By Jane Smith
Delray Beach commissioners sent staff back to find more cost savings at an Aug. 11 budget workshop, even though the interim city manager advised that additional cuts could lead to layoffs. Commissioners were against using reserve money
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By Steve Plunkett
After weathering a firestorm of protests against a hefty tax hike proposed last year, Beach & Park District officials chose the rollback rate for no change in property taxes for the coming fiscal year.
“We’re going to be probably st
By Rich Pollack
While some communities are facing financial shortfalls and need to increase revenue for the coming budget year, Highland Beach will hold the line on its tax rate while anticipating only a small tap into reserve funds.
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Unofficial results. For official count, visit: https://enr.electionsfl.org/PAL/Summary/2697/
Unofficial results. For official count, visit: https://enr.electionsfl.org/PAL/Summary/2697/
Ocean Ridge voters made a strong statement in the Florida Primary Election on Aug. 18 that they like their town’s Police Department and aren’t in the market
The Coastal Star brought home top honors in breaking news, local government reporting, sports photography and sports coverage in this year’s Weekly Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Florida Press Association.
The newspaper also collected five second
Tropical Storm Isaias passed coastal Palm Beach County Aug. 1-2 with little more than high surf and washed out sea turtle nests. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Voters once again will have an early voting location in east Delray Beach for the Aug. 18 county and state elections.
The early voting site, at the Delray Beach Community Center, will be open Aug. 3 through Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m
By Janis Fontaine
July 4 is Independence Day.
America’s most significant holiday.
But what is independence? And what is freedom?
As Americans, we talk about freedom as a “right,” something we are entitled to like the air we breathe.
But the truth
Members of The Coastal Star website at www.thecoastalstar.com submitted photos of their new graduates. Congratulations to them all!
Graduate’s name: Charlotte Yates Rowley
Hometown: Boynton Beach
School: Saint Andrew’s School
Awards and accomplishme
Given the historic impact of the coronavirus, the 24 students in the class of 2020 may never forget the ceremony honoring their last year at the school.
Gulf Stream School teachers and staff honored graduates with clappers and cowbells. From left are
Diane Schrenzel celebrated her graduation from Wellesley by donning a bikini under her cap and gown. Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
Soon after she and close to 570 other Wellesley College students received their degrees in a Sunday afternoon virtual
ABOVE: Delray Beach residents Jennifer Magi, Sue Magi and Jimmy Magi stop along A1A to watch the Easter sunrise. Easter Sunday usually draws hundreds of people on A1A just south of Atlantic Avenue for a nondenominational service, but not during the c
By Jane Smith
Newcomer Juli Casale edged incumbent Bill Bathurst in the Delray Beach City Commission elections for Seat 2.
Casale, who ran a grass-roots campaign that raised $34,963, won by 106 votes on March 17.
In comparison, Bathurst raised $95,14
Beth Hecht and Dr. Robert Hecht
Nancy and Paul Zarcadoolas
Caridad Center Chairman Richard Retamar. Photos provided by Caridad Center
Caridad Center broke its fundraising record with more than $500,000 coming in during the 31st annual event. A crowd
Henry and Marsha Laufer. Photo provided
Palm Beach Opera’s 2020 Gala featured a performer whose voice has filled great opera houses around the world, including The Metropolitan Opera in New York, Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Paris Opera. Van Horn p
Highland Beach has a new mayor and a new town commissioner. In a short meeting last month, with attendance limited to just 10 people because of the coronavirus threat, departing mayor Rhoda Zelniker handed the gavel to new Mayor Doug Hillman — b
Snapping a selfie of himself, Mayor Scott Singer enjoyed a safe celebration at home. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Mayor Scott Singer handily won re-election on March 17, trouncing repeat challenger Bernard Korn.
Singer captured 88.6% of the vote, w
Due to the current uncertainty regarding the coronavirus pandemic, all schedules and information are subject to change. Some organizations may add camps, some may cancel camps and some may change schedules, pricing and other important details. Altho
