By Steve Plunkett
Night owls behind the wheel can expect to encounter up to 30-minute delays on Interstate 95 on select Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Work on the Spanish River Boulevard interchange this month will include erecting bridge beams across th
boca raton (2363)
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 Steve Plunkett
Arthur Koski, longtime attorney for the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, will relinquish his additional role as interim executive director of the agency Oct. 1.
Koski, who has been under attack from city officials s
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
The public is invited to attend an architectural roundtable from 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 8 at Boca Raton City Hall, 201 W. Palmetto Park Road.
The focus of the roundtable is to discuss the creative reinterpretation of the Mizner tradition as it r
Stratford Arms’ use of multiple kinds of palm trees makes for a stunning entrance feature.
BELOW: The Atrium uses colorful plants to make the assisted-living facility more inviting to its clients.
Photos provided
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
On May
Boca teen’s prototype harnesses ocean energy
and wins her a ticket to the White House
Hannah Herbst, at an FAU lab, shows her floatable prototype designed to provide
a power source by using untapped energy from ocean currents. She won the Discovery
As an architect and urban planner, I would like to amplify my comments on Mizner 200, published in The Coastal Star last June. This is the proposed replacement for Mizner on the Green in Boca Raton.
To its credit, the developer/owner, ELAD Na
People are living in parks,
woods near city’s downtown
Billy Palmieri shows off a “Boca” tattoo on the inside of his arm. He is part of a group
of homeless people who camp in the woods in Boca Raton.
A homeless person sleeps under a blanket beneath
By Steve Plunkett
After a five-year hiatus, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County and the Florida Inland Navigation District are talking again about restoring Lake Wyman and its neighboring parks.
Officials with FIND, the taxing body that maintains th
By Mary Hladky
After raising concerns that the city may have mistakenly allowed developers to skimp on providing required open space in downtown development projects, city officials now have reached this conclusion: Never mind.
An exhaustive fo
By Steven J. Smith
Boca Raton police arrested five people, handed out seven citations and issued numerous warnings during the April 24 Boca Bash at Lake Boca, said Public Information Officer Sandra Boonenberg.
“There were two boating under the
By Steve Plunkett
The long-awaited construction of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s boardwalk loop may begin by the middle of May.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District awarded a contract for $581,680 to low-bidder Close Construction LLC of
If you’re planning to be on Interstate 95 through Boca Raton after midnight in early May, check with the Florida Department of Transportation first.
The department, which is building a new I-95 interchange, planned to close northbound lanes fr
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 Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton’s deputy fire chief has moved two towns north to take the reins as chief of Boynton Beach’s Fire Rescue Department.
“I know about the passion of the firefighters that work here (and) bring to the job every day,
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton officials are reviewing plans for a second, four-story residence on the ocean east of A1A.
Vero Beach-based civil engineers Schulke, Bittle & Stoddard LLC designed a 14,270-square-foot duplex for the 0.42-acre p
By Steve Plunkett
Arthur Koski’s job at the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District seems secure if district commissioners, his bosses, have any say.
Or perhaps, because they have very little to say.
Only one has responded to City Cou
By Mary Hladky
Hoping to mollify residents who oppose their plans for a 384-unit luxury condominium, the developer and architect of the proposed $500 million Mizner 200 have redrawn their plans once again.
Unveiling them to residents attending
