Members of the Greater Federated Women’s Club, Boca Raton Chapter,
celebrated the installation of new officers and a unique designer fashion showing
at Ruth’s Chris Steak House. Joining in the celebration were members of the
Boca/Delray Music Society
Julia Vassalluzzo served as hostess for an event featuring shopping, hors d’oeuvres,
wine, entertainment and door prizes, all for the benefit of the organization’s
Southeast Florida Chapter. Each of the more than 85 guests received a signed copy
of
By Thom Smith
Don’t think for a moment that Mary Jane Saunders’ resignation as president at Florida Atlantic University will allow the campus to resume its persona as a tranquil haven for higher education.
Granted, her departure was inevitable,
By Tim O’Meilia
Gulf Stream town officials are girding themselves for a long battle with unhappy resident Martin O’Boyle by dipping into town reserves for an extra $100,000.
Eight O’Boyle-related suits have been filed against the town since
Members of the mass choir swirl their flags during the performance. Photo by David R. Randell
By Ron Hayes
Devin Dykstra is an apple. His brother, Blake, is a banana.
On a Monday evening in May, as the two Manalapan brothers waited in a mirrore
The spring luncheon that raised $15,000 for Quantum House honored its 2013 nominees:
Grand Matriarch Sydelle Meyer, along with Melissa Potamkin Ganzi, Rosemary Krieger and Ruth Young.
The women were on display throughout the event via individual oil
By Tim O’Meilia
The Palm Beach County Inspector General has begun an audit of the financial operation of the town of Briny Breezes.
A representative of the Inspector General’s audit division has met several times with the town staff in April an
By Tim Pallesen
Coastal residents fear the Sandbar tiki bar might test the limits of Delray Beach’s new noise ordinance.
Ocean Properties, the owner of the tiki bar adjacent to Boston’s on the Beach, is asking the city for a conditional use per
Workers from Traffic Control Devices and The Florida Department of Transportation work on the wiring that controls the stop lights at the intersection of Woolbright Road and A1A on May 28.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Work on the insta
The National Society of Arts and Letters’ Florida East Coast Chapter presented Daniel Biaggi,
general director of the Palm Beach Opera, with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership and Artistic Excellence.
To honor Biaggi, soprano Nadine Sierra,
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge police will see a handsome difference in their paychecks under a new two-year contract approved by the Town Commission May 6.
The nine officers and four sergeants will receive an immediate 3 percent pay increase, a
By Tim O’Meilia
The newest plan for saving South Palm Beach’s fast-eroding shoreline is a series of seven buried groins dotting the beach from the Tuscany condominium to the Ritz-Carlton resort.
At least, that’s what the computers say.
“There’s enough
By Tim O’Meilia
The Manalapan Town Commission will try to settle a lawsuit over $158,000 in building permit fees for an oceanfront mansion that was never built.
Commissioners indicated they would likely return the bulk of the fees paid by the
Artist Mark Sparacio shows off a work in progress to Gulf Stream School students, who also check out a cover illustration from a Captain America comic book. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The questions for comic book artist Mark Spa
By Tim Pallesen
Mike Novatka, the cabana guy on Delray Beach’s city beach, has become the first victim of a City Commission initiative to undo contracts renewed without competitive bids.
“All I care about is providing excellent service to our c
By Emily J. Minor
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Henry Sullivan “Harry” Cahill, a corporate accountant who retired young and moved to Florida so he could golf every day, died May 4 at home with his wife of 67 years. Mr. Cahill was 98.
“He was a good man,” said
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — Edwina Rhodes Charyk, a resident of The Landings since 1985, died peacefully on May 6. She was 87.
“We had 67 wonderful years together,” said her husband, Joseph V. Charyk, who served as the first director of the Na
By Ron Hayes
MANALAPAN — Margaret Cole Kotsko, who loved art, books and fashion, died peacefully at her home in the Little Pond complex on May 19, surrounded by her husband of 56 years, Francis R. Kotsko, and other family members.
Mrs. Kotsko w
Retired Ocean Ridge Town Manager Bill Mathis, who was called back twice to be the town’s top administrator, died May 11 in Belle Glade. He was 79.
Mr. Mathis, whose given name was Delano William Mathis, was a police officer, police chief and town
John Kujawa lived and worked a variety of jobs around the world before returning to Delray Beach to settle, raise a family and start his LED lighting company, Lumitec. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Lumitec’s offices are both high tech and high t
