Centenarian Athena Scangas (left) is joined by her daughter Kathryn Diamond at the La Coquille Club as her birthday cake is lit with 100 candles. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Allen Whittemore
“Greek food. I ate everything my mother ever made, and she was
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A manatee sighting in the marina at Briny Breezes drew onlookers in late January. In addition to eating some lettuce offered by one of the residents, the manatee rolled on its back and lapped up fresh water squirted from a hose.
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By Jan Norris
In our quest to help coastal residents replace businesses that will be cut off once the Ocean Avenue bridge in Lantana closes next month, here are those that can fill in for customers using the Lake Worth bridge.
These are just a few o
The Palm Beach Plein Air (fresh air) Artists converged on the grounds of the Old Key Lime House in Lantana recently for a painting meet-up.
ABOVE: Stan Dornfest of Boynton Beach adds finishing touches to his oil painting.
LEFT: The
When Plaza del Mar in Manalapan celebrated its 30th anniversary with a series of events that included fashion shows and musical performances, organizers turned to local chalk artist Jennifer Chapparo to create a vintage postcard effect on the grounds
By Antigone Barton
The beach changes every day. The routine of Delray Beach residents Carolyn Hoffman and her husband does not.
The Tennessee transplants walk the Delray shoreline at low tide, scanning the sand for trash and treasures.
They
Dorothy Wilson (left) served the residents of Briny Breezes in the office of Briny Breezes, Inc. for more than 30 years. During her retirement party, one of her gifts was a hand-carved golf cart given to her by Ira and Joanne Friedman (right). More
After seeing a Letter to the Editor in The Coastal Star, Sandy Roder hosted an ‘iPads for Autism’ fundraiser at her Manalapan home on Jan. 24. More than 30 guests attended, raising $10,000 for the autism program at Lantana Middle School. Pictured (l-
By Tim O’Meilia
and Steve Plunkett
Manalapan and South Palm Beach town officials think they may emerge smelling like a rose from a dispute with the city of Lake Worth over payments for the operation of a regional sewer system.
In August 20
In the late 1990s, internationally acclaimed artist Diana Nicosia of Gulf Stream was waiting at the Rome airport for a delayed flight when she struck up a conversation with a man in a black suit sitting next to her. He turned out to be Cardinal Joh
St. Joseph’s Episcopal School recently had its annual LAPS event, hosted and planned by the Parent Organization. This event echoed the theme this year on campus — ‘live green,’ healthy living for the body and the community. Parents Rob and Aline LaB
Students at Gulf Stream School were treated in January to an international buffet as one of four hot-lunch days presented by the parents. Teachers use the meal to spin off lessons on the various countries and their ways of life, but for both kids and
Enjoying lunch at The Living Room in Boynton Beach are (standing, l-r) Hedy Latimer, Judy Zeidel, Eileen Hertz, Susan Schechet and Sandy Jones; and (seated, l-r) Joan Ball, Diane Motta, and Angela Smith. The women — who live in West Palm Beach, South
Ryan and the Rockers band members (l-r) Chuck Henderson, Ryan Heidinger, Kenny Glass and Rit Johnson take the stage at Johnnie Brown’s in Delray Beach in late January. Photos by Kurtis Boggs
By Steve Pike
John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the fir
By Christine Davis No muss. No fuss. Unlike many interior decorators, Suzanne Rheinstein prefers to keep decor pretty, comfortable and simple.
Sharing the development of her design style, she’ll be speaking at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach
Davis Gaines, who performed the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera more than 2,000 times on Broadway as well as in Los Angeles and San Francisco, will perform a series of songs from the musical for guests of this year’s Beth
ABOVE: Jeffrey Errol Snow, the first baby born at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, yawns while his mother, Mrs. George Bernard Snow, receives an engraved sterling cup presented by Mrs. O.R. Tergesen, president of the hospital auxiliary.
By Paula Detwille
As chairs of the 57th Annual Bethesda Ball, Deborah and Harry Sargeant III of Gulf Stream are excited to be raising money for the hospital’s Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery equipment and training.
“This equipment can see three-dimensionally i
ABOVE: Bethesda Memorial Hospital opened in 1959 with 70 beds and 32 physicians.
Firstborn remains impressed with hospital | Phantom of the Opera theme | Meet the Co-Chairs
By Paula Detwiller
As supporters of Bethesda Memorial Hospital clink cockt
Gulf Stream School’s “Havana Nights: An Evening at the Tropicana” Underwriting Chairs (l-r) Jenn Forman, Lisa White, Therese Snyder and Sarah Foster are planning a fundraising party in February at the home of Therese and Barron Snyder in preparation
