Tami Pleasanton (left) and Kim Jones remember growing up in the county pocket. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Ron Hayes
In the summer of 1969, a registered nurse with two young daughters to raise started looking for someplace to live closer to her job at Bet
By Steve Plunkett
The folks planning a park at Ocean Strand want a few creative ideas on what to put there.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the coastal parcel, launched a new website, www.mybocaparks.org, which it hopes t
By Thom Smith
For decades the family yacht tied up at local marinas, the better for dad to entertain big clients and the family to enjoy a little respite from Northeast winters.
Malcolm Forbes died in 1990, but the wining and dining aboard Highlander
An item in Around the Town in the May issue of The Coastal Star mentioned Boca’s Walk of Recognition, but incorrectly called it the Wall of Recognition. Presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society, the Walk of Recognition at Royal Palm Place recog
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District has given the city $2 million to help pay for a 2010 beach renourishment project that fell victim to federal budget-cutting.
Boca Raton officials expected to get $5.3 million from the
By Mary Thurwachter
For 20 years, my husband and I have spent a considerable amount of time traveling the Sunshine State. We have been everywhere from the Panhandle to the Keys, staying in homey bed-and-breakfasts, intimate boutique hotels, large
Christine Carton
By Angie Francalancia
It was Christine Carton’s love of adventure, appreciation for self-improvement and admiration of Japanese artw
Arthur Jaffe’s passion is books. Photo by Tim Stepien
By Ron Hayes
One lazy summer day when he was a boy, Arthur Jaffe wandered over to the Carnegie Library in Butler, Pa., and asked the helpful librarian to recommend a book.
“She gave
By Paula Detwiller
They called her “the holdout.”
The year was 1997, and the city of Delray Beach wanted to take Pat Healy-Golembe’s historic house by eminent domain to expand a parking garage near the beach. She said “no sale.”
The developer proposed
Kathleen Dailey Weiser
By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners balked at signing a contract with Interim Town Manager Kathleen Dailey Weiser but this time around had no
By Thom Smith
For decades the family yacht tied up at local marinas, the better for dad to entertain big clients and the family to enjoy a little respite from Northeast winters.
Malcolm Forbes died in 1990, but the wining and dining aboard Highlande
More than 30 people attended a recent Gulf Stream Town meeting, some (in red shirts) to complain about undergrounding power line assessments. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Wearing red, Gulfstream Shores residents kept up their assault on what
