By Betty Wells
Proposals to allow local governments to ban smoking on beaches — one from a Boca Raton state representative — are making their way through the Florida Legislature.
State Rep. Bill Hager introduced a bill in the Florida House on Ja
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Election Results: Carl Feldman - 422 | Ronald Clark - 314
One commissioner will be elected for a three-year term March 12 to replace Commissioner Doris Trinley, who could not run because of term limits. The two candidates are:
Ronald Clark
Pers
Election Results
Question: Yes - 392, No - 263
Highland Beach voters will be asked whether to make seven minor revisions to the town charter when they go to the polls on March 12.
The most significant change would make private beaches subject
Susan Swiatosz is the new keeper of the Boynton Beach City Library’s archives. Rich Pollack/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
For most people, the box sitting on the table upstairs in the Boynton Beach City Library could easily be nothing more tha
By Cheryl Blackerby
Connecting with the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District figures to get a lot easier soon because of significant investments in new technology.
At their Feb. 4 meeting, commissioners gave unanimous approval to a $40,00
Swinging their partners in the Briny Breezes Auditorium are (from left)
Bev Robey, Eric Wolffbrandt, Gene Robey and Joyce Viola. Photos by
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
One day in 1948, way back when Briny Breezes was still just a ca
By Tim Pallesen
The controversial nine-story Archstone apartment complex is expected to get final approval this month so construction in downtown Boca Raton can begin.
A procedural move allows the developer to avoid a citizens protest that sta
By Margie Plunkett
The Festival of the Arts will get the use of the Mizner Park amphitheater for free this year — although it will still pay for utilities, the first time Boca Raton hasn’t charged a rental fee since it took over amphitheater opera
Anita Finley, who publishes Boomer Times & Senior Life magazine,
is leading a series of C.U.R.E. (Cutting-edge Understanding of Research
& Education) symposiums. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Anita Finley remembers how very kind and interested in
Virginia Tishman Meyerson and her late husband, George
By Jane Smith
BOCA RATON — Arts lover and avid reader of British literature, Virginia Tishman Meyerson died Jan. 26 at her home.
She was 89 and died from complications of cancer, her passi
By Jane Smith
In the last 18 months, more than 100 condo projects were announced and approved in South Florida, but few have found construction financing, Jack McCabe, a real estate consultant, said recently.
Lenders now want potential condo buyers
March 3: Don black-tie attire and step into a tented ‘kaleidoscope of the arts,’ with gourmet food and wine, a silent auction and ballroom dancing, to benefit Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia. Time is 5:30-10 pm. Cost is $115. Call 866-687-4201 o
March 14: Join Julia and friends for a fundraiser featuring shopping, hors d’oeuvres,
wine, entertainment and door prizes. Time is 4:30-8:30 pm. Cost is $75.
Call 243-1922 or visit www.alz.org/seflorida.
Photo: (front, from left) Agnes Nicolosi, Juli
Kate Fogarty has FlyDry Blowout Bar locations,
one in Delray Beach (above) and another in Palm
Beach. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
When Kate Fogarty moved here from Manhattan, she missed the easiness of finding a blow-dry salon ne
By Cheryl Blackerby
Almost 40 years after its Camino Real groundbreaking on the waterfront, the Boca Raton Bridge Hotel has gotten the go-ahead for a major renovation that developers say will take full advantage of its prime location.
The Boca Raton
From left: Mark and Pam Begelman, and Sally and Bob Painter
are chairing this year’s event.
Inset below: Board member Phil Renaud and his wife, Mary.
Photos provided
By Christine Davis
Heroes, take your pick: a chance to drive a race car in Las V
Pam O’Brien with some of her miniature creations.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Most women would toss out the top of an empty lipstick tube.
Not Pam O’Brien. She can imagine it as an umbrella stand or other item for her dollhouse
Major donors, administration and staff members, local dignitaries and emergency-services personnel
gathered for the debut of the new Wold Family Center for Emergency Medicine, which has
state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, Bluetooth cellular-phone
The Gold Coast PR Council celebrated the winners of this year’s Bernays Awards
honoring local excellence in public relations and marketing, with Lynn University
picking up three awards for the high-profile presidential debate,
and Kaye Communications
Designer Virginia Courtenay’s Scottish terrier, MacDuff,
rests on a chaise in front of a group of paintings at her
home on Seabreeze Avenue.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The bar in Chrissy and Don Hubiak's home came from E.R. Bradley's
