By Betty Wells
The Arts Garage, Delray’s Beach’s small, popular music and theater venue, needs to raise $2.5 million in 30 months to pay the city for its home — 10,000 square feet of retail space at the Old School Square parking garage. The execut
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Christina Benisch uses elements found in her Ocean Ridge garden for her award-winning flower arrangements.
This year she represented the Grass River Garden Club at the Society of the Four Arts, and in 2010,
she represented the Ocean Ridge Garden Club
The Plate: Mediterranean Hummus Plate
The Place: Jellies Bar at The Atlantic Grille at The Seagate Hotel and Spa, 1000 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 665-4900 or theatlanticgrille.com
The Price: $9
The Skinny: Sometimes you want something light, and n
Impact 100 members, including Laura Stoltz (raised fist), react as the winners of the $100,000 grants are announced at the Delray Beach Marriott. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Christine Davis
Impact 100 members neither waste time no
By Thom Smith
Jeff Bolton was one of the good guys. Great accountant. Tremendous sports fan. Loving husband. Unwavering father. When he learned six years ago that his son Jason had acute myeloid leukemia, a nasty bone marrow disease that attacks mayb
Jazz fusion band Oriente will perform at the Arts Garage on May 11. Photo provided
By Greg Stepanich
Although the arts center she has run for two years was in danger last month of going the way of the Florida Philharmonic or Ballet Florida, Alyo
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — Her family called her “Mary Detail,” and during the final years of her life, the Boca Raton Historical Society benefited from Mary McKenzie’s love of detailed work.
A resident for 30 years, Mrs. McKenzie died April 1
By Rich Pollack
A Highland Beach spending issue that appeared to have been resolved last fall has resurfaced, this time at the urging of a new commissioner who believes residents want stronger veto power over purchases of big-ticket items.
At a
Seminoles sit at a chickee at Pirates Cove.
Photo courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Seminole and Miccosukee Indians take center stage at the Boca Raton Historical Society and Museum through Dec. 20. Here yo
Collector Jerry Reinert shows an etching by artist Winslow Homer.
Dale King/The Coastal Star
By Dale King
Jerome “Jerry” Reinert loves beauty in all forms: the elegance of fine art, the face of his grandson while sitting on his lap and pulling a
Doris Trinley served Highland Beach for 25 years, including six as a commissioner.
Now she has retired and has time to enjoy the town she loves.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Few people understand the inner workings of Highland Beach as well as D
Friends Josepha Peters of Winter Haven, Shake Potoukian of Fort Lauderdale, Cecile Guekjian of Miami
and Rosemary VanWitzenburg of Fort Lauderdale raise a cup at TeaLicious Tea Room
in Delray Beach. The women meet all over the state to try different
Necklace of multicolored shell pearls, $195-$225. At Unique Boutique, Delray Beach.
Casta Flore flower ring with green and pink tourmaline, gold and diamonds, $2,900. At Furst, Delray Beach.
Freshwater ‘soufflé’ baroque pearls; strand with 18k
Dr. Ken Simmons visits with Zeek Moore, Hannah Banana Marinus and Lexi Panitz
in the Doggie Day Care at the Barkeritaville Lagoon at Simmons Veterinary Hospital in Lake Worth.
Inset below: A special memorial statue will honor retired canine officer
CROS Ministries members Carolina Martinez, 27, (left) of West Palm Beach and Tracy Tenore, 28, (right)
of Boynton Beach paint the house of Delray Beach resident Willie Lee Thomas, 89, with the help
of SonCoast Church member Dot Bast (center) of Delra
A full-size pirate ship complete with cannons and a gang plank is shaded by massive oak trees
in the side yard of David Nordhausen’s Boca Raton home.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Botanical highlights of his yard include: (left) the unde
John Cutrone, director of the Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University and founder of Real Mail Fridays, talks as AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt applies postage to one of her 20 thank-you notes.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coast
Nicholas Michael Kaleel of Ocean Ridge is preparing to graduate from Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton. Commencement exercises will take place at the Chapel of Saint Andrew the Apostle on the school’s campus. Prior to Saint Andrew’s, Kaleel atten
Neil Austrian, chairman and CEO of Office Depot, gave a glimpse into the future at the monthly gathering of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. Austrian explained how the failed merger between Office Depot and Staples helped the company stra
Seasonal West Palm Beach resident Kay Paupore (left) of Canton, Mich., buys shrimp
from Lisa and Eric Finn of Finn-Atic Fish Co. at the Delray Beach Green Market.
Kurtis Boggs/ The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The owner of the Finn-Atic Fish Co.
