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By Mary Thurwachter, managing editor

The start of a new year is invigorating. It’s not so much about resolve (as in “I resolve to lose 10 pounds” or “I resolve to be more timely with my thank-you notes)” as it is about beginning anew. A new year is

Suzanne Bower of coastal Delray Beach is involved with this year’s 20th Annual Caribbean Cowboy Ball, which benefits the George Snow Scholarship Fund. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Linda Haase

For Suzanne Bower, volunteering is as natural as bre

Days of pounding waves during Hurricane Sandy left much of Delray Beach eroded. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Cheryl Blackerby

Delray Beach’s beach restoration, part of a routine, 10-year renourishment plan, will start in February, but beach p

About a year ago, TLC Recovery rented a 7,000-square-foot home on the Intracoastal Water in the Cove neighborhood in Deerfield Beach. At the same time, the Caron Foundation purchased two homes in Delray Beach of comparable value.

Delray residents wer

The Boca Raton Police Department has a fleet of unmarked cars that include hybrids.  

Photo from Boca Raton Police Chief Daniel Alexander’s Facebook page

By Rich Pollack

There was a time when you could spot a police car, marked or unmarked, a mil

By Rich Pollack 

The cracks are back along Highland Beach’s 3.5 miles of walking paths, and town leaders say something needs to be done soon before someone gets hurt.

The Town Commission, in its December meeting, agreed to explore the cost of puttin

By Ron Hayes
    BRINY BREEZES — Gertrude Dombroski started spending her winters here in 1953 and became a permanent resident in the early 1980s.
She left, from her own bed, at 6:35 p.m. on Nov. 28, holding her daughter’s hand as I’ll Be Home For Chris

By Emily J. Minor
    
OCEAN RIDGE — Henry “Hank” Gribensk, 60, a veteran of the U.S. Army who many years ago used his opportunities in the military to get off drugs and turn his life around, died Dec. 5.
Mr. Gribensk was a well-known and well-loved pro

Park Ranger Gery Moran puts out barricades after sunset to close off a portion of the parking lot at the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Margie Plunkett

    Ocean Inlet Park has gotten a new tenant — and its parking lot is being closed

By Tim O’Meilia
    
If the South Palm Beach police bargaining unit signs a three-year contract in the next month or so, the five members will each get a $1,500 lump-sum bonus.
The town’s other six full-time employees will get zip.
At its Dec. 18 meeting

By Cheryl Blackerby

DELRAY BEACH — Carl Smith spent most of his life putting smiles on the faces of those around him.
At Miramar Gardens in Delray Beach, he was known as the easygoing golfer and tennis player whom everyone called “Doc” — the guy with

By Rich Pollack 

Pets can be clever, and sometimes, no matter what you do, Fido and Fifi will find a way to spring themselves from the confines of home or yard.

Now, the Highland Beach Police Department is taking extraordinary steps to help reunite

Architect Doug Mummaw (left), Marta and James Batmasian, their son
Armen Batmasian, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel and Vice Mayor
Susan Haynie join 7-Eleven officials at the ribbon cutting on East
Palmetto Park Road.  Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

NOTE: The January 17 public hearing on the Briny Breezes Comprehensive Plan has been postponed until early March based on revisions requested by the town attorney.

By Tim O’Meilia

    More than six years ago, Briny Breezes residents voted to remake

By Margie Plunkett
    
The first choice for the Delray Beach city manager position was picked for the “fresh eyes” he’d bring to the community — and chosen over the inside candidate.
City Commission voted Dec. 11 to enter contract negotiations with Lou

By Margie Plunkett
    
A group of downtown restaurant and bar owners wants to revise the city’s noise ordinance after it became apparent several are in violation of newly adopted requirements.  
Members had asked City Commission for 60 days to come up

Trevor Zankl, 7 (left), makes a move during chess at Gulf Stream School in his first-grade class as Hunter Presson, 6 (center), peers over to watch his move. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star

By Libby Volgyes

    Juliana Papera eyes her opponent’s moves

Eighth Grade Poetry Contest winners (from left) Gus O’Hare (Gulf Stream), Luke O’Carroll (Ocean Ridge), Morley Wyler (Ocean Ridge) and Remy O’Hare (Gulf Stream) display the pictures that served as the inspiration for their poems. Unity Middle School

Ryan Graham, 6, of Delray Beach is a study in concentration as he fills his K-Cup with potting soil and seeds. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Ron Hayes

Erin Donahue’s dog ate her homework.
Before she could eat it herself.
    Barkley, the fam

Daniel Herrick, who lives at St. Andrews Club, got his MBA while serving in the Navy for 20 years. His long civilian career in finance included stints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star