Bathers relax on the beach at the old Boynton Beach Hotel, probably around 1920. Images courtesy of the Boynton Beach Library
By Ron Hayes
In the winter of 1899, it was “a quiet place with pleasant surroundings … away from the hurly-burly of large,
By Antigone Barton
While the ficus whitefly continues to challenge landscapers seeking to preserve privacy hedges, a new pest has arrived with its own set of challenges.
Not the least of those challenges is confusion, as it shares a last name
By Mary Thurwachter
With the Palm Beach International Film Festival fast approaching, Yvonne Boice looks forward to doing some serious movie-watching. She is particularly interested in seeing Violins in Wartime, with the performance of legendary vio
By Mary Thurwachter - Managing Editor
If you’ve driven down A1A lately (and who hasn’t?), you have to know what a hotspot the road is for bicyclists. Who can blame them, after all? It’s a lovely drive along our postcard-pretty shoreline. But it can
City officials are testing red light cameras at several Boca Raton intersections.
During a 30-day period that ends April 14, a warning notice will be issued to the registered owner of vehicles running red lights. There will be no fine for this warni
Alex Laseter, 18, of Boca Raton enjoys a boat ride on the Intracoastal with his dad, Darrell, during the March 24 Boca Raton Boating & Beach Bash for People With Disabilities at Spanish River Park. The 4th Annual event drew a record-breaking 3,500
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 libr
By Steve Plunkett
Ailing sea turtles won’t have to worry whether they were found the right day of the week to be rehabilitated at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.
Beach and Park District taxpayers will pony up $120,000 to fund a full-time rehabilitation c
By Steve Plunkett
A new task force aims to smooth relations between pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists along coastal A1A.
Highland Beach police Lt. Eric Lundberg got the idea after realizing that communities as far south as Pompano Beach and nort
Outgoing Commissioner John Pagliaro (left) is shown with newly elected Commissioner Louis Stern and Vice Mayor Ron Brown
who were sworn into office March 21 in Highland Beach. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The struggle to contro
Vital Flight pilot Juan Plaza (right) assists Scott Rubin, 20, of Boca Raton,
before his plane ride during the organization’s special event at the Boca
Raton Airport. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Pilot Juan Plaza checked the ins
Serena and Venus Williams contend with the breezes on the
patio of Apt. 401, the $6.5 million condo Venus decorated at
One Thousand Ocean in Boca Raton. Thom Smith/The Coastal Star
By Thom Smith
When her tennis game is on, few players want to be
By Steve Plunkett
Residents are mostly pleased with the way their town government works — at least that’s the word from 192 people who completed Highland Beach’s official survey this winter.
“I think overall, the results that you got from your res
The Palm Beach County League of Cities held its first meeting in Highland Beach on March 28.
“Thank you to the Town of Highland Beach and St. Lucy Catholic Church. Our first visit to the town was memorable,” the league said on its website.
The leagu
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
You don’t need to reserve a seat or pack a suitcase to board the Boca Express. Just bring your love of history and your imagination.
At the Boca Express Train Museum, you start your 30-minute tour in the original station b
Closet Couture Luncheon to benefit The Lupus Foundation of America, Southeast Florida Chapter will be held April10 at Benvenuto Caterestaurant, 1730 N. Federal Hwy. in Boynton Beach. Guest speaker is Eva Ritvo, MD, author of The Beauty Prescription:
Natalie Warren, volunteer program manager for the Spirit of Giving Network,
bills herself as a volunteer matchmaker who pairs people with organizations
that need their help.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Jodi Lane wanted t
Artist Chris Burlini (right) works with Bob Green of Boca Raton, who has been a student of his for several months at the Burlini Studio in Boca Raton. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Mary Jane Fine
There’s an art to teaching art. Sometimes, it begi
Janice Rubin of Highland Beach is one of 85 people
who volunteer for Listen to Children. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Every week, about 85 men and women arrive at 53 elementary and middle schools in Palm Beach County.
They stay perha
Delray Acura/Hyundai President Jim O’Neill
and his guest, retired FAU football coach Howard
Schnellenberger, lead more than 40 golf carts through
Mizner Park Plaza during the St. Patrick’s Day Golf Cart
Parade. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By St
