Winston Aarons of Delray Beach set his new novel, Jasmine,
in southern Palm Beach County. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Sunday morning strollers along Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach may have noticed a professorial gentleman seated a
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Highland Beach resident Michael Todorovich, at the National
Croquet Center in West Palm Beach, has become a
championship player. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Michael Todorovich can tell you the exact moment he got hooked on competitive croquet.
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Art of Bee Sweet Honey is available at the Boca Green Market.
Photos by Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
In Boca Raton, where the market is in its 16th year, you’ll find the sweet team of Grace Reames and her daughter, Stacy Reames
I have been busy, busy, and busy! My daddy and I have opened my new grooming parlor at a great location in downtown Lake Worth at 704 Lucerne and we just love it! It feels good to see my old friends and I am so happy to make new ones. There are lots
This couple counts 69 years — so far — of married life. They were friends for a decade before he popped the question, and they remain best of friends today.
They got hitched in 1943, just four days after Mike graduated officers school, and only a cou
Living proof that opposites attract — Lia and Tyrone found one another in 2004.
“I like a beer on the beach and she likes classical piano,” Tyrone explains. She’s the introvert; he most definitely is not.
When they met, Lia was an Iowa farm girl with
The Sutton’s first met in 1960, at a family wedding. Roz’s sister was married to Lenny’s brother, and the clan was always getting together.
“I loved her husband and she loved my wife,” explains Lenny, a retired cardiologist with perfect diction and a
More than 40 pets, mostly dogs, had their photographs and their owners’ contact information entered into a database during a Highland Beach Police Department pet registration event held earlier this month. The information and photographs will be kept
The recently completed remodeling of the clubhouse for the McCormick Mile neighborhood was celebrated with a party. In addition to new windows and floors and a higher roof, the Ocean Ridge beachfront facility features architectural enhancements and
The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s King David Society kicked off the season with a briefing by guest speaker David Makovsky, of the Washington Institute’s Project on the Middle East Peace Process. Those who contributed $25,000 or mor
Members of a local Red Hat Society stopped for lunch recently at John G’s in Manalapan. The chapter has members from the Boynton Beach area. Photo provided
Coastal South County residents tied a bow on their gift giving at the 12th annual Caridad Center fund-raising gala. The event raised more than $252,000 to support the center’s free medical, vision and dental clinic serving the uninsured and low-incom
A business meeting started off the proceedings with library board President John Burke (left) giving a State of the Library address. The re-election of board members and the nomination of new ones followed. After the vote, Alan Kornblau (right), the
Carmel Pasquale and Peter Baranoff enjoy the 20th Annual Caribbean Cowboy Ball held on the ocean in Boca Raton. The boot-stomping event helps to raise money for the George Snow Scholarship Fund.
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A crowd gathers to mark the dedication of Tranquility Park in honor of longtime Manalapan resident Phyllis DeStefano. The park includes a gazebo, a walking path and a dog fountain.
Phyllis DeStefano kisses her son Louis DeStefano, who financed the pa
Feb. 25-28: Shop for merchandise among the more than 30 vendors from across the country to help benefit the substance-abuse-treatment programs and outreach services of Wayside House. Special preview event is 6-8 p.m. Feb. 25. Cost is $75. Boutique is
By Tim Pallesen
A citizens group has sued Delray Beach, saying its density approval for Atlantic Crossing violates the vision for Delray to always be “a village by the sea.”
City commissioners approved 40 housing units per acre for the East At
By Angie Francalancia
Boynton Beach’s downtown fire station that helps serve Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes will be brought back up to full staffing, thanks to a two-year grant that the Boynton Beach Commission agreed last month to accept.
Boynt
By Tim O’Meilia
More than two years after collective bargaining began, the seaside towns of Manalapan and South Palm Beach signed three-year agreements with their unionized police departments in January.
While similar in length and many other d
By Margie Plunkett
Universal Beach Services Corp. nearly saw 30 years of cleaning the sands of Delray Beach come to an end in the undertow of a low bidder. Commissioners, however, finally awarded Universal the contract after it protested that the
