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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

Gulf Stream resident Pamela Goodman has dropped out of the State House race for coastal South County because of her husband’s health.
“It’s a pretty serious illness. I can’t stay on the campaign trail,” Goodman said after notifying Democratic Party of

By Steve Plunkett
    
Deputy Boca Raton Manager George Brown is a “Home Rule Hero” to cities across the county and across the state for helping derail a proposed Florida law on sober houses.
Richard Radcliffe, executive director of the county League of

By Tim Pall

To preprare for the competition, Bob Gittlin practices his dance moves with partner Mariya-Khristina Shurupova at Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Boca Raton. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Paula Detwiller
    
Bob Gittlin believes so strongly in helping