Zoie Garnsey, 11, of Ocean Ridge received Honorable Mention in the November 2012 Cricket League art competition sponsored by Cricket Magazine. For this contest, each entrant was asked to submit an original story about a wizard. Winners receive recogn
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Irene Goo, a Spanish River High School junior and active volunteer for Women’s Circle, presented $2,000 to the organization during its annual fundraising gala — the result of collecting donations from friends, family members and community groups. In
The 58th annual event, one of the oldest galas in Palm Beach County, featured the theme ‘A Royal Celebration’ and raised more than $600,000 for Bethesda Hospital Foundation’s Caring for Our Community Campaign. The guests list topped 500, and the ent
The 10th annual multinational award-winning Women with Wings and Wisdom luncheon and Bloomingdale’s fashion show was held at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. The sold-out event recognized Henrietta de Hoernle as well as Connie Frankino and Michele
Honoring her successful and philanthropic father, George Rothman (who regularly swam miles each day well into his 80s), Doris Rothman Browning of Tequesta and Carson City, Nev., has given $1 million to construct the Mandel JCC aquatics center in
The renowned art collector and philanthropist opened her home for a fundraiser for the West Palm Beach chapter of Friends of Fisher House. The $27,000 that came in will help the nonprofit support families of veterans hospitalized because of illness,
July, 16, 2012, marked the 70th anniversary of the Vel D'Hiv round-up. On July 16th and 17th, 1942, the French police arrested 13,152 Jewish men, women and children from the Paris area. Initially kept in the Velodrome D'Hiver, they were then taken to
Attendees photograph the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean following the Easter Sunrise Community Worship Service presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association. Photo by Charlie Crawford
NOTE: With so many summer camps offered in our area, we selected those located between the Boca Raton Inlet and the Port of Palm Beach. We tried to keep our listing east of I-95. As of press time, not all summer camp schedules had been set. Please ch
Summer Camp Guide 2013
By Jane Smith
Summer camp selections abound this year for coastal kids with a range of activities to keep them healthy, channel their creative energy and hone their theater skills.
Digi-Camp is capitalizing on the pop
Lights glow aboard the 355-foot-long dredge Texas as the full-moon rises over coastal Delray Beach on March 20. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
NOTE: The drege was towed away for minor repairs April 3, and is expected to be back on site early next week
By Tim Pallesen
Trader Joe’s wants to compete with Fresh Market in a burst of new commercial activity at the corner of Linton Boulevard and South Federal Highway.
Delray Place, a proposed shopping center at the southeast corner, is seeking city approva
While the beauty salon is still there, the Town Hall has replaced the food store at the south end of town. 1954 File photo courtesy Joan Nichols
By Tim O’Meilia
Briny Breezes celebrated its 50th anniversary as a town with a banner and a slide
At 94, Bob Welstein has no intention of slowing down. He still personally oversees the lecture program he started in South Palm Beach that now bears his name. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Robert Welstein had a heart attack at 49.
Bulldozers give a sense of the width and depth of the renourishment project.
Photos by Michelle Quigley/ Special to The Coastal Star
More photos from the beach renourishment project
By Cheryl Blackerby
A 355-foot dredge, the most po
Mayor-elect Cary Glickstein’s family friend, retired Judge William Gladstone (center), shares a story before administering the oath of office in the Delray Beach City Commission chambers March 28. Pictured: Commissioner Al Jacquet, Commissioner-elect
By Margie Plunkett
In an attempt to ease downtown traffic, Delray Beach commissioners agreed to changes for the Southeast Second Avenue valet parking queue, including providing it more spaces and prohibiting left-hand turns at the intersection.
By Betty WellsDelray Beach would get about $1.1 million a year in extra tax money under a proposal that would lop off the property east of the Intracoastal Waterway — and the taxes that come from it — now assigned to the city’s redevelopment agency.
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By Tim Pallesen
Money given to nonprofits by the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will be examined in an audit by the Florida Auditor General’s Office.
The Legislature’s Joint Audit Committee ordered the audit April 1 at the request
A temporary lifeguard stand opened in March on Lantana Beach.
“Town staff built the one on the dune,” said Lantana Town Manager Deborah Manzo. “We are hoping that the town will obtain approval from the state to put a (permanent) stand back on the
