Nancy Hurd sits with a few of children of the Achievement Centers. 2008 photo provided
By Rich Pollack
For 44 years, Nancy Hurd followed a simple guiding principle as she led Delray Beach’s Achievement Centers for Children & Families, a nonprofit
By Mary Thurwachter
Hypoluxo Island residents will be polled to see how many of them are interested in having a natural gas line extended onto the island. If at least 60 percent support the project by the end of January, the town of Lantana will
The Lantana Town Council gave a thumbs up to a $195,965 contract to build boat docks at Sportsman’s Park Boat Ramp.
Mayor Dave Stewart said the town had entered into an agreement with Palm Beach County in 2008 for $300,000 to pay for docks a
By Steve Plunkett
Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park’s name is the only thing changing there at least until next summer.
City Commissioner David Merker asked in September for a report on how much money Boynton Beach could collect if it charged par
By Steve Plunkett
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency may be getting tired of the slowness of negotiations to lure a law firm and 200 new jobs downtown.
Board members voted Nov. 12 to give One Boynton LLC, which owns most of the
Roland Wood carries on a tradition he started in 1950 as a 13-year-old Boy Scout, when he was the first person over the then-new bridge at its dedication ceremony. Wood also was the last person over that same bridge when it closed in March 2012. Car
I can’t really explain why I have written a children’s book about a sea star named Rosie — although, I do fancy myself a writer, and The Coastal Star’s masthead does feature a sea star.
So … mix those elements with a friend’s recommendation
Michael Matriccino, Delray Beach Club maitre d’, welcomes a group of women
to lunch at the club, from which he is retiring after 35 years.
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Michael Matriccino visits with club member Luise Forman in 1994 at the Delray Be
Tim Paller stands with the wine bottle that carried a message sent by Russian newlyweds in Cuba. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Early on the morning of his mother’s death, Tim Paller went for a walk on the beach.
“I was just watching the sun
By Dan Moffett
With year-end holiday celebrations coming up, South Palm Beach residents won’t have to worry about government officials dipping into the town’s coffers and making merry to excess.
That’s because the Town Council has adopted a “
The Coastal Star staff was honored Nov. 2 with first-place awards in environmental news coverage, opinion writing, news photography and feature page design by the Florida Press Club during its annual awards banquet.
Competing with other month
By Cheryl Blackerby
The subject was climate change, and Bob Perciasepe, deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, admitted early on, “I know I’m preaching to the choir here in southeast Florida.”
Perciasepe was the fea
This $450,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom can be yours if you buy
the $12.75 million Boca Raton home that comes with it.
Courtesy photo
INSETS BELOW: Adzem, Wenzel, Desmond, Pyfrom
By Christine Davis
Here’s an interesting way to obtain a limited editi
A view of the planned Atlantic Crossing project seen from Atlantic Avenue at Veterans Park. Rendering provided
By Tim Pallesen
City commissioners will review Atlantic Crossing, the $200 million proposed centerpiece for East Atlantic Avenue, one
Bob Luptak is owner and president of the Steinway Piano Gallery.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
On the grand scale, Steinway Piano Gallery in Boca Raton hits all the right notes, because it’s always been about pianos for owner
Delray Beach native Harvey Brown Jr. will speak at the 74th annual Library Association meeting
on Dec. 9 at the Delray Beach Public Library.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
If you want to know who’s who in Delray Beach, ask Harvey Brown Jr. He’s a
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s long-awaited dog beach will open to pets and pet lovers the second weekend of December at the north end of Spanish River Park.
Hours will be 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to sunset on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Th
Before and during construction, merchants on either side of the Intracoastal Waterway fretted about how the Ocean Avenue bridge closing would hurt their businesses. Now that the new span has opened, some confess it wasn’t so bad, after all. But other
Father David Toups (left) leads seminarians Joe Plesko, Jonathan Emery, Felipe Gonzalez and Elixavier Castro in a 12-mile Central Florida obstacle course called the Tough Mudder.
Toups currently serves as seminary rector and president at St. Vincent
The Plate: General Tso’s Chicken
The Place: Pine Garden, 1668 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 395-7534 or pinegardenbocaraton.com.
The Price: $11.95
The Skinny: Those who attended Florida Atlantic University back in the ’80s may remember Pine Garden for
