Temple Beth El’s Lunch and Learn series continues at noon July 11 for a discussion marking the 75th anniversary of the State of Israel. Like they have every year for centuries, people pause and remember the feeling tied up with the loss of the Ancien
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Taylor Bergman was the first to graduate from the Boca Raton Achievement Center. She is posing with her parents Jeff and Amy Bergman. BELOW RIGHT: Andrea Villeneuve reacts to the award she received at the ceremony. Photos provided
By Faran Fagen
As
Leslie Glickman, owner of Yoga Journey, guides students through a yin yoga class in the sculpture garden at the museum. Yin yoga is about deep relaxation and releasing tension and is appropriate for all levels. The next Yoga at the Museum is 9:30 a.m
The staff at JCA Florida JFK Hospital recently celebrated the completion of the 2,000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement at the hospital. Photo provided
In May, HCA Florida JFK Hospital completed its 2,000th transcatheter aortic valve replaceme
Boca Raton-based yoga instructor Brie Mazin conducts a class at a pop-up location. ‘Stretching gives you more range of motion in your joints,’ she says. Photo provided
By Jan Engoren
Whether you’re an athlete, weekend warrior, gym rat or somebody who
The expansive turf lawn beyond the pool area is framed with hedges, creating a privacy barrier without obscuring the panoramic ocean view. BELOW RIGHT: The dining loggia pavilion has a pecky cypress ceiling, terrazzo floor and a built-in summer kitch
By Larry Barszewski
Ocean Ridge Town Manager Lynne Ladner announced the promotion Thursday of Scott McClure to be the town’s new police chief.
McClure, who joined the town’s police force in 2016, has been serving as acting police chief since March, w
Nathan Hecker fishes from the beach in Gulf Stream as Clayton Peart, president of Universal Beach Services Corp., rakes and buries sargassum. He has a contract with private property owners. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Musgrave
When Tom Fitz
By Mary Hladky
Taxable values of Palm Beach County properties held strong this year, jumping 13.4% and coming close to matching last year’s 15.2% surge.
This marks the 12th year in a row that taxable values have increased in a steady rebound from the
Graffiti artist Marcus ‘the Grabster’ Borges spray-paints part of the ‘Pineapple Paradise’ mural on the building at the entrance to Pineapple Grove. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
The pineapples are back in Pineapple Grove.
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Water flows downhill. Heated water expands. The moon’s proximity to the Earth affects the height of tides. Dropping pressure in a storm raises tide levels, and wind increases the height of waves.
As we enter another hurricane season, I’m thinking a
Kavita Sahai of coastal Boca Raton meditates at South Inlet Park, which she visits often when she wants to relax. Sahai sells a line of essential oils for wellness and beauty. Tim Stepien /The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
When three children and th
By Steve Plunkett
Residents now have the blessing of the Town Council to raise their homes on stilts, but whether the corporation will permit it remains the big question.
The council approved the creation of an “elevated single-family home overlay di
LEFT: The 1979 Coastal Construction Control Line, shown in yellow, is farther east than the 1997 line, shown in purple. Both are east of State Road A1A. Map provided by Engenuity Group Inc. and Town of Ocean Ridge
By Larry Barszewski
A 2020 Ocean Rid
By Larry Barszewski
An advisory committee of local police officials will interview six finalists for Ocean Ridge’s police chief position June 7 and then give its feedback to Town Manager Lynne Ladner.
The Police Chief Advisory Committee is scheduled
By Larry Barszewski
With the exception of Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia, a May 9 meeting between city commissioners and Old School Square’s former operators featured everyone singing from the same page.
“Excuse me if I don’t feel warm and fuzzy,
By Rich Pollack
Elaine Prentice knew she had to do something.
A condo manager with a green thumb and an eye for natural esthetics, Prentice had seen pictures and heard how Hurricane Nicole battered the beaches near Vero Beach in November, gobbling th
Once built, the Aletto at Sanborn Square complex would be at Palmetto Park Road just east of Sanborn Square. The Tower 155 condominium is the white building behind the Aletto. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
Over residents’ strong objections, Cit
Deputy Donna Korb (with life ring) assists Irina Bereslavska from the surf after rescuing her in South Palm Beach. BELOW: Korb and Bereslavska meet again a couple of days after the rescue. Photos provided
By Faran Fagen
South Palm Beach, which has no
By Steve Plunkett
Richard Jones, the town’s new police chief, kept busy in his first 30 days on the job: alerting residents to a purse-snatching and stolen vehicle, setting guidelines for investigations of officer-involved shootings, and being feted
