In our home we joke that newspapers have a 15-minute lifespan.
They are perused cover to cover as soon as they enter the house and then put into the recycling bin before they can get dispersed all over the house.
The Coastal Star is the except
How do we shut down the State dot from adding road signs as it is looking like sign row!
Why do they think we need all this and now crosswalk signs in the middle of the road, that get knocked down on a regular bases.
Please remove them all except speed
Read more…Re “Wealth no guarantee to addiction recovery,” March edition:
Behind the prospect of an expensive legal fight and contentious City Commission meetings, there is something that is even more ludicrous: Money-making executives thinking that wealthy
Re “Sides agree to plan for crowded property line landscaping,” March 2012 edition:
The Feb. 8 Manalapan architectural committee meeting dealt with two specific, separate requests by Nives Montero; first, for approval to modify an existing residen
To The Editor,
I was surprised and rather shocked to see the article entitled, “Police clear truck driver in fatal bike collision” that was written by Angie Francalancia and published (I believe) in early February. I only became aware of the article
Read more…Your editorial on town bullying was quite insightful [February 2012]. It’s obvious that bullying goes way beyond interactions between kids.
Interesting that our coastal towns are, for the most part, smaller communities whose residents have a wide
Although the Delray police said that the driver was not at fault, and that the “bicyclist was totally at fault,”the finding may not be that simple. [Police clear driver in fatal bike collision, February edition]
SAFE believes that the circumstance
Hi All,
today February, 14th 2012 was the deadline for qualifying
to run for the Town Council.
We are happy to report that Stella Jordan and Robert Gottlieb
are unopposed and will remain our Councilors until
March, 2014. This of course is a wonde
I would like to congratulate you for your interesting article on the Ocean Avenue Bridge [A century of tragedy, progress and controversy, January 2012]; and, since I was the “doctor that sued,” please allow me to add a few historical details.
The smar
I thought it important to thank you for your fine newspaper. I read a number of national papers daily, but nothing can compete with your publication for informative reporting on a local level.
Articles such as the new building taking place in Mana
Delray Beach coastal residents rallied in December in protest of planned luxury beach-side sober houses, filling commission chambers at two meetings and spurring city leaders to scour law in search of changes that will protect single-family resident
Read more…Last night I attended the 100-foot Christmas tree lighting in Delray Beach. and it was spectacular!
Here's a detailed list of December events and holiday events in December in Delray Be...
Following my reading Edward Siedle’s letter [November 2011], I spoke with him and learned that the “bullhorn” incident actually occurred twice; the most recent being in the summer of 2010. In addition, he informed me that — based on the time of day
Read more…I have jogged between the pyramids at Giza in Egypt; along the shores of the Panama Canal; with military escort through killing fields in Uganda, East Africa; on the beach in Guam; in blizzards in Boston and Central Park; across the Golden Gate Bridg
Read more…By tasting samples of Delray Beach’s water gathered from Gulf Stream Town Hall [Whose water tastes best?, August 2011] we may have implied that all of Delray Beach’s water would taste the same regardless of where the sample was gathered. A more compr
Read more…Manalapan commissioners are concerned about the noise, trespassing and littering happening on Bird Island and the beach since the Boynton Inlet was refurbished. Do you agree this is a problem? What would be your solution?
Read more…I, too, share your concern for litter on our beaches and waters. Litterbugs obviously feel no shame about trashing our beautiful coastal region, so I doubt lecturing their irresponsible behavior will have any effect.
However, we residents who walk t
Regardless of the “spin” you present in the article [Mary McCarty reflects on life after prison, May 2011] — and, yes, we know she paid her debt to society— she is still a corrupt politician who violated the trust we the voters placed in her.
Sh
Read more…I am one of the founders of a beach clean organization called the SeaAngels. We do a monthly cleanup on last Saturday of each month at Ocean Inlet Park in Boynton Beach. Our cleanups are done in a green way by not using any plastic bags, gloves,
Read more…I have loved every issue of your newspaper, but this last one was undoubtedly my favorite. To read about Mrs. Touhey’s fairy garden and the cute Shannon family was wonderful, and the icing on the cake was your picture of two of my high school coache
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