It has been 50 years this month since I began my newspaper career here in Palm Beach County, a wet-behind-the-ears Jimmy Olsen hired as a reporter for the weekly Delray Beach and Boynton Beach News Journal.
Back then, Delray Beach was known among us
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Longtime owners are credited with saving, enhancing downtown landmark
Managing partner Hilary Roche (center), who represents a third generation of family ownership, stands with other longtime Colony staff (l-r): Margarita Eberly, general manager for
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach is advancing a multiagency effort to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety at the busy East Atlantic Avenue and Swinton Avenue intersection.
If adopted, officials say the measures are intended to reduce pedestrian conflic
By John Pacenti
Not all noise is equal in Delray Beach.
For people on the barrier island, the roar of gas-powered leaf blowers is the chief concern. For those who live near downtown, it’s the establishments that blast music late into the night or rev
Police seek volunteers — The Delray Beach Police Department is encouraging residents to become members of one of its volunteer patrol teams. The teams act as goodwill ambassadors by welcoming visitors and residents alike and answering questions peopl
Delray Public Beach at Atlantic Avenue has the bluest and clearest water of any beach in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, or North Carolina, according to a recent beach.com analysis of 1,346 beaches.
“Florida’s Atlantic coast, particularly Palm Beac
By John Pacenti
When is a fee increase not an increase? When you are in the other dimension known as Delray Beach, silly.
Public Works Director Missie Barletto told The Coastal Star that, yes, the city’s three parking garages will no longer be free d
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach city commissioners voted to deny a controversial renovation proposal for a historic home in the Marina Historic District, dealing a significant blow to a property owner who had spent years and millions of dollars attempti
By John Pacenti
A flood-prone stretch of State Road A1A in Delray Beach is getting a $2.2 million upgrade starting this summer.
The Florida Department of Transportation aims to bolster pedestrian safety, enhance storm drainage, and lay down new asph
Granger’s Grille in Delray Beach closed its doors after more than 30 years when the building was sold to developers who plan to put an office building there. Photos provided
By Jan Norris
It’s been a tough year for some longtime restaurants, as well
The Blue Anchor is a popular spot for St. Patrick’s Day, because you can combine access to food, drink and the parade all in one location. File photo by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
That annual beer-drinking festival arrives this month
(l-r) Geiselle Surette, Susan Carriegos, Kathleen Chase, Christina Dernick, Myah Brollini, Heather Thomas and Danielle Tofini. Photo provided
Achievement Centers for Children & Families cast a spell on the general public during its event organized by
Smart traffic signals that coordinate flow may be able to help with the typical congestion on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
The tourist season is almost upon us and Delray Beach’s Atlantic Aven
The stump of a royal palm tree on one side of Federal Highway with four healthy ones on the other side of the road. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney sees the ghosts of dead palm trees. But Carney is not the k
Letter carrier DD Price shares a laugh with Mavis Benson at the Avalon Gallery on Atlantic Avenue.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed round
Patrons at the Bounce restaurant and sports bar inside the redesigned Delray Beach Market. Photos by Tim Stepien/
The Coastal Star
As short season and demanding market topple dining spots, new ones arrive
By Jan Norris
Snowbirds returning in the
By Anne Geggis
In response to Delray Beach residents’ complaints about how the downtown vibe is disrupting their lives, a proposal is advancing to add four new police officers to the area’s current team of 10.
The City Commission, meeting Jan. 23 as
What are your favorite summer memories from our little corner of humid paradise?
The piano player, bartenders and grouper at Busch’s Seafood on A1A? Date night at the Wildflower or Tequila Willies in Boca Raton? Partying at Shooters on the Intracoast
By Rich Pollack
DELRAY BEACH — For 32 years, until he retired in 2017, Bruce Gimmy’s name was synonymous with the Trouser Shop, a unique business he ran on Atlantic Avenue that evolved with the times, yet never quite changed enough to lose its “old D
Delray Beach may include Sazio Express and some other old buildings along Atlantic Avenue east of the Intracoastal in a future historic district, one separate from a district now in the works on the avenue west of the waterway. Tim Stepien/The Coasta
