Landscape chairwoman Carol Rice leads a tour through the Boca Raton Garden Club during the club’s 60th anniversary celebration, which included an open house and garden tour. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Marking its 60th
The male great Southern white butterfly is easy to identify because of his aquamarine-blue tipped antennae.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
The great Southern white butterfly is having a great year, as thousands flutter along the
Kevin Crawford as Coriolanus and Zach Myers as Aufidius in Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival’s production of Coriolanus. Daniel Gordon/Photo provided
By Greg Stepanich
The Roman soldier Caius Martius, later called Coriolanus, is one of William Shakesp
Tammy Ross of west Boca Raton couldn't contain her excitement as she greeted her new love, Sampson, a 3-month-old white lab mix she renamed Stormy. 'He was so sweet and calm and so good with the kids. I just knew it (he was the one) Ross said.
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Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office URGES Fireworks Safety
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is urging Palm Beach County residents to think about safety as they make plans to celebrate the “Fourth of July.”
Every year thousands of people an
The Container Story Private Preview Party
Town Center Mall, Boca Raton – June 13
ABOVE TOP: Members of The Container Store’s executive team share a kickline to salute new employees. ABOVE: Garrett Boone, chairman emeritus of The Container Store, w
One of the best-known and most admired brand names in the world is Ritz-Carlton. It connotes glamour, elegance and luxury. For over 20 years, The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach was our little “ritzy” spot.
Of course, we’d chuckle at that “Palm Beach” ta
A temporary sign for the Eau Palm Beach was installed July 1. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
The former Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach is now the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa.
But eau so many Manalapan residents dislike the new name
Palm Beach County will be closing the Linton Boulevard Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway the next two weekends to perform maintenance on the span.
The bridge will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day to vehicle and pedestrian traffic on
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Have you ever wondered who controls the mainstream media? In America today, we are more “connected” than ever. The average American watches 153 hours of television a month, and we also spend countless hours watching movi
The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach will change names and management beginning July 1 following a two-year legal dispute between the owners and Marriott International, which operates the Ritz-Carlton chain.
The 270-room hotel in Manalapan will be re-named Ea
Revelers enjoy their beer during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Delray Beach. The city wants to ban alcohol from next year’s parade. Local businesses want to limit events such as the parade that closes Atlantic Avenue to traffic. Tim Stepien
The annual Walk of Recognition, presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society, added new stars at a ceremony on May 9 under the Mizner statue at Royal Palm Place. The new stars are for Mike Arts and Barbara and Irving Gutin. Arts was presiden
Tentative plans for the condo at 3200 S. Ocean Blvd. would call for 22 units.
Rendering provided
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s first new high-rise condominium in more than a decade is one step closer to being built, thanks to a preliminary thum
Tarps cover benches to keep them dust-free in the new Boca Raton Library.
Jon Castro of B&I Contractors checks the ceiling in the young readers area.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Furniture in a reading area is protected by dropcloths.
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Pete Dye walks across a green at Gulf Stream Golf Club, where he is overseeing renovations. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
Pete Dye took one hand off the steering wheel of his golf cart and pointed to a patch of torn-up grou
Vito Damiani, of Mr. Vito Men’s Hair Designers, gives a massage to Boca resident Jerry Martin.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
‘Fonzi’ Palmieri trims Alexandra Pena (left) at Colby’s Barber Shop in Ocean Ridge. Shop owner
Lino Marmorato (cent
By Rich Pollack
Although the signs of Hurricane Sandy are all but gone and overall the beach in Highland Beach is in good shape, town officials still might want to take steps now to offset potential weather damage in the future, a recent study con
Members of the Boca Raton Community High School unit of the Navy Junior ROTC
stand at attention during a Memorial Day Observance at the Boca Raton City Cemetery.
Philip Vale, WWII USCGC, and fellow veterans honor members of the military
who were kil
To everything there is a season.
Tourist season is over, sea turtle season has already started and hurricane season officially begins on June 1. Must be summer.
This time of year our Coastal Star staff takes a bit of a breather and we scale bac
