By Allen Whittemore
Roger Ashcroft has three passions in his life: his faith, his wife of 16 years, Heidi, and his tennis.
Sports and church came early to Ashcroft (Heidi was a little later), and by 17, he had chosen tennis as his main athleti
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St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church members Quinn Doyle, 11, and Deena Rizzo, 7, have fun on the bumper cars during the 45th Annual St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Festival in Delray Beach on Feb. 24.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Emily J. Minor
Stephanie Schappert, 18, started running because it was all in the family — everyone was doing it — and she got lucky.
She’s good at it. And she likes it.
“A lot of people have always thought that we were pressured into running, bu
Activists say signs such as this one have increased awareness of bike laws.
By Steve Plunkett
Signs from Boca Raton to Manalapan cautioning motorists and bicyclists to share State Road A1A are a success, claims zMotion, the cycling group that pai
Archstone, a 10-story, 378-unit complex, is planned for East Palmetto Park Road. Drawing provided
By Steve Plunkett
A 10-story apartment complex is the newest addition to Palmetto Park Road between the Intracoastal Waterway and Federal Highway.
By Steve Plunkett
The competition between beach-goers and sea turtles for a spot in the sand continued to heat up in 2011.
Countywide, female loggerheads, greens and leatherbacks dug a record-high 19,552 nests, besting 2010’s record total, said Pau
By Tim Pallesen
The Caron Foundation has sued Delray Beach after the city denied its request to operate a sober house for seven recovering alcoholics and drug addicts at 1232 Seaspray Ave.
City commissioners also had responded to outrage over so
Potential bidders check out the ‘Gasoline Alley’ part of the Milhous
Collection during the auction preview Saturday in Boca Raton.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Emily J. Minor
For years they’ve been coming here, often dr
By Mary Thurwachter
Managing Editor
Combing through The Coastal Star’s community calendar each month leaves us, first, in awe of Michele Smith, the conscientious scribe who assembles the massive list and, second, inspired by the wealth of things to
Marge Lanthier, former senior advancement officer
at St. Andrew’s School, is president of the Friends of
the Highland Beach Library. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
The day before Valentine’s Day, a group of volunteers spent th
Jay Van Vechten and Zack Rice have been making plans for the
Boca Raton Boating & Beach Bash for several months.
Mary Thurwachter/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
When Jay Van Vechten envisioned an annual boating and beach event for people
Candidates for Seat D on the City Council are running for a three-year term. A March 27 runoff will be held in the event of a tie. Constance Scott won a second two-year term to Seat C after challenger Bill Trinka, a retired firefighter, dropped out.
More than 500 guests attended the YMCA of South Palm Beach County’s 10th
Annual Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 9 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club to see keynote
speaker and daytime TV celebrity Regis Philbin. Pictured are Philbin (left) and
Mary Jo and R
Candidates are seeking three-year terms on the city commission in two races. * designates winner
VICE MAYOR
Unofficial election results: Brown - 543
Boca Bacchanal 2nd Annual Iron Chef Competition
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Cindy Krebsbach and Amy Kazma, members of the first-place-winning
team Cendyn, celebrate their victory at the Feb. 10 event.
Marie Speed, judge; Allison Lane, Iron Chef Co
By Jan Norris
Boca Raton’s mayor and her staff got a leg up on movie-goers at the new iPic theater slated to open this summer in Mizner Park.
Hamid Hashemi presented Susan Whelchel and a few council members with their own monogrammed pillows and blan
The flower beds of Gail Brown’s Delray Beach house are
filled with 1,400 New Guinea impatiens. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Antigone Barton
Every October, for each of the last 20 years, Gail Brown has surrounded her white-pillared, white-trim
Milton’s Grooming Parlor in Manalapan incorporates images of Milton.
By Arden Moore
Martha Stewart inspires many with her cuisine and knack for home décor. But for Maurici Luz, it’s all about the dogs. Specifically, Stewart’s eye-catching French b
By Steve Plunkett
The town has offered to settle former Town Manager Dale Sugerman’s lawsuit out of court and is waiting for his answer.
“At this point, all I can tell you is a lawsuit is going on, but there’s always conversations in any lawsuit a
Debbi Lahr Lawlor
Debbi Lahr Lawlor, a long-time resident who was chairwoman of Boca Festival Days for the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, has been named operations director for the 33-year-old Boca Raton Children’s Museum.
In the newly cre
