By Emily J. Minor
HYPOLUXO ISLAND — Hers was a life full of passion, people and laughter, lots of laughter.
“Anyone who met Lib loved her,” remembers Sharon Ehlers, who cared for Mary Elizabeth Sory in the years before Miss Sory’s death.
“Actual
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The results are in and Boca Raton’s old town hall has been deemed the “top civic building” in Florida.
The designation came in April after an online poll of the state’s top 100 architectural buildings in the “Florida Architecture: 100 Years, 100 Pla
Former Boca Raton Rotary Club President Rick Zimmer (above left) presents a $50,000 check during the April 24 groundbreaking ceremony for the new city library. Rotary Club President Douglas Mummaw (lectern) speaks as Mayor Susan Whelchel (back left)
President and CEO of Hospice by the Sea Inc. Paula J. Alderson, left, congratulates skipper Bret Moss, second from left, after his team’s second-place win. Photo provided
Despite near gale force winds and torrential downpours, skipper Bret Moss, r
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — During his retirement years, Thomas Browne did not play golf or bridge, racquetball, shuffleboard or tennis.
Mr. Browne walked. And walked.
Every morning he rose at 5, had breakfast, left his home in southern Delray B
By Scott Simmons
The Plaza Theatre has jumped into the ring to help patrons of Boca Raton’s beleaguered Caldwell Theatre.
The Manalapan theater, which opened in February, will honor tickets to Caldwell’s production of Our Lady of Allapattah, which firs
By Steve Plunkett
The clock may be down to its final few ticks on $2.5 million in grants and county money to make over Lake Wyman.
Rob Robbins, director of the county’s Environmental Resources Management Department, told City Council members that th
SCORE South Palm Beach has been named the National SCORE Chapter of the Year, doubling the number of businesses it has helped and for its programs with veterans, teen entrepreneurs and universities.
“Our country survives on the entrepreneurial spirit
Impact 100 founders Cindy Krebsbach (left), Lisa Mulhall and Tandy Robinson raise a toast during their annual meeting and grant presentation at Lynn University. Photo provided
The women of Impact 100 Palm Beach County championed the “power of giving
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council may decide what restaurant goes on the former Wildflower site as soon as October.
The city plans to issue a request for proposals for the 2.25-acre Intracoastal Waterway parcel in mid-June, Deputy City Manager Geor
Grass River Garden Club member Susan Vicinelli shows Paul’s Place after-school student Tanicha Emilcar (center) an edible flower during the April 10 closing of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Community Garden in Delray Beach. Students Jovante Pierre
Frances Curtiss (seated, from left), Regie Moorcroft and Sylvia Hinges; with Cindy Hopkins and Jeanne Strong, enjoy the March 20 Boca Delray Music Society’s musical social, ‘Hats & Harps Luncheon’ at the Delray Beach Club. Photo provided
Delray Beach Historical Society members and guests enjoy cocktails during the second annual Celebration of Old Delray Cocktails on the Beach fundraiser at The Colony Cabana Club on April 12.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
Honorary Chair Jane “Kitchie” Tolleson, Co-Chair Barbara Backer and Spring Boutique Committee Member Laila Young enjoy the three-day shopping extravaganza in downtown Delray Beach March 6-8. Event proceeds benefitted the women and programs of Wayside
Sacred Heart fifth-grader Adrianna Smigiel and her mom, Marcela, of Lake Worth, pick up treats during the April Showers Bring Sacred Heart Flowers Afternoon Tea at St. Andrews Club on April 11. The fundraising event was hosted by The Friends of Sacre
Sandoway House Nature Center’s Earth Day Gala was held under the stars April 14 at a local beach club. Legendary football coach Howard Schnellenburger served as Honorary Chairman. More than $20,000 was raised for Delray Beach’s only nature center.
Brianna Ritota has recently accepted scholarship offers for both her academic and athletic achievements from Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. She plans to attend in the fall to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. Brianna is graduating from Boca
Tim Barnes, general manager of the Violin Shop and principal
violist with Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, tests the sound of a
violin at the Violin Shop. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tim Norris
Ivory of wooly mammoth, hair of Mongolian
Richard Pollock, who lives in Highland Beach with his wife,
Mary Jo, has worked for the YMCA for 38 years. He is the CEO
of the YMCA of South Palm Beach County, which includes facilities
in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Sta
Lorraine ‘Lorry’ Herdeen (left) stands with some of the 3-year-old students
from the Pluto Class at the Florence Fuller Child Development Center in
Boca Raton. Front row, from left: Dariya Hill, Gavin Shuler and Arrianna
DeAlva. Back row, from lef
