By Steve Plunkett
South Florida boaters have lost a restaurant destination on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Houston’s in Pompano Beach no longer allows patrons to tie up their vessels at the restaurant’s 300-foot dock just north of the Atlantic Bo
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Boca Raton resident Tim Willis and his two children Maya, 3, and Logan, 1, dig for treasures Aug. 26 at the sixth annual Pirates & Princesses Party at Patch Reef Park. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Beach and Park lawyer outearns city manager
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District’s longtime attorney has almost tripled his district pay by taking on additional jobs there, earning a cumulative $1.5 million in five ye
A boater makes a hard turn after leaving Boca Raton Inlet to avoid the sand shoal on Aug. 22. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
A recurring sand shoal off Boca Raton Inlet has gotten shallower and more dangerous over the past six
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council pushed a citizen initiative on the Wildflower site on to the Nov. 8 ballot despite impassioned pleas from the petition’s organizers to keep the property green space without waiting to hear from the voters.
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the city have hammered out an agreement that will have the district paying 50 percent of all beach renourishment projects and Intracoastal dredging in Boca Raton.
District Cha
By Sallie James
City Council members who have waited years to get a raise finally got the green light on Aug. 30: A charter change establishing the raises squeaked through with 50.4 percent of the vote.
Voters resoundingly approved a second charter ch
By Steve Plunkett
Round 2 in the battle for two seats on the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commission is just beginning.
A Nov. 8 runoff will pit incumbent Dennis Frisch against challenger Craig Ehrnst for Seat 1, and challenger Erin Wr
More than 100 committee members, dignitaries and sponsors joined to celebrate the sold-out success of the 2016 Mayors Ball, which is set for Oct. 8. Proceeds from the ball benefit the Rotary Club of Downtown Boca Raton. ABOVE: (front, l-r) former Boc
By Steve Plunkett
Candidate Craig Ehrnst has taken a commanding lead in raising cash for his campaign to become a Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioner.
Campaign finance reports filed for the period ending Aug. 26, the last deadline
Houston's in Pompano Beach will no longer provide dockage for dining boaters. Photo provided.
By Steve Plunkett
South Florida boaters have lost a restaurant destination on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Houston’s in Pompano Beach will no longer allow di
Peter Gary hopes that he and his dance partner, Pam Casanave, will be able to raise
more than $200,000 for the George Snow Scholarship Fund.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Amy Woods
He served in the Marine Corps for eight years and has sev
By Jane Smith
With $275,000 in hand from the Florida Legislature, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg led the first meetings of the Sober Homes Task Force in mid-July at the West Palm Beach police station’s community room.
His chief
By Jane Smith
The feds may be coming to the rescue of South County coastal cities beleaguered by the proliferation of sober homes.
Their chief ally is U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel.
In mid-July, she met with one of the original authors of the Amer
After years of discussion, planning and anticipation for the project, shovels finally hit the dirt
during the July 20 groundbreaking ceremony for the 4,700-square-foot U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility
at the Boca Raton Airport. The $4.3 mi
Brent Robinson picks up a can near a shopping cart he found filled with trash at Lake Wyman.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By April W. Klimley
Bruce Hurley discovered something when he organized a cleanup day for the shore along Lake Wyman: Envir
Countess Henrietta de Hoernle, 1912-2016
Countess Henrietta de Hoernle, shown last year, left her name
and her husband’s name on more than 40 buildings throughout Boca Raton.
Photo by Barbara McCormick
Philanthropist donated
millions to Boca causes
The ocean in the Boca Inlet barely covers Paul Varian’s waist
because of sand accumulating.
Photo provided by Tony Coulter
By Steve Plunkett
Boaters already watch out for snorkelers, rocks and paddleboarders in the Boca Raton Inlet. This summ
By Mary Hladky
After months of effort, Boca Raton now has a stopgap policy intended to make its downtown more visually appealing.
But a final policy won’t come for at least four more months as a city subcommittee studies the issue and makes add
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council changed the land-use designation and zoning of its Wildflower site to accommodate a proposed restaurant, even as a Nov. 8 ballot question looms on whether the site should be commercial or green space.
“I want
