By Rich Pollack
Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies and local law enforcement officers now have the ability to ban individuals who violate state laws or local ordinances in a county park from visiting that park again. And some repeat offenders co
along the coast (221)
The north end of Delray’s municipal beach
has been a hangout for catamaran sailors
and their friends for more than 35 years.
Delray Beach resident Bob Kubin sails his catamaran, North East,
from the north end of Delray’s municipal beach.
This part
Jim Donley keeps a map of the world at his Delray Beach home decorated with photos
from his adventures as a Cabinet aide and economic development adviser.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Donley goes climbing in the Balkans in 1989.
He taped an anniversa
By Mary Hladky
Facing an epidemic of drug overdose deaths, Florida lawmakers passed a number of bills in the recently completed legislative session that take steps to rein in the problem.
“I think the Legislature has really developed an underst
By Jane Smith
Another ray of hope for South County coastal cities overwhelmed with sober home complaints comes via U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel’s office.
She is holding a roundtable discussion May 2 on sober homes. Her office has invited mayors, cit
By Dan Moffett
It could take at least another month before six barrier island communities learn the results of a feasibility study on a plan to create a special fire district.
Robert Finn, a consultant with Matrix Consulting Group, told members
By Rich Pollack
Efforts to educate motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians in parts of coastal Palm Beach County about the importance of sharing the road appear to be paying off.
During a weeklong, stepped-up enforcement effort along State Road
More than 200 bicyclists are expected in Delray Beach’s Ride of Silence, part of an annual event to honor cyclists killed or injured while riding.
The worldwide event, scheduled for May 18 this year, will begin at 6 p.m. It will include a 10-
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By Dan Moffett
When Gulf Stream Town Manager Bill
By Rich Pollack
Advances in technology are helping to breathe new life into plans by local law enforcement agencies to install license-plate recognition cameras along State Road A1A, despite a Florida Department of Transportation ban against placi
Improvements at Woolbright Road and I-95 are about to begin.
By Steve Plunkett
Construction of the new Spanish River Boulevard interchange on Interstate 95 in Boca Raton will hit the two-thirds completion mark sometime this month, while work to
By Ann Henson Feltgen
Improving grade crossings and laying new tracks will continue to pose traffic delays and detours this spring, as All Aboard Florida readies train tracks for its Miami-to-Orlando express service, set to begin in mid-2017.
By Rich Pollack
Motorists traveling along State Road A1A in southern Palm Beach County from March 7 to 13 may be seeing more flashing emergency lights as the South Florida Safe Roads Task Force conducts another in a series of concentrated educati
Summoning the past
with a concrete cruise along the old road
Australian pines flank A1A in Gulf Stream in 1944.
Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County
Boca Ratone by the Sea, a 1923 gas station/dance hall/ fish camp on A1A where the
Three areas between Lake Worth and Boca Raton proposed as no-take zones where fishing, lobstering could be banned.
By Willie Howard
Divers, anglers, boaters and others who enjoy South Florida’s coral reefs came to the Delray Beach Public Library
Florida Highway Patrol Officer Paul Croy speaks to a group of cyclists he pulled over in Highland Beach
after observing them violating a law regarding road-sharing. None of the cyclists received a ticket.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The new Florida congressional map includes redrawn South Florida boundaries:
District 21 - Ted Deutch
District 22 - Lois Frankel.
Deutch and Frankel have agreed to switch districts.
SOURCE: League of Women Voters
By Dan Moffett
After months of unce
ABOVE: Officer Eric Aronowitz models a body camera. BELOW: Cameras in chargers.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
While law enforcement agencies throughout Palm Beach County — and the country — are exploring the feasibil
By April W. Klimley
The Dec. 2 mass shooting at a county facility in San Bernardino, Calif., raised wide concern about domestic terrorism and prompted Palm Beach County commissioners to examine the preparedness of the county’s own facilities.
Nate Kinbacher, manager of The Bridgehampton, hacks away at invasive Brazilian pepper plants
along the dunes in Delray Beach. His friend Jason Davis assists.
The berries of a Brazilian pepper plant.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah
