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Al Scheinberg (left) and Sam Iselin

at their birthday party in Boca Raton’s Downtown Library.

Steve Plunkett/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

    The festivities were a few days early, but when you’re past 90 — well past 90 —who’s counting?

By Rich Pollack

    Town Commission meetings and other Highland Beach meetings, usually broadcast on TV, will not be available on the town’s public access television channel for about six months while Town Hall renovations are underway. 

    An $850,

By Cheryl Blackerby

    The first turtle nest of the season was a loggerhead nest found at St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park in Stuart the week before turtle season was set to officially start March 1. 

    “More turtles will be coming at any time

By Tim Pallesen

    A year of controversy has ended with beachgoers raving about the comfort of new oak chaise lounges with 3-inch thick cushions. 

    “We’re the first cushion testers. These are the most amazing chairs we’ve ever sat in,” college st

By Rich Pollack

    Twice a month, for the last several years, Richard Siegel and members of his church group have been going to the Holiday Inn in Highland Beach after Tuesday morning Mass to share breakfast and a pretty view of the ocean. 

    But

By Steve Plunkett

    In-road pedestrian crosswalk signs may soon appear on State Road A1A in Boca Raton.

    Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie, who is running for mayor, urged her colleagues Feb. 25 to tell City Manager Leif Ahnell to pursue getting the fre

    Incumbent commissioner Dennis Sheridan faces newcomer Rhoda Zelniker for a three-year term; incumbent Bernard Featherman (who serves as mayor) is unopposed.

    Also on the ballot is a charter amendment proposal to change the makeup of the canva

Mark Rudes, left, shows his award-winning 1934 Rolls-Royce Park Ward Sport Saloon Touring car

to fellow Boca Raton resident Frederick David during the 21st Annual British Classic Car Show

at Royal Palm Place in Boca Raton. Rudes’ Rolls placed second

James Warnke, Marion Bentley Wall and Roland James Dack,

founders of Roving Photographers.

Photo contributed

By Mary Thurwachter

    In 1972, an amateur photographer and world traveler from Gulf Stream joined two men whose skills complemented her o

Nichole Hickey, manager of artist services at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County,

relaxes in a space designed by Lake Worth designer William Darrell Wright.

Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Designer Joseph Pubillones, who guest-curate

Maxine Sonnenschein of Boynton Beach works out along the shore at Ocean Ridge.

An employee of the Tax Collector’s Office, she has lost weight and lowered cholesterol numbers

after learning to eat differently, thanks to wellness classes.

Tim Stepien/

Church members paint the exterior of the Journey Church in Boynton Beach.

They are scheduled to be in the building in time for Easter.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

A crew member from FLS  Painting scrapes,

paints and waterproofs the steeple

of Ca

FAU sophomore Chris Cardella, a member of the university’s

bass club, shows a bass caught in one of the many small canals

connected to Lake Ida in Delray Beach. The bass was released.

Willie Howard/The Coastal Star

By Willie Howard

    Students in

Craig Harmon has stepped on board as director

of golf instruction at the Seagate Country Club.

Photo provided

By Steve Pike

    The Seagate Hotel & Spa in Delray Beach has for the past year or so sought to increase the visibility of its Seagate Cou

Shorty Rossi will bring his pit bull Hercules to the Amazing Pet Expo

at the South Florida Fairgrounds.

Photo provided

By Arden Moore

    Shorty Rossi, with his signature fedora and thick cigar, will headline the Amazing Pet Expo at the South Florid

Cheryl Wise Busch from Busch Wildlife Sanctuary allows parents and children

to get hands-on with a baby alligator during the Florida Wildlife Encounter

held outside the Ocean Ridge Town Hall.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

The Grass River Garden Club presented a $5,000 check to the Delray Beach Historical Society

in front of the The Ethel Sterling Williams Archive and Learning Center

in Delray Beach. The gift was to enable installation of flowering, native landscapin

The grounds of the Freedom North Lakeside Garden provide

a healing place for people to be with nature including coral honeysuckle (below).

Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley

    As you sit on a wooden bench in the sh

One more upcoming "Rosie" event... this one at 5:30 pm, Monday Feb. 10:

Florida Wildlife Encounter
Ocean Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd.
5:30 pm, Monday, Feb. 10

Cheryl Wise Busch from Busch Wildlife Sanctuary presents "Florida Wildlife Encoun