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.
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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
By Steve Plunkett
Changing town attorneys may save the town upward of $30,000 a year if January’s legal bill is any guide.
New attorney Glen Torcivia billed Highland Beach $6,396 for 32.8 hours of work in his first month on the job. The total is jus
Stephanie Miskew of coastal Delray Beach raises a glass
inside the wine room at the Seagate Hotel & Spa, where one of the Boca Bacchanal events will be held. Miskew is general
chairman. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Steph
St. Lucy Catholic Church member Marilyn Rubin (left)
of Highland Beach enjoys the Xpressions 2012 40th Annual
Fashion Show & Luncheon with her guest Audrey Miller. The
show was held at the Delray Beach Club on Feb. 18.
By Tim Pallesen
The social l
By Steve Plunkett
All planning and design efforts for a park at Ocean Strand have been stopped.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the oceanfront 14.85 acres just south of Spanish River Park, ordered a halt to Ocean Strand wor
