Economic woes led to the collapse of the iPic Theater, but International Materials Inc. signed a lease to move its corporate headquarters into the third floor of the building in downtown Delray Beach. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
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By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach and Delray Beach have promoted their interim fire chiefs to chief in their respective cities.
In Boynton Beach, Matthew S. Petty, 39, was promoted to fire chief on March 9 by the Boynton Beach city manager.
In Delray Be
By Dan Moffett
The Town Council is moving closer to hiring a communications contractor to improve South Palm Beach’s internet connections and emergency messaging with residents.
During their May 12 meeting, council members approved drafting a contra
City contractors check the reclaimed water connection at the corner of A1A and Rhodes Villa Avenue on March 2. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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In an effort to help Delray Beach residents who have been without their reclaimed water service since early February, employees like Curtis Duscan, (center) and city contractors Clay Carroll (left) and Anthony Coates have started watering lawns on t
By Mary Hladky
Frustrated municipal officials are pressing state legislators to give them the power to regulate the use of plastic bags and Styrofoam containers.
They want to take action to protect the environment, but a 2008 state law prevents them f
Honorary Executive Chef Patrick Duffy with Flavors 2020 Chairwoman Richalyn Miller (left) and Cristy Stewart-Harfmann at The Addison in Boca Raton. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Once again, the Junior League of Boca Raton kicks off its year with the a
By Steve Plunkett
Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners parted ways — at least temporarily — with Art Koski, their former longtime lawyer and executive director, but said they would negotiate a new contract to keep him on as a cons
Delray Beach’s Cori ‘Coco’ Gauff, 15, reacts to one of her Wimbledon match victories. She reached the round of 16. Photo provided AELTC/Florian Eisele
By Brian Biggane
Fifteen-year-old Cori “Coco” Gauff of Delray Beach made international headlines wh
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By Mary Hladky
Bowing to strong push-back by a developer who contended the Boca Raton City Council improperly rejected its proposed luxury adult living facility, c
Large turnout gives mayor mandate to serve until 2020
Scott Singer celebrates his victory for the mayor’s seat in Boca Raton with a crowd of supporters on election night. Singer received about 63 percent of the vote to about 34 percent for runner-up
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Sandra Featherman, a leader in the world of higher education and a tireless advocate for the rights of women and children, died April 26. She was 84.The wife of former Highland Beach Mayor Bernard Featherman, Mrs. Fea
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach has a thriving downtown that is the envy of cities nationwide. With some changes, the city could create “a world-class shopping district” that is sustainable through recessions, said Robert Gibbs, an urban design consultant
ABOVE:Visitors to Mounts Botanical Garden gather around a sculpture of ‘Priscilla the Parrot Fish,’ composed of marine debris collected from Pacific beaches. BELOW RIGHT: Detail of ‘Sebastian James the Puffin,’ created from rubber pieces and other
By Willie Howard
COUNTY POCKET — Robert “Smitty” Smith, an accomplished craftsman and a member of a pioneering wave of surfers who helped popularize the sport in Palm Beach County during the 1960s, died Oct. 31 of heart failure at his apartment i
The veterans enjoy lunch at 50 Ocean following a day at nSpa in Delray Beach. The 10 women were honored for their service by the Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. They also were recognized during the city’s V
DELRAY BEACH — William “Bill” Lawrence Sherman, 95, an American patriot, died of natural causes at his home in Delray Beach on Oct. 19. Mr. Sherman is survived by his loving wife of 73 years, Adlyn Foster Sherman, their four children, Lynda S
By Dan Moffett
The running joke in Briny Breezes during the last month has been that the town might soon be able to score a huge windfall by investing in telescopes.
A nudist group was pushing Palm Beach County to allow a clothing-optional b
By Jane Smith
With a 15-minute soliloquy, Delray Beach’s mayor cast the deciding vote to keep the Community Redevelopment Agency board independent from the City Commission.
“The hasty manner in which we got here does not produce an envi
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By Mary Hladky
The numbers are staggering.
The addicti
