Bethesda Hospital Foundation Women of Grace honorees and their guests react to the unveiling of personalized windows at Saks Fifth Avenue in Palm Beach. Each honoree had a window decorated representing her own style.
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By Steve Plunkett
A federal contractor paid by the city will have its dredge off Boca Raton’s south beaches the first week of November.
City Council members waived normal bidding procedures Oct. 22 to take advantage of Marinex Construction
The Wick Theatre opened in September and on Nov. 15 Marilynn A. Wick and her daughter, Kimberly Wick, will open the Costume Museum at the Wick Theatre. The museum will bring to life 100 years of costume designs. The costume museum opening is the
By Emily J. Minor
HIGHLAND BEACH — Marie A. Beary, who broke the glass ceiling over and over again as a prominent New York attorney and then taught her four children the importance of feminism in a modern world, died Sept. 25. She was 90.
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The Plate: Pepperoni Pizza
The Place: Pizzeria Oceano, 201 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana. No phone; pizzeriaoceano.com. Typically opens around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Meatless Monday event is Nov. 4.
The Price: $19; cash only.
The Skinny: It is rar
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Horst Susskind, a self-made man who joined the Dutch Underground during World War II, died Sept. 29. He was 89 when he suffered a massive heart attack, his daughter, Elizabeth Susskind, said.
Her father was “a
By Jane Smith
BOCA RATON — Sandra L. Cook died in the arms of her son and daughter at the Manor Care Nursing Home in Delray Beach on Sept. 23.
Mrs. Cook, 68, died from complications of the rare disease cortical basal ganglion degeneration,
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Elizabeth L. Pettinicchi, a stay-home mom and grandmother with a propensity for kindness, acceptance and spending time with her kids and grandkids, died Oct. 21 at her home in Ocean Ridge. She was 87.
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Cherokee purple tomatoes from Farmhouse Tomatoes, available at the West Palm Beach GreenMarket.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Customers check out spices for sale at the Delray Beach GreenMarket.
Christy’s Bakery offers an array of pastries
Scott Dingle (back row, from left), Pastor Andy Hagen, Susan Hagen and Debbie Dingle were among
the Advent Lutheran Church team who visited Good Shepherd Church and School in a Mumbai slum.
It was part of a mission against sexual slavery.
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A statue of Pan playing his flute greets visitors
at the main entrance to the gardens.
Swamp lillies in bloom in the county’s only cypress stand east of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The leaves of a saw palmetto generate from the bud of the plant.
Dr. Andrew Turkell works with Midnight at the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at Calusa Veterinary.
Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
Although Roco, a 3-pound Yorkie-poodle mix, and Midnight, a 40-pound Labrador retriever mix, have never met, they sha
By Thom Smith
The virtual parking lot of NFL stars is crammed with some sweet machinery — Clinton Portis’ Maserati, Reggie Bush’s Ferrari, Frank Gore’s Rolls Royce. With all their millions, one of their first acts as professionals is to buy an impres
In the studio (l-r): Parkinson’s Foundation volunteer Heidi Rosenberg tells radio listeners
about her fundraising venture Pretzels for Parkinson’s while Stuart Perlin,
Dr. Cenk Sengun and Jeff Dowd look on.
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By Pau
The third annual Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum benefit turned out to be another extraordinary success that took guests on a tour of downtown’s eclectic establishments to sample dinner by the bite and sip specialty drinks. A total of $27,000
The Jones Field came to life with students, families and faculty members, and food, fun and fellowship as youths participated in games, indulged in ice cream and competed in the QR Code Scavenger Hunt with iPads and iPhones. More than $2,300 was rai
Six Boca Raton residents will receive OPAL (Outstanding People and Leaders) Awards from the Rotary Club of Boca Raton at a ceremony in January. The club sponsored a reception in anticipation of the event to announce the names of recipients and the a
Soroptimist International of Boca Raton / Deerfield Beach welcomed more than 300 guests to its awards ceremony. Merrilee Middleton, 93, Boca Raton Center for Group Counseling founder, received a lifetime achievement award.
TOP: Cynthia Cummings with
Impact 100 members Tina Smith, Lisa Morgan and Peg Greenspon welcome members and guests to a wine and cheese membership event with featured speaker Pam Figoras of The Parent Child Center. The center was Impact 100’s first grant recipient in 2012. F
The Place of Hope at the Haven Campus benefited from a special event that introduced more than two dozen women to the nonprofit organization’s mission and newly acquired facility. Arlene Hyman organized the stylish affair, and a portion of proceeds f
