Gail Adams Aaskov (right) shakes hands with Ocean Ridge Town Clerk Karen Hancsak after being sworn in as town commissioner on April 2. Aaskov and incumbent Commissioner Geoff Pugh (rear) were elected to fill two open commission seats. 719 residents
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This year, voters in the sixth biennial Read Together campaign sponsored by the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition have chosen Last Train To Paradise, by Les Standiford, as the book they hope everyone will read.
The book, available in local l
By Mary Thurwachter
A week before Lake Worth commissioners unanimously chose Lantana Town Manager Mike Bornstein as the new city manager, colleagues in Lantana braced themselves for his probable departure.
Mayor Dave Stewart said he knew the
By Tim O’Meilia
With plans for a $15 million to $25 million breakwater project to protect South Palm Beach’s eroding beaches dead in the water, town officials are trying an old-fashioned political method to resuscitate the plan — lobbying.
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Al Jacquet, a legislative aide for state Rep. Mack Bernard (D-West Palm Beach) is sworn into Delray Beach Commission Seat 2 as fellow commissioners (standing l-r) Tom Carney, Angeleta Gray and Adam Frankel along with Mayor Woodie McDuffie observe. Ja
Delray Beach Mayor Nelson “Woodie” McDuffie is running for the seat of Palm Beach County supervisor of elections.
McDuffie filed March 22 to run against current supervisor Susan Bucher of Boynton Beach for the next four-year term.
On Delray Bea
Construction crews install sections of a concrete pedestrian tunnel under A1A at the Manalapan residence of G. John Krediet on March 6. Closed for five days to all but emergency vehicles and local traffic, the road reopened March 9. Kurtis Boggs/The
Manalapan officials scheduled a “special presentation” for outgoing librarian Mary Ann Kunkle, but the guest of honor was a no-show at the March 27 commission meeting.
“Even though she’s not here, we do have a certificate of appreciation for her,” May
Residents could catch a parking break at the beach if Delray Beach follows through on a suggestion by Commissioner Tom Carney.
Carney’s recommendation would push back the start of metering of beach-area parking about an hour and a half on Monday throu
By Emily J. Minor
MANALAPAN — Natalie C. Marcon, a devoted wife and mother whose bright disposition and strong faith carried her through recent years of medical tribulations, died March 1. She was 69.
Although it was cancer that claimed her lif
By Antigone Barton
If the rewards of life by the sea are immeasurable, a report released last month showed the risks, at least, are calculable.
Global warming, rising sea levels and storms all add up to odds of flooding that will redraw the
By Margie Plunkett
Delray Beach’s valet parking system will escape a comprehensive overhaul, but will be tweaked to address issues raised by commissioners and staff.
“As far as I’m concerned, from what I understand with the stakehol
By Emily J. Minor
MANALAPAN — Miriam H. Knapp, a renowned sculptor who adored her family, old-school manners and the magic of stage ballet, died March 20 after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer over the summer. She was 77.
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DELRAY BEACH — Barbara Banta Gracey, 89, a long-time Delray Beach resident, devoted mother and grandmother and volunteer for many local causes, died March 9 in Delray Beach.
Her death came four years to the day after the death of her husband of 59
Ken Kaleel, 51, served as mayor of Ocean Ridge from 1998 to 2012. He and his wife, Rema, have three children, Jacqueline, Nicholas and Alexandra. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
You could say that Ken Kaleel was following a path that led him toward p
With the closing of the Ocean Avenue Bridge in Lantana on March 19, residents along the coast will likely find themselves turning more to the businesses along A1A.
They will neither go hungry nor be underdressed, nor will they need to cross the wa
Budget cuts put the kibosh on Fourth of July fireworks in Lantana last year, but that won’t be the case this year. Last month, the Town Council approved a $25,000 contract with Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing to put on a 22-minute display set to mus
St. Mark Catholic School seventh-grader India Roehrich-Hill speaks about what Coach Barulic means to her during the ‘Loving Locks/Bald For Barulic’ event held in honor of CoachChristopher Barulic, who is being treated for cancer.
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57th Annual Bethesda Ball Chairmen Harry and Deborah Sargeant with Phantom of the Opera stars Davis Gaines and Teri Bibb. More than 500 guests attended the event at The Breakers, which raised $1 million for the Bethesda Hospital Foundation.
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Best friends Allison Andrickson, 5, (left) of Boca Raton and Riley Cope, 5, of Delray Beach count their beads during the Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day parade. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
