Sandra Cropper
By Ron Hayes
COUNTY POCKET — Sandra and Reese Cropper bought a winter condo in Ocean Ridge 15 years ago, stayed seven seasons and loved the area so much they decided to search for a bigger home.
They found the county pocket.
“My wife
Lowen Poock
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — For a time in the 1990s, Lowen Poock, a certified public accountant from Des Moines, Iowa, stayed at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Manalapan while he worked on a special project for Meisner Electric in Delray
An infestation of Rugose spiraling whitefly covers shrubbery along A1A in Ocean Ridge.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Last winter was so warm that even one of South Florida’s most unwelcome visitors — the Rugose spiraling
Dr. Pierre Andre Armand Vignau
Dr. Pierre Vignau was born in Caen, France, and was a beloved and unique educator. Teaching was his passion. His patience and humor helped thousands of students master la belle langue, French. Dr. Vignau died Aug. 15,
Dr. Clinton J. Shope
By Cheryl Blackerby
BOCA RATON — The Shope Hope Bell hangs in the radiation oncology department at Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. When patients have completed cancer treatments, they can celebrate thei
Gladys Forrestal
By Ron Hayes
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Walking with her husband in Costco or Publix, strolling the streets, eating in restaurants, Gladys Forrestal was often approached by women smiling warmly.
“Gladys,” they asked, “is that you?”
They
Noah Yablong is competing in the singles and tennis
doubles competitions at the Paralympic Games in London.
His parents, who live in Ocean Ridge, will be there to
cheer him on, as will his sister Leah.
Tim Stepien / The Coastal Star
By Emily J.
Scott and Melissa Porten sit with their children,
Ava, 8, and Grayson, 5, at their Delray Beach
home. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
When Scott Porten assumed leadership of the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce’s governmental affairs committee two y
Scott and Christel Koedel hold their daughters,
Kaia, born Aug. 3, and Katniss, age 18 months.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
On the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 3, while her Ocean Ridge neighbors tended their gardens, ran errands,
Barbara and Ed Buchanan hold foster cats Keeli
and Kami outside their Greenacres home. The
couple are foster volunteers for the Palm Beach
County Animal Control Center. Keeli and Kami
are the 73rd and 74th kittens the Buchanans
have fostered. Tim
Physical therapy aid Alicia Phillips helps patient
Suzanne Volin relieve Parkinson’s symptoms at the
Giger MD Movement Therapy Center in
Boca Raton. Paula Detwiller/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Charlie Lorenzo was a star basketball playe
Maitz’s painting titled Forty Thieves is on display at the Cornell Museum. Image provided
By Greg Stepanich
Call them a peg-leg meritocracy.
Or perhaps they were a band of freethinkers, governmental naysayers who rejected the repressive society
Chrissy Loffredo brought her four children from
Wellington to golf at Putt’n Around in Delray Beach.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. This way, kids. Pick up a putter. Grab a golf ball
By Tim Pallesen
A new $3 million mosque that opened last month is evidence of the rapidly growing Muslim population in southern Palm Beach County.
The 30,000-square-foot Islamic Center of Boca Raton will serve as a house of prayer, education cent
As a benefit for the Achievement Centers for Children and Families, an event catering to “the woman within” will be held at 6 pm, Oct. 4 at Hyatt Place, 104 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach. For $50, women enjoy hors d’oeuvres and wine, live music, complim
Registration for the East Boynton Beach Little League's Fall 2012 Season will begin on Saturday, August 18 from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the fields (300 Woolbright Road). Following this, registrations will also be accepted Monday through Friday from 6
Painters at Artful Dreamers Studio during the tour.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Delray Beach: Artist sees flourishing gallery off the beaten path
By Ron Hayes
BOYNTON BEACH —Shortly after 5 p.m. on July 19, a Molly’s Trolley carrying abo
Vincent Cacace shows off artwork to Anne Walsh.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Boynton Beach: Trolley takes enthusiasts on art-related tour
By Mary Jane Fine
DELRAY BEACH —Vincent Cacace envisions the future of Artists Alley as if it w
By Tim O’Meilia
Four things learned from last month’s visit of President Obama and Vice President Biden:
1. Waiting onlookers and reporters like pizza, ice cream and cinnamon-nut French toast.
2. Roped-off parking lots mean no parking me
By Tim Pallesen
Every registered voter in Palm Beach is eligible to vote in nine races on the Aug. 14 primary ballot. That’s a change from the days when primary elections were strictly closed elections for Republicans and Democrats to select their
