SCORE South Palm Beach has been named the National SCORE Chapter of the Year, doubling the number of businesses it has helped and for its programs with veterans, teen entrepreneurs and universities.
“Our country survives on the entrepreneurial spirit
Impact 100 founders Cindy Krebsbach (left), Lisa Mulhall and Tandy Robinson raise a toast during their annual meeting and grant presentation at Lynn University. Photo provided
The women of Impact 100 Palm Beach County championed the “power of giving
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council may decide what restaurant goes on the former Wildflower site as soon as October.
The city plans to issue a request for proposals for the 2.25-acre Intracoastal Waterway parcel in mid-June, Deputy City Manager Geor
Grass River Garden Club member Susan Vicinelli shows Paul’s Place after-school student Tanicha Emilcar (center) an edible flower during the April 10 closing of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Community Garden in Delray Beach. Students Jovante Pierre
Frances Curtiss (seated, from left), Regie Moorcroft and Sylvia Hinges; with Cindy Hopkins and Jeanne Strong, enjoy the March 20 Boca Delray Music Society’s musical social, ‘Hats & Harps Luncheon’ at the Delray Beach Club. Photo provided
Delray Beach Historical Society members and guests enjoy cocktails during the second annual Celebration of Old Delray Cocktails on the Beach fundraiser at The Colony Cabana Club on April 12.
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Honorary Chair Jane “Kitchie” Tolleson, Co-Chair Barbara Backer and Spring Boutique Committee Member Laila Young enjoy the three-day shopping extravaganza in downtown Delray Beach March 6-8. Event proceeds benefitted the women and programs of Wayside
Sacred Heart fifth-grader Adrianna Smigiel and her mom, Marcela, of Lake Worth, pick up treats during the April Showers Bring Sacred Heart Flowers Afternoon Tea at St. Andrews Club on April 11. The fundraising event was hosted by The Friends of Sacre
Sandoway House Nature Center’s Earth Day Gala was held under the stars April 14 at a local beach club. Legendary football coach Howard Schnellenburger served as Honorary Chairman. More than $20,000 was raised for Delray Beach’s only nature center.
Brianna Ritota has recently accepted scholarship offers for both her academic and athletic achievements from Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. She plans to attend in the fall to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. Brianna is graduating from Boca
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
By Tim Norris
Ivory of wooly mammoth, hair of Mongolian
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
