All Blog Posts Tagged 'Beach' (14)

July, 16, 2012, marked the 70th anniversary of the Vel D'Hiv round-up. On July 16th and 17th, 1942, the French police arrested 13,152 Jewish men, women and children from the Paris area. Initially kept in the Velodrome D'Hiver, they were then taken to internment camps near Paris and finally transported to German death camps.  It took until 1995, in a speech by then President Jacques Chirac, to formally acknowledge France's collaboration with the Nazis. In 2012 French President Francois…

Patsy Randolph used the pillars of a gazebo to frame her subject to create a

photo that provides nice sense of the gardens.

By Jerry Lower

I have been a photographer and picture editor for most of my…

New LEED Certified Hotel in the heart of Delray Beach, FL gets behind new Wellness Event

Delray Beach, FL., – Hyatt Place, which opened in the Pineapple Grove area of Delray Beach in 2012 knows a thing or two about creating a “Wellness” environment. So it was no surprise that this beautiful addition to downtown Delray Beach jumped at the chance of hosting and sponsoring the first-ever WellFest Delray Event.

“As a LEED-Certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)…

Registration for the East Boynton Beach Little League’s Spring 2013 Season will be accepted from Wednesday, January 2 through January 28 at Little League Park (300 W. Woolbright Road). Please visit www.eastboyntonll.com for specific dates and times and to download the registration forms.

Divisions are available for youths starting at age 4. The Challenger division is also available for athletes with special needs. The registration…

Registration for the East Boynton Beach Little League's Fall 2012 Season will begin on Saturday, August 18 from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at the fields (300 Woolbright Road). Following this, registrations will also be accepted Monday through Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. from August 20 – 31 at the league fields.…

Scott McOwen, the veterinarian at the Sandoway House, talks

to children about Sir Speedy the gopher tortoise, who is a permanent

resident of Sandoway House. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star…

Eleven former or current Boca Raton Regional Hospital physicians have been nominated for the Palm Beach County Medical Society’s Heroes in Medicine Awards and will be honored at the Society’s ninth annual luncheon, at the Kravis Center on May 9. 

For the Lifetime Achievement Award, community outreach hero finalists include the following retired physician volunteers at Caridad: Richard F. Auclair, Arnold Berliner, Howard Doyle, Gordon Hahn, James Jannotta, Leo Quinn and Martin…

Jay Van Vechten and Zack Rice have been making plans for the

Boca Raton Boating & Beach Bash for several months. 

Mary Thurwachter/The Coastal Star…

More than 500 guests attended the YMCA of South Palm Beach County’s 10th 

Annual Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 9 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club to see keynote

speaker and daytime TV celebrity Regis Philbin.…

Retired pastor Dr. Ronald Siegenthaler of Delray Beach

led the nondenominational service in the Briny Breezes

auditorium on Jan. 22.  Photo by Jerry…

Howard and Beverlee  Schnellenberger will serve as

ambassadors at large for Florida Atlantic University. Photo by Thom Smith

By Thom Smith

“You gon’ retire?” former University of…

By Paula Detwiller

As this year’s sea turtle nesting season winds down, biologists are encouraged by a continuing upward trend in the number of nests seen on Palm Beach County beaches.

“Based on preliminary data, 2011 will be another record-breaker,” said Paul Davis of the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resource Management. “We’ve seen a record number of loggerhead and green turtle nests, and one of the highest counts ever for…

Vinnie Laudicina, Lantana Police Department

fleet manager (left), and Simion Pavlov,

with one of the department’s

2006 Ford Crown Victorias.  Photo by Tim Stepien 

By Rich Pollack



For almost two…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., – Feb. 5, 2010 – Beginning Friday, Feb. 19^th, Taizé prayer services will resume at First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach located at 33 Gleason St. The 8:00 am Friday morning services will continue through Good Friday, April 2^nd and will be led by Parish Associate Reverend Linda Harper and musician…