By Rich Pollack
Should the oceanfront town of Highland Beach become part of the larger Boca Raton?
At least one of the larger city’s council members thinks it might be a good idea. Highland Beach officials and other residents whom The Coastal S
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By Steve Plunkett
Talk of the city annexing five subdivisions north of Clint Moore Road has the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District crying foul.
District commissioners were already chafed by the 2013 annexation of the Royal Palm polo gro
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream town leaders have abandoned hope of recovering any property taxes that residents of the annexed pocket are paying Palm Beach County for services they no longer receive.
At the town’s urging, County Commissioner Ste
By Thomas R. Collins
Across the state and the country, cities are going to back to a principle that was taught in kindergarten: Sharing is good.
For everything from police officers to roadwork to water pipes, cities are teaming up with other government
Gulf Stream town officials are taking off the gloves in their quest to recover some of the tax money property owners in the annexed pocket paid Palm Beach County for 2011.
Mayor William Koch Jr. asked County Commissioner Steve
By Thomas R. Collins
Barrier island towns, each trudging through their individual budget nightmares, have been batting around ideas for saving money that involve more than the usual cutting of library hours or eliminating a job or two.
The towns have b
A Boynton Beach city commissioner’s saber-rattling over the March annexation caught town officials by surprise and caused weeks of uneasiness in Town Hall and the former county pocket.
Boynton Beach Commis-sioner Steve Hol
The transition of power over the county pocket was peaceful and without incident.
At 12:01 a.m. March 15 the unincorporated area just north of town, and its roughly 150 residents, became part of Gulf Stream.
Pocket residents left no d
Election Results:
(Annexation of unincorporated property contiguous to Town of Gulf Stream)
Yes: 301 votes, 91.77%
No: 27 votes, 8.23%
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream Town Hall will host two polling precincts for the first time this month as voter
More than one snafu marred the straw poll on Gulf Stream’s underground utility project and the proposed referendum on annexing the county pocket.
A couple dozen straw ballots, including the one to Gulf Stream Civic Association Preside
By Steve Plunkett
Mail carriers here will be extra-busy this month delivering straw ballots on burying Gulf Stream’s power lines, first-class notices on possibly annexing part of the county pocket and fliers from the Civic Association on both issu
Should Gulf Stream annex the portion of the county pocket just to its north?
Voters in both areas may be asked the question on March’s ballot. Town Manager William H. Thrasher was told to report back to the Town Commission in December
In the end, the plan to bring a taller building and more people to the oceanfront was a straightforward matter, according to the county officials who in July gave the go-ahead for a new condominium at the old Sea Horse Bath and
By Margie Plunkett
Residents of this usually quiet coastal area have lately raised an assertive voice on two separate issues, urging northern neighbor Gulf Stream to annex them and objecting to the latest development of the Sea Horse condominium
By Thomas R. Collins
Since Boynton Beach brought up the idea of annexing pieces of unincorporated barrierisland land, several residents have made it known that they’d prefer to be part of Gulf Stream instead.
As a result, Gulf Stream town offici
By Antigone Barton
“A stack of letters,” as Mayor William Koch put it — 17 then, with three more onthe way —addressed to Town Hall in April may be the most correspondence in recent times to demand Gulf Stream commissioners’ attention, and was all
Just south of Briny Breezes, east of the St. Andrews golf course and north of Gulf Stream sit two rarities: pieces of barrier island land that are unincorporated,
belonging to no city.
