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By Ron Hayes
    BRINY BREEZES — Gertrude Dombroski started spending her winters here in 1953 and became a permanent resident in the early 1980s.
She left, from her own bed, at 6:35 p.m. on Nov. 28, holding her daughter’s hand as I’ll Be Home For Chris

By Emily J. Minor
    
OCEAN RIDGE — Henry “Hank” Gribensk, 60, a veteran of the U.S. Army who many years ago used his opportunities in the military to get off drugs and turn his life around, died Dec. 5.
Mr. Gribensk was a well-known and well-loved pro

Park Ranger Gery Moran puts out barricades after sunset to close off a portion of the parking lot at the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Margie Plunkett

    Ocean Inlet Park has gotten a new tenant — and its parking lot is being closed

By Tim O’Meilia
    
If the South Palm Beach police bargaining unit signs a three-year contract in the next month or so, the five members will each get a $1,500 lump-sum bonus.
The town’s other six full-time employees will get zip.
At its Dec. 18 meeting

By Cheryl Blackerby

DELRAY BEACH — Carl Smith spent most of his life putting smiles on the faces of those around him.
At Miramar Gardens in Delray Beach, he was known as the easygoing golfer and tennis player whom everyone called “Doc” — the guy with

By Rich Pollack 

Pets can be clever, and sometimes, no matter what you do, Fido and Fifi will find a way to spring themselves from the confines of home or yard.

Now, the Highland Beach Police Department is taking extraordinary steps to help reunite

Architect Doug Mummaw (left), Marta and James Batmasian, their son
Armen Batmasian, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel and Vice Mayor
Susan Haynie join 7-Eleven officials at the ribbon cutting on East
Palmetto Park Road.  Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

NOTE: The January 17 public hearing on the Briny Breezes Comprehensive Plan has been postponed until early March based on revisions requested by the town attorney.

By Tim O’Meilia

    More than six years ago, Briny Breezes residents voted to remake

By Margie Plunkett
    
The first choice for the Delray Beach city manager position was picked for the “fresh eyes” he’d bring to the community — and chosen over the inside candidate.
City Commission voted Dec. 11 to enter contract negotiations with Lou

By Margie Plunkett
    
A group of downtown restaurant and bar owners wants to revise the city’s noise ordinance after it became apparent several are in violation of newly adopted requirements.  
Members had asked City Commission for 60 days to come up

Trevor Zankl, 7 (left), makes a move during chess at Gulf Stream School in his first-grade class as Hunter Presson, 6 (center), peers over to watch his move. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star

By Libby Volgyes

    Juliana Papera eyes her opponent’s moves

Eighth Grade Poetry Contest winners (from left) Gus O’Hare (Gulf Stream), Luke O’Carroll (Ocean Ridge), Morley Wyler (Ocean Ridge) and Remy O’Hare (Gulf Stream) display the pictures that served as the inspiration for their poems. Unity Middle School

Ryan Graham, 6, of Delray Beach is a study in concentration as he fills his K-Cup with potting soil and seeds. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Ron Hayes

Erin Donahue’s dog ate her homework.
Before she could eat it herself.
    Barkley, the fam

Daniel Herrick, who lives at St. Andrews Club, got his MBA while serving in the Navy for 20 years. His long civilian career in finance included stints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Jan. 21: LPGA greats Beth Daniel and Meg Mallon will serve as official tournament hosts and will welcome a slew of other golf professionals at the fourth annual Bethesda Hospital Foundation Pro-Am Golf Tournament. Time is 10 am to 3 pm. The event i

Photo: (from left) Mary Jo Pollock, Paul Adkins, YMCA President and CEO Richard Pollock, Tim Devlin, Amy Devlin, Linda Spielmann, Bradley Kitchens and John Mulhall. Photo provided

The YMCA of South Palm Beach County launched its Community Support

Bernie and Sandra Meyer of Highland Beach are co-chairs of the Jewish Film Festival. File photo/The Coastal Star

Now in its 23rd year, the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival boasts an impressive lineup with 39 films, documentaries and shorts that wi

Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club residents Regina and Bob Vetto
are honorary chairpersons for the University Club’s Fountain
of Youth fundraiser Jan. 13.  Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

The busier you are, the more opportunities to serve come your wa

Sgt. Doug Sills (right) talks to Rick Wohlfarth (in blue shirt) and John Gwynn of Delray Beach to raise awareness of manatees. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Cheryl Blackerby

Right on cue, mother and baby manatees appeared on the surface of the I

Lula Thomas

By Ron Hayes

BOCA RATON — When she was named its 2011 Woman Volunteer of the Year by the Junior League of Boca Raton, Lula Thomas told The Coastal Star what she thought about growing old.

“Your age is just two numbers put together,” sh