Eric Zeitlin runs down his Boca Raton street with (from left) neighbor
Carmen Araujo, 8, and Zeitlin’s daughters Zoe, 10, and Avery, 8.
Zeitlin is co-founder of the fundraising event Take Stock In Children
Strides for Education 5K Walk/Run, schedule
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The largest crowd ever — close to 200 — attended the Boynton Woman’s Club’s Fashion Show and Luncheon. Nine club-members-turned-models showed off a selection of designer clothes and accessories from Second Time Around, a Delray Beach consignment bout
Volunteers Louise Glover, Maria Ellingsworth and Sue Goodreds staff the table at the Delray Beach Public Library’s first Bargains & Books event. Eager shoppers browsed through antiques, boutique merchandise, novelties, crafts and books — all set up i
By Angie Francalancia
Neighbors fighting a proposed downtown apartment complex won what looks to be only round one of a court fight over the Archstone development, as representatives of the city and the project position themselves for an appeal.
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Kirsten Stanley, Lisa Mulhall and Carrie Delafield show their support for Impact 100 Palm Beach County during ‘The Power of Women Giving as One’ event at Delafield’s local boutique. Ten new members joined the cause, pledging $1,000 each, for a total
Family and friends of Michael J. Metcalf honor him with a granite bench on Veterans Day during a memorial service at Veterans Memorial Park in Boynton Beach. Metcalf, an Army private first class, died in April trying to save four other soldiers while
By Margie Plunkett
Boca Raton’s beaches may be going to the dogs.
Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie asked city staff to look into piloting a dog beach, where pet owners can take their pooches for sun and fun.
“It’s another step toward making us more dog fri
Jeanette Markus and Doug DeOrchis recall their first meeting warmly; now, they’re a couple. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Anne Rodgers
When Doug DeOrchis moved to Florida from Rhode Island four years ago, one of the first calls he made was to
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach is asking the state to regulate sober houses after the city failed in its own effort to prevent the Caron Foundation from opening two such coastal houses for recovering addicts.
Delray and Boca Raton will share the cost
By Thomas R. Collins
A commercial office district near Interstate 95 and Yamato Road used to be a spot that this city could brag about. An IBM facility was located there, employing 10,000 people at its peak in the late 1980s.
The computer giant’s wo
A recently installed buoy sits offshore of Spanish River Park and the
Sea Ranch Club Condominiums at Spanish River Boulevard and A1A. Photo provided
By Cheryl Blackerby
Twenty-eight new mooring buoys, including 10 just north of the Boca Rat
Yuletide carolers sing holiday favorites at the annual Holiday Lighting Extravaganza at Boca Raton’s Mizner Park Amphitheatre on Nov. 23. Attendees were encouraged to sing along. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
In Highland Beach, (l to r) Rosalie DeMartino, Commissioner Dennis Sheridan and Deputy Clerk Valerie Oakes put final touches on the Town Hall tree. A Light Up the Holidays event is Dec. 10. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
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By Cheryl Blackerby
Steven Engel won the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District’s Seat 5, vacated by Commissioner Dirk Smith at the start of the year, in the Nov. 6 election. The term is four years.
A senior advertising consultant to Forum Publi
In November, for the first time in nearly 50 years, someone from Boca Raton — former Mayor Steven Abrams — became chairman of the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners.
Abrams said he looks forward to a productive year with a focus on public safe
Pat and Rick Howard greet guests for the 10th anniversary celebration of their store, Sklar Furnishings on Federal Highway in Boca Raton. Dozens of invited guests were treated to hors d’oeuvres and live music during the evening event. Photo provi
Phoebe Wiener and Hinako Fujita sit at the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach. Hinako lived with the Wiener family in Highland Beach while participating in a foreign exchange program. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Most 16-year-olds don’t usually sin
The sold-out luncheon honored five volunteers for their work and accomplishments and raised more than $200,000 in support of Bethesda Hospital’s Center for Women & Children.
Photo: (l-r) Todd Crawley of Wells Fargo, the Women of Grace Title Sponso
Dressed as a Christmas tree, Boca Raton resident Kathy Krepp searches for treasures at The Christmas Emporium at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. The church’s annual holiday sale took place Nov. 9-10. Photo by Tim Stepien/The Coastal St
Nearly 1,500 excited attendees welcomed celebrity couple Bill and Giuliana Rancic to Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s ninth annual Go Pink Luncheon, ‘Go Pink Goes Hollywood.’ Giuliana Rancic is a breast cancer survivor, and both she and Bill Rancic ar