By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton City Council member Monica Mayotte wants to banish balloons from all city property as well as foam food containers and cups.
She broke the news at the May 17 meeting of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, then
Thank you, loyal readers.
Once again your passion for our newspaper is inspirational. We always learn a lot from your feedback and this month exceeded expectations.
One thing many of you wanted to stress is that the plastic sleeve on our driveway-del
Plastic is everywhere.
I walk the beach most mornings and pick it up all along the way. I pull bottle caps and fast-food cups out of my front hedge with some regularity. The amount of discarded plastic I see is overwhelming.
This summer on a family v
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton will not join the parade of cities that are banning plastic straws.
Despite pleas for a ban from environmentalists and a group of city schoolchildren, Boca Raton City Council members decided March 25 to instead improve publi
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach could become the first Palm Beach County city to ban single-use plastic straws.
City commissioners unanimously approved a plastic straw ban at their mid-January meeting, effective Jan. 1, 2020. The second reading of the ord
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach could become the first Palm Beach County city to ban single-use plastic straws.
City commissioners unanimously approved a plastic straw ban at their mid-January meeting, effective Jan. 1, 2020. The second reading of the ord
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach City Commission likely will vote to phase in a ban on plastic straws at its July 10 meeting, when it considers an ordinance requiring restaurants, bars and other beverage purveyors to supply plastic straws only upon cus
More than 1,000 participants marched from Old School Square to the ocean in Delray Beach on March 24 to call for an end to gun violence. Michele Quigley/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Three Village Academy students came to the Delray Beach City Comm
By Sallie James
If you use medical marijuana, you’ll have to shop outside this city to buy it.
City Council members at their meeting Oct. 24 approved an ordinance that prohibits marijuana-dispensing facilities in every zoning district in the ci
By Jane Smith
Medical marijuana dispensaries are banned from opening in the city limits, Delray Beach city commissioners decided at the end of September.
Acknowledging Florida voters who overwhelmingly approved the state ballot question on
Planning an event at a county beach?
Leave the balloons behind; as of Sept. 1, they’re banned at 11 Palm Beach County-operated beachfront parks.
“I think anytime we can limit the amount of plastics, including balloons, is a good thing,” sa
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council wasted little time last month in approving an ordinance banning the use of balloons and sky lanterns.
“They litter up the beaches and turtles think they’re jellyfish and eat them,” said Mayor Dave St
By Jane Smith
The city is moving closer to banning the sale of dogs from puppy mills.
On March 1, Delray Beach commissioners unanimously approved the first step by restricting dog and cat sales to rescue groups only.
City Attorney Noel Pfeff
By Sallie James
Smokers who “vape” on electronic cigarettes will have to follow the same smoking rules as regular cigarette smokers, Boca Raton City Council members agreed on April 28.
What that means is this: Wherever indoor cigarette smoking
The $37 million Ocean Avenue Bridge, opened in November, features a designated fishing platform for fishermen and cast netters. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Palm Beach County has posted four “cast netting prohibited” signs
