Crews opened the new southern portion of the Palmetto Park Road bridge over the El Rio Canal to traffic May 29 as work shifted to the median portion of the bridge spans for eastbound and westbound traffic. All work on the new Palm Beach County bridge
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By Mary Hladky
More than four years of effort by the Boca Raton Housing Authority to secure money and approvals to replace the dilapidated Dixie Manor public housing complex reached a major milestone on May 14 when the City Council voted unanimously
Hypoluxo Island resident Leah Mills and her daughter have come up with a ‘better-for-you drink.’ Photo provided
What 10 years ago was a summertime drink Leah Mills would serve friends and family is now a gin-based refreshment the Hypoluxo Island re
Ocean Ridge Garden Club member Britt Flanagan leads the club’s drive to send grade-school students to the Wekiva Youth Camp in central Florida. Eleven will go this summer. Photo provided
By Brian Biggane
An Ocean Ridge Garden Club program that start
This eight-bedroom Highland Beach estate at 2455 S. Ocean Blvd., completed in 2014 by Mark Timothy Inc., a luxury home builder based in Boca Raton, sold for $50 million in May. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Omaha businessman Steve Buchanan and
TOP: Evergreen is one of the oldest cemeteries in South Florida. BELOW: Landy Mizell, pastor at Maranatha Bible Church, photographs the Lyman family headstone in April at the cemetery. Photos by Tim Stepien/Coastal Star
Lantana cemetery gets makeover
Impact 100 Palm Beach County named the recipients of its annual grants totaling $984,600 to nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving South County. The winners were unveiled at the 13th annual event attended by 450 members and guests. Those receiv
Creative Waves Foundation co-founders Ali and Candy Tamposi served as hosts of an event to benefit the building of an enrichment center in Belle Glade. Cassadee Pope and Bianca Rosario — both foundation board members — performed, and area students di
The annual cinematic event reeled in more than $40,000 for the American Friends of Magen David Adom. Proceeds specifically will be used for the Marcus National Blood Services Center in Israel. ‘Through the Boca International Jewish Film Festival, we
UNICO, the largest Italian-American service organization in the United States, celebrated the induction of four new members to the Highland Beach Chapter. The evening underscored the commitment of the national organization founded nearly 100 years ag
Supporters of Boca Helping Hands passed go at the sold-out event where guests enjoyed games, music, dancing, auctions, an interactive art installation, cocktails, dinner and, of course, the crowning of the 2024 Monopoly champion, Keith Nassetta. ‘The
The Literacy Council of Palm Beach County’s 33rd annual benefit was a major success, bringing in $300,000 to fund adult, child and family reading programs. A sold-out crowd of 600-plus listened to featured speaker Geraldine Brooks, a Pulitzer Prize-w
YMCA of South Palm Beach County’s “Safety Around the Water” program has received funding from the USA Swimming Foundation.
The $7,000 grant will support efforts to offer free and reduced-cost lessons.
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By Janis Fontaine
Several times in her life, author Lee Ann Mancini of Boca Raton has looked for a particular type of book and, unable to find it, decided to write it.
It started with “Sea Kids,” Mancini’s award-winning series of Christian children’
Joanne Stanley, the verger, leads the processional at the beginning of the dedication service at St. Gregory’s, a traditional role that dates back centuries. Photo provided
St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church celebrated the dedication of its newly renovat
Volunteers and instructors mingle with students of the class put on by the Boca Ballet Theatre. Jan Engoren/The Coastal Star
By Jan Engoren
Every week, dedicated people come to the Boca Ballet studios in Boca Raton for a movement class known as BBT4P
Dr. Roy C. Blake III points out X-ray results alongside a Palm Beach State College dental health student. Photo provided
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science has created the department of biomedical engineering, w
Samuel Reiter of Ocean Ridge plans to study aviation and business at The Ohio State University. Photo provided
By Faran Fagen
A lot of high schoolers take off with their friends on their 17th birthday, but Samuel Reiter chose to spend eight hours
The girls track and field team from Don Estridge High Tech Middle School in Boca Raton runs a victory lap to celebrate its 2024 county middle school championship. Coached by second-year head coach Keri Stevens, third from left, the Dragons went undef
ABOVE: Capt. Chris Lemieux holds a 43-pound kingfish that was caught kite-fishing with live bait.
BELOW: Lemieux also uses bonita strips as kingfish bait. Photos by Steve Waters/The Coastal Star
By Steve Waters
Late spring and early summer are whe
