, but sometimes it happens.
At least it’s a happy happening when it means
The Rev. William “Chip” Stokes of St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach has been elected the bishop of New Jersey.
“I am humbled beyond expression,” Stokes said after his May 3 election over eight other candidates. He leaves Florida on Aug. 1 a
Students practice breathing exercises during a Meditation and Mindfulness seminar facilitated by Charlene Wilkinson at Unity of Delray Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Meditation dates back thousands of years. In modern times
