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Fans say plan to close Lantana P.O. is just (coco)nuts

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 29, 2009 at 15:32

By Mary Thurwachter Close the Lantana Post Office? Now that’s just nuts — or coconuts, in this case. So say town leaders and about 150 fans from Lantana and surrounding communities who convened for a rally in the parking lot between the post office a

Palm Beaches Marathon adds Lantana to course

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 29, 2009 at 15:28

The Dec. 6 Palm Beaches Marathon takes runners through Lantana for the first time. At mile 9 of the 26.2-mile race, which starts and ends in West Palm Beach, runners enter Lantana on North Lakeside Drive, continue south to East Ocean Avenue, and cros

Green markets offer fresh-picked fare

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 29, 2009 at 15:00

Real tomato-tasting tomatoes, fresh greens, fresh flowers — you can’t beat the offerings at local green markets sprouting this month. Most are at new locations. Here’s a list of those handy for the Coastal Star readership: Delray Beach Green Market •

Thanksgiving: Falling in love with Florida

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 29, 2009 at 15:00

Caption: Fall is brought to the South Florida Thanksgiving table by using tropical colors and textures. Arrangement provided by From Roehm With Love. Table, setting and location provided by Village Square Home Interiors. Photo by Tim Stepien. Backy

Delray Beach: Proposed water rates would serve a dose of reality

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 29, 2009 at 15:00

By Margie Plunkett

Bigger water users in Delray Beach will pay more after commissioners signed off on a rate restructuring designed to encourage conservation.
Commissioners adopted an ordinance to adjust residential, nonresidential and irrigation ra

South Palm Beach approves fire-rescue service change

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:33

The town council revised its 10-year contract for fire-rescue service Oct. 27 to allow Palm Beach County to bill property owners directly beginning in 2010. The change will remove the $1.1 million fire-rescue cost from the town’s budget Instead, home

South Palm Beach: Hotel plan meets with surprise rejection

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:32

By Tim O’Meilia For the second time in two years, the South Palm Beach Town Council rejected a plan to replace the two-story Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn — the town’s only business — with a luxury 10-story hotel. The 3-2 vote on Oct. 21 surprised most

ENGAGEMENT: Alexandra Brown and Michael Bell

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:30

Alexandra Brown, a daughter of Lucy and Terry Brown of Ocean Ridge, is engaged to Michael Bell of California. The couple met while working on a coastal marine fishery conversation project in Moro Bay, Calif. Brown attended local area public schools,

Oyster reef project planned for next month

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:27

By Margie Plunkett Volunteers will gather along the Lantana Nature Preserve shore on Hypoluxo Island in December with nets in hand not to fish, but to build an oyster reef. Intended to attract juvenile fish and to provide other environmental benefit

Ocean Ridge: Personnel changes afoot at Police Department

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:24

By Margie Plunkett The Ocean Ridge Police Department is two officers stronger, and back to full staff, but more changes are in store come spring with the planned retirement of Chief Edward Hillery. Hillery is expected to retire as of April 1, Town M

Library stays, but so does county tax

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:00

By Margie Plunkett The Palm Beach County Library System closed the book on Ocean Ridge’s request to opt out of the library taxing district because it has its own community library. Ocean Ridge’s pitch was the first of its kind, according to Library

Meet Your Neighbor: Stacey Dowdle

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:00

10 Questions Meet Your Neighbor: Stacey Dowdle

Stacey A. Dowdle is all heart. She is, after all, vice president of the Palm Beach chapter of the American Heart Association. But the Delray Beach woman is so much more than that. She’s a wife, a mothe

Perpetual motion keeps children’s museum going

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 18:00

By Linda Haase The cry went out, “Save the school.” Boynton Beach city officials got the message loud and clear, and today the two-story 1913 elementary school building is the thriving, award-winning Schoolhouse Children’s Museum. As the museum ente

Obituary - Lucy Linn Stewart: Delray Beach

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 17:30

Obituary

Lucy Linn Stewart By Mary Katherine Stump Delray Beach — Lucy Stewart, a 37-year resident of Delray Beach and an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the community died peacefully at her home on Oct. 14. She was 96. “Everyone

InterFaith21: First year of helping families is cause for celebration

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 17:00

InterFaith21 First year of helping families is cause for celebration By C.B. Hanif Unite 21 interfaith congregations in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach to address homelessness among children and families, and you have Family Promise of S

Paws Up for Pets!: In life and death, feline friend teaches lessons

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 28, 2009 at 16:30

CAPTION: Callie pokes her head out the carrier after receiving a senior wellness exam at the vet clinic in 2007. In life and death, feline friend teaches lessons By Arden Moore Fifteen years ago, my co-worker Diego brought an itty-bitty calico ki

Private schools are a mainstay in the education of coastal kids

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 2, 2009 at 11:17

Although all our local elementary private schools are committed to offering quality education, they come from diverse backgrounds and histories. The oldest of these schools, Gulf Stream School, was started in 1938 by Ada Belle and William Johnson, an

With a little help from our friends

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 2, 2009 at 9:42

It takes a village to raise a newspaper — or at least to open a newspaper office! We couldn’t have done it without all of our friends who contributed their time and effort toward making this move a reality. As of this edition, we are publishing from

The grateful women behind the Women of Grace

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 1, 2009 at 22:00

By Mary Thurwachter Deborah Sargeant’s mind races at 2 a.m. That’s when she does her best thinking, she says, and lately her nocturnal thoughts have to do with plans for the Women of Grace Luncheon. She may have an idea about an ad, or a sponsor, o

Mad about the early ’60s look?

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on October 1, 2009 at 22:00

Get the 'Mad Men" style Witness a mid-century style makeover! To everything there is a season, and this fall seems the perfect time to embrace the burgeoning popularity of AMC’s Emmy award-winning Mad Men, now in its third season. The show chronicl