Shoppers in a rush to become Trader Joe’s devotees will be able to buy gourmet delicacies in its new Boca Raton store five months before it opens another in Delray Beach.
Representatives of the California-based chain — known for a $2.99 bottl
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Lake Worth residents Anne Heggli (right) and Courtney Ricks take part in a Halloween volleyball game
on the beach Oct. 26 at Anchor Park in Delray Beach.
Participants portray Native Americans Oct. 19 dur
Graphic by Bonnie Lallky-Seibert/The Coastal Star
SOURCES: Maps: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Category 1 Storm Surge Height Estimates: Florida Division of Emergency Management
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A Coastal Star Special Report:
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Elevation: How high your house is above sea level, which can vary from low tide to high tide to high autumnal tide.
Limestone: Porous rock that is the foundation of South Florida and allows sea water to penetrate inland.
Managed retreat: When popula
County Mayor Steven Abrams didn’t wait long to make the quest for his County Commission job a race.
Andy O’Brien, a Democrat who moved to Delray Beach in July, formally announced Sept. 24 that he would challenge Abrams for the District 4 seat
This home on a bluff in Nantucket, Mass., will most likely fall into the ocean at some point because of accelerating erosion. Photo by Richard Gelpke
A Coastal Star Special Report:
Rising Water: New signs of rising sea levels cause concern
Adapting t
Beau Delafield, new chairman of the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach, with Mya Gonzales, 8, and Lovins Charles, 11.
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Gulf Stream’s Beau Delafield, the new chairman of Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boy
Cheran Marek enjoys an avocado sandwich and quiche with her sister Susan Ring as her son Luca sleeps by her side and cousin Emma Ring, 9, checks on Luca at Ciao Sidewalk Cafe in Delray Beach. Luca was 9 days old. ‘He ate here in utero,’ Marek said.
Dozens of concerned neighbors meet Oct. 19 along Marine Way in Delray Beach to see the effects of high tides along the Intracoastal Waterway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A Coastal Star Special Report:
Adapting to change: First the probable, then the
Patricia “Pat” Brown-Paytee is known for tireless service to the Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. Brown-Paytee, of West Palm Beach, has been involved with the agency for 13 years, starting as a grant-funded recruit
Diane Duffy and Scott Agran in the newly opened Lang Realty office
in the Plaza Del Mar shopping center in Manalapan.
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INSETS BELOW: Brock Rosayn (left); Phyllis Alexander (right)
By Christine Davis
Here’s the latest
Mel Cottone was on President John F. Kennedy’s staff
as an advance man who helped plan the president’s appearances.
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Photo was signed by President Kennedy.
Mel Cottone (dark hair, arms crossed) watches the 1960 electi
By Steve Plunkett
Anthony Majhess will cut his second City Council term a year short to run for mayor of Boca Raton.
Majhess said the fact he would be term-limited out of office in March 2015 and have to wait two more years for the next mayo
Friends of the Library say the two screened-in porches would be more useful
as enclosed rooms to accommodate the many groups using the library.
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By Mary Thurwachter
Since it opened its doors in 2006 after previously
Boca Raton will be the backdrop of a new bowl game to be played at Florida Atlantic University’s football stadium starting in December 2014.
Football fans in the South, Northeast and Midwest will be treated to television cameos of the city as
By Steve Plunkett
In a word, visitors to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center want more.
As in, “more from the center as well as at the center,” Judy Gire said while presenting a five-year strategic plan for Gumbo Limbo to the Greater Boca Raton Beach
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton will not send money to pay for the inspector general until a lawsuit by it and 13 other municipalities is resolved challenging how the office is funded.
The cities filed suit two years ago saying the county’s pr
A woman was killed near the Chalfonte condominiums, and Boca Raton police responding to a “shots fired” call Oct. 20 killed her husband, whom they found armed on the shoulder of South Ocean Boulevard.
Dead were Germana Burlakoff, who had tur
