Les Girls of Palm Beach celebrated its 52nd seasonal soiree attended by 44 women representing 29 countries. The group united to enjoy shared values of loyalty, travel, openness to new experiences and friendships. TOP: (l-r) Jacoba Bill, Virginia Pell
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Highland Beach will welcome back seasonal residents and celebrate the arrival of the holidays with the annual Mingle & Jingle event set for Dec. 7.
Featuring food trucks, a deejay, kids crafts and the lighting of the town’s official Christmas tree,
By Mary Hladky
The city’s tax rate remained unchanged in the new fiscal year that began on Oct. 1 as City Council members maintain their emphasis on keeping it low.
The rate unanimously approved on Sept. 27 is $3.68 per $1,000 of taxable property val
The International Coastal Cleanup 2023 was a renewal of a volunteer effort to clean up the marine environment that has taken place annually for 38 years and is supported in more than 100 countries. ABOVE: (l-r) FAU students Sandra Delgado, Kaleigh Ha
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s property tax rate likely will remain unchanged for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.
The proposed 2023-24 tax rate, presented by Deputy City Manager George Brown to the City Council on July 25, is the same as the curr
By Steve Plunkett
The rate on property tax bills this fall for the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will likely be the same $1.08 per $1,000 of taxable value that it was last fall.
District commissioners set the tentative rate at their July
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners got their first glance at a proposed budget that is larger than the previous one — thanks mainly to the creation of a new fire department — but does not require an increase in the tax rate.
“This is a bala
Hundreds of watercraft jammed into Lake Boca on April 30 to participate in Boca Bash, the annual alcohol-fueled bacchanal loosely organized on social media.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers arrested 18 people for boating und
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton is ushering in a new era as two new City Council members take their seats on the dais.Marc Wigder replaces Andrea O’Rourke, a fixture in city affairs who helmed the Golden Triangle Neighborhood Association and the Federation
In keeping with a town tradition, Carolyn Cassidy receives an unofficial, private swearing in on March 23 with Town Clerk Kelly Avery. Photo provided
By Joe Capozzi
Newcomer Carolyn Cassidy and incumbent Martin Wiescholek won seats on the Ocean Rid
Commissioners (l-r) Kristin Rosen, Simone Bonutti and John Deese and Mayor Stewart Satter take their oaths of office. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski
Stewart Satter was sworn in as Manalapan’s new mayor March 28, succeeding Keith
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach voters handed Mayor Shelly Petrolia a major defeat on March 14 — and she wasn’t even on the ballot.
They rejected the City Commission candidates Petrolia supported in favor of two who promised to return Delray Beach to an
By Rich Pollack
There will be two new faces on the five-member Town Commission following the March 14 vote, which saw about 22% of Highland Beach’s 3,900 registered voters casting ballots.
Newcomer Judith Goldberg defeated challengers Maggie Chappele
Council member Mark Zeitler speaks from the dais after being sworn into office March 27 with Chris Castle (far left), who listens with Mayor Karen Lythgoe and council member Kem Mason. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Not long after t
March brings five minutes of spring to subtropical South Florida.
It also heralds eight months of sea turtle nesting season, which usually draws more than 20,000 female loggerhead, leatherback, Kemp’s ridley and hawksbill turtles to Palm Beach County
Will we have a repeat of last summer? August 2022 staff file photo
By Larry Barszewski
Sea turtles aren’t the only things returning to south Palm Beach County beaches this year.
So is seaweed. Lots and lots of it.
Not since Jaws has so much attention
2023 SUMMER CAMP GUIDE
NOTE: With so many summer camps offered in our area, we selected those located between the Boca Raton Inlet and the Port of Palm Beach. We kept our listing mostly east of I-95, but there are a few exceptions. Not all summer cam
Carolyn Cassidy supporters wave flags at the intersection of Beachway Drive and A1A on the morning of March 14. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
Newcomer Carolyn Cassidy and incumbent Martin Wiescholek won seats on the Ocean Ridge Town
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge commissioners finally chose a new full-time town manager Jan. 31, capping a difficult six-month selection process marked by complications right up to the very end.
Lynne Ladner, who has held the post on an interim basis
