By Rich Pollack
Faced with a disjointed Police Department located in two separated buildings, and the recent discovery of mold in the police chief’s office, Highland Beach commissioners moved a step closer to spending $750,000 on renovations to
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Ayşe Papatya Bucak, 41, author of The History of Girls, will see her work published in the 2013 PEN/O’Henry Prize Stories and the 2014 Pushcart Prizes: Best of the Small Presses XXXVIII. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On the wall of
Designed to feel like an old farmhouse, the breezeway of Lantana airport has Old Florida charm.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Former Manalapan Mayor Kelly Gottlieb loves flying out of the Lantana airport.
She points to its Old Flo
With panoramic water views, One Thousand Ocean appeals to affluent buyers.
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By Christine Davis
During the past year, there have been eight luxury condo sales for more than $5 million in Boca Raton — and all of them at One Thousand
By Cheryl Blackerby
Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners are working on a $19.5 million budget for capital improvements that will force them to make some tough decisions this summer.
One of the toughest is explaining to Boca Rat
By Steve Plunkett
Did you find a parking space for the city’s Fourth of July celebration at Spanish River Athletic Complex at DeHoernle Park?
If you did, you may be trekking back there in November to watch the lighting of the city’s Christm
Insets: Boca Raton Police Chief Dan Alexander (top) and Capt. Josh Mindick (below)
Boca Raton: Correction
By Steve Plunkett
For their work in ejecting a squatter from a $2.5 million Golden Harbour mansion, Police Chief Dan Alexander and Capt. Jo
By Mary Thurwachter
Among the county’s top high school graduates this year were two familiar faces — Alex Nusbickel, valedictorian of Boca Raton High School, and Christine Lauren Sullivan, salutatorian of Pope John Paul II High School.
Nu
More than 300 people turned out downtown on June 20, including these children from Miss Fran’s
Early Learning Center in Boca Raton, to take part in a unique book brigade. It was the manner
chosen to accomplish the move of the last 100 books, one by
By Steve Plunkett
More than a month before the new downtown library opened, the Friends of the Library started beating the drums for more money.
“Ours is a world-class city, and it is imperative that our libraries be world-class as well,” S
By Steve Plunkett
The latest incarnation for the planned Via Mizner project calls for a few more residential units, much less office space and more retail square footage in the project at the corner of Camino Real and Federal Highway.
The c
An impressive display of sparkling gems from New York City’s Jeri Cohen Fine Jewelry, as well as
limited-edition Louis Vuitton handbags from Lauren Schachter’s Palm Beach Closet, helped raise
$40,000 for the South Palm Beach Chapter of the National
The Senada Adzem team of Douglas Elliman Real Estate sponsored a reception in a luxurious penthouse
to raise awareness about the impending wildlife ‘baby season’ in South Florida.
Sherry Schlueter, executive director of The Humane Society of the Uni
The distribution of more than $580,000 in scholarships to 80 local students rang in the George Snow
Scholarship Fund’s 31st anniversary. Each scholar also received a gift bag stuffed with $1,000 worth of items —
everything from a laptop computer to
The Friends of the Conservatory of Music, a volunteer organization that raises education funds
for student performers, named four new members to its board of directors for the 2013-14 academic year.
Kathy Dickenson (right), Barbara Gutin (center), K
The Zonta Club of Deerfield Beach, represented by two district representatives from Nassau in the Bahamas, Cherrylee Pinder (second from right) and Laura Strumpf (right), installed the 2013-14 officers for the nonprofit service organization. They i
The Plate: Ceviche de la Casa
The Place: Ceviche, 116 N.E. Sixth Ave., Delray Beach; 894-8599 or ceviche.com
The Price: $10
The Skinny: It’s amazing how something so good can be good for you.
We’re talking about ceviche, that raw seafood that cooks i
Summer delights at the Sundy House prepared by Executive Chef Lindsay Autry and Pastry Chef Sarah Sipe.
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By Mary Thurwachter
Sure, it’s sweltering outside. But good news can be found in local restaurants where easy-on-t
Shopping for scholarships was the theme of a fundraiser at the renowned men’s clothing store
benefiting Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.
A total of 25 percent of merchandise sales came back to the college
Journey Church is raising the roof on the former Grace Community Church. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
The arrival of the Journey Church in East Boynton is raising the roof.
The original $2 million project announced last year to
