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
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By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is sending a counterproposal filled with additions and deletions to the City Council, which wants “sole discretion” to make changes at parks.
The district and the council now must
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council after much disagreement last month again delayed approving an ordinance that would limit building heights in areas zoned local business and multifamily residential.
The proposed ordinance would limit
By Sallie James
Height is hot. At least talking about it is in Boca Raton.
That’s why council members plan to discuss later this month an ordinance that would limit building heights in areas zoned local business and multifamily residential.
By Sallie James
If someone was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Boca Raton City Council, that person could serve up to two years without voter approval.
It’s a dynamic that council member Scott Singer thinks is just too long.
Singer has p
By Sallie James
City Council member Mike Mullaugh thinks it’s time Boca Raton’s elected officials get a raise since they haven’t had one in more than three decades.
He has proposed a more than 300 percent pay hike for both the mayor and council
Related story: Council, parks district see progress
‘Free flow’ is focus of airport board
By Rich Pollack
One of two newly appointed members to the Boca Raton Airport Authority has proposed changes to the rules governing the organization, which
Related story: ‘Free flow’ is focus of airport board
By Rich Pollack
It took a little under two hours for the Boca Raton City Council and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Parks District to resolve several lingering issues during a joint meeting
A dog at Tri-County Animal Rescue waits for a new family.
Bruce Borich/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
The discarded pets used to appear once a week, dropped off surreptitiously under cover of darkness by owners who didn’t want them anymore beca
INSETS BELOW: George Brown; Robert Weinroth; Al Zucaro
By Rich Pollack
The Boca Raton Airport Authority will be welcoming two new board members this month but their stay may be short lived if the Florida Commission on Ethics determines their contr
Attorney Mitchell Kirschner, Rabbi Ruvi New and architect Derek Vander Ploeg
wait to speak at the Boca Raton Planning & Zoning Board meeting on May 7.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
An architect’s rendering of the north side of the proposed Chabad of E
By Tao Woolfe
The height and density of downtown buildings, traffic congestion, annexation and the expansion of Florida Atlantic University are among the top issues in the Boca Raton City Council race.
Questions about those issues were fielde
By Sallie James
To vape or not to vape? That was the question.
The answer came with a 3-2 vote in February when Boca Raton City Council members tabled a proposal to ban electronic cigarette use in public places, citing concern over a lack of
By Sallie James
Preserving the city’s history would be easier if owners of historic properties were eligible for federal tax credits. At least that’s the way the chairman of the city’s Historic Preservation Board sees it.
Rex Nichols is hoping
Developers of Tower 155 agreed to modify the original proposal to 140 feet at its highest point and 170 condos.
Rendering provided
By Sallie James
Plans to increase the height of the proposed Tower 155 condominium project and reduce the number of
The 15th Circuit Court last month ruled that a citizens group opposed to the Boca Raton City Council’s approval of Archstone, a 378-apartment complex planned for Palmetto Park Road, can put the development on the ballot.
A closed-door City Council
By Steve Plunkett
City Council Member Constance Scott was effectively re-elected Jan. 25 when challenger Bill Trinka officially quit the race just two weeks after filing to run.
“After deep personal reflection I am suspending my campaign for City Co
The Boca Raton City Council voted in October to move the qualifying period for candidates for city office to the first seven business days in January, a month earlier than previously.
City elections are held in March.
Lawmakers did not approve a sec
