Town property taxes go down again — The South Palm Beach Town Council in September approved keeping the town’s tax rate at $3.30 for every $1,000 of taxable value. However, unlike in other nearby towns that have held the line on their tax rates, Sout
florida department of environmental protection (9)
By John Pacenti
You gotta spend money to make money — or something like that.
The Manalapan Town Commission at its March 10 meeting approved $71,700 for an engineering firm to obtain a low-interest loan for the town’s $20 million septic-to-sewer proj
At last, wastewater plant upgrade at Oceanfront Park — The aging wastewater treatment plant at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park is expected to have its long-delayed upgrade finished within the next few months.
The project, initially approved a decade
By John Pacenti
Manalapan commissioners will take legal action to ensure their concerns about beach erosion and Palm Beach County’s sand transfer plant at the Boynton Inlet are addressed, voting to hire a seasoned environmental attorney to represent
Towns with ordinances on the placement of artificial grass in yards are keeping a close eye on a Florida-wide rule currently being drafted.
House Bill 683, which passed the Legislature this year and was signed into law by the governor, requires the F
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners in January shied away from regulating “floating vessel platforms” — floating extensions of a dock used to keep boats out of the water when not in use — despite concerns from the owner of one home who
By Jane Smith
More than two months after the city received a proposed $1.8 million fine over its botched reclaimed water program, the Delray Beach legal team was still negotiating a settlement with the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach Count
Native plants keep the dunes healthy
Bay bean (Canavalia rosea), a vine that trails along beach dunes and coastal sand,
blooms most of the summer and sporadically the rest of the year.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Al
Freshly pumped sand appears dark when first spread on the original beach,
but is expected to lighten over time.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
Florida Department of Environmental Protection scientists took water samples at t
