Tim Barnes, general manager of the Violin Shop and principal
violist with Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, tests the sound of a
violin at the Violin Shop. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Richard Pollock, who lives in Highland Beach with his wife,
Mary Jo, has worked for the YMCA for 38 years. He is the CEO
of the YMCA of South Palm Beach County, which includes facilities
in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Sta
Lorraine ‘Lorry’ Herdeen (left) stands with some of the 3-year-old students
from the Pluto Class at the Florence Fuller Child Development Center in
Boca Raton. Front row, from left: Dariya Hill, Gavin Shuler and Arrianna
DeAlva. Back row, from lef
Adian and Sydney O'Connor look through the seaweed in
search of sea beans while on the beach in Ocean Ridge. Tim Stepien.The Coastal Star
By Antigone Barton
It can be a puzzling sight: mounds of newly arrived seaweed lying in the tracks of the tr
The Lupus Foundation of America’s Southeast Florida Chapter hosted its Annual Closet Couture Luncheon at Benvenuto’s on April 10. The event raised over $25,000 to help support the LFA’s mission of finding the causes of and cure for lupus and providin
Edgar Mitchell Lecture Series: Royal Poinciana Chapel, Palm Beach
Rebecca Williams and John Audette joined more than 125 people
on April 24 to kick off the South Florida Science Museum’s Edgar
Mitchell Science Lecture Series.
Boca Delray Music S
By Antigone Barton
There’s something about tea: Soothing and restoring, a comfort and a tradition, it provides both a lull and a lift to the day. Let fathers celebrate their day with tee times, Mother’s Day tea is an occasion for finger food and flo
Beekeeper Bradley Stewart minds his own beeswax, although you’ll find him doing that in other people’s yards.
Condos just aren’t the place to set up beehives, he points out, so thanks to friends and neighbors throughout the county, he farms his 17 h
By Steve Pike
Shagball and Tangles are back.
Lantana author A.C. Brooks’ second book, Dead on the Dock, follows the former TV fishing show host and his pint-sized friend (and former Elvis impersonator) through a labyrinth of adventures that includes o
By Steve Pike
Stuart Malin’s home is in the county pocket, but he lives much of the time in a world called Atria. It’s the world of a young man named
By Rich Pollack
Niki Fridh is a master at multi-tasking.
A theater-arts teacher and a kindergarten assistant at Gulf Stream School, Fridh’s world revolves around the stage.
When she’s not instilling wonder, creativity and confidence in her young charg
A look at how therapists believe brain chemistry responds to aromatherapy. Image provided
By Paula Detwiller
In an era when everything from pet shampoos to plug-in air fresheners are advertised as “aromatherapy,” it’s easy to dismiss the concept as
Pastor Scott Baugh (left) of Journey Church and Elwood Holley of Grace Community in front of the Boynton Beach building that is changing hands. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
One church is a rapidly growing congregation of young pe
Alan Jacobson in his new home, The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan. He has opened the theater with a series of revues. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Greg Stepanich
Alan Jacobson loved acting so much that he left the garment industry in his mid-30s to
By Arden Moore
Meet Amy Restucci, a self-described big-mouth, low-maintenance chick who never complains when she makes the trek down I-95 in bumper-to-bumper traffic from her West Palm Beach home to rural Miami.
She doesn’t mind the drive because she
Middle school students at St. Joseph’s Episcopal School’s Acadamy of the Arts presented The Elves & The Shoemaker to students and the community April 25-27. This is the seventh year the school has performed a public production. Shoes used as props i
The Delray Beach Public Library celebrated its 99th birthday April 11 by kicking off a year of centennial activities. More than 785 members of the community including city officials, library board members and volunteers attended. ABOVE: Librarian Kat
A woman greets the dawn on Easter Sunday at Oceanfront Park.
Crowds gather for the Easter Sunrise Community Worship Service presented by the Boynton Beach Ministerial Association at Oceanfront Park.
The Rev. M. Randall Gill leads services.
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By Tim Pallesen
Feeding the poor is a challenge for people of faith.
Volunteers responded by serving 88,691 hot meals last year at the Caring Kitchen in Delray Beach.
That’s a 50 percent increase over the 59,034 meals served in 2005, and th
By Tim Pallesen
The Caron Foundation can’t sue Delray Beach for denying a Seaspray Avenue sober house because the request hasn’t been officially denied, an attorney for the city argued Monday.
The surprising twist came during a federal court h
