Dredging equipment fills the central beach of Boca Raton in late April.
The pipes and bulldozers were removed after work was halted.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s dredge contractor has left Boca Raton after compl
Jellybean, a Lhasa apso-shih tzu mix, was kicked
into the Intracoastal after having speaker wire
wrapped around its neck and a hind leg.
Photo provided
By Sallie James
A dog bound with speaker wire and then kicked into the Intracoastal Waterway
By Lona O'Connor
Someone near you suffers from a mental illness. That’s the first thing mental health professionals want you to know during May, Mental Health Month.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the National Institu
By Steve Plunkett
The meeting pitted City Council member Robert Weinroth against a roomful of unhappy Boca Raton residents mostly from the barrier island and downtown.
The adversarial nature was apparent from the start, when Weinroth no
Pastor Andrew Hagen of Advent Lutheran also writes online under the moniker ‘The Faster Pastor,’
in part because he loves to ride his Harley-Davidson Sportster.
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
That very creative Pastor Andrew Hagen of Advent Lu
Boca resident Lisa Huffman holds her son Harrison while keeping an eye on her golden doodle
and a friend’s greyhound at Bark Park Dog Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
My dogs, Chipper and Cleo, remind me to never stereotype can
Colleen Paul-Hus hosted a small educational farm-to-table gathering at her home
in Gulf Stream, and she addressed those attending (below).
Max, one of the four children in the household, interacts with neighbor Brenda Medore.
Photos by Jerry Lower/Th
By Steve Plunkett
Following what he called an “extraordinary” visit to the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, the city’s deputy mayor wants district commissioners to replace their interim executive director with someone full time.
“Underst
By Sallie James
Property values in Boca Raton have jumped to an estimated market value of $26 billion for 2015, ranking first out of 38 municipalities countywide, according to Palm Beach County Chief Deputy Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks.
That’s
By Sallie James
The city has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Boca Raton officials improperly created a special zoning classification to allow construction of a synagogue on the barrier island.
The court action is the late
ABOVE: Glades Road looking northwest at Airport Road.
BELOW: With a proposed elevated ramp to northbound I-95. Renderings provided by FDOT
By Steve Plunkett
Looking to ease traffic on busy Glades Road, state engineers plan to segregate I-95’s on-r
By Mary Hladky
A long-awaited report on whether downtown building projects are in compliance with the city’s open-space requirements is now scheduled to be delivered at the April 11 Community Redevelopment Agency meeting.
City Manager Leif Ahne
By Steve Plunkett
The intersection of East Palmetto Park Road and Fifth Avenue may get one, two or three changes to improve traffic flow.
Eric Czerniejewski, a project manager for consultant Calvin, Giordano and Associates, suggests restoring a
By Sallie James
Boca Raton is spending about $3.5 million to replace, install and maintain a state-of-the-art public safety radio system.
City Council members in March voted to contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the system. Both the city
By Sallie James
When it rains, it pours, which it did late in March inside City Hall when heavy storms blew through southern Palm Beach County and a clogged roof drain caused a huge leak.
During a driving rainstorm on March 24, rainwater pooled on a se
Dredging operations to renourish the central beach area of Boca Raton were set to begin March 29, the city said.
Contractor Weeks Marine Inc. will dredge approximately 530,000 cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas about 2,500 feet offshore and pla
A marine turtle specialist extracts eggs from the nest in South Beach Park. The eggs were relocated to Red Reef Park so a beach renourishment project would not disturb them. Photos courtesy of city of Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
A leatherback se
Thirty-four people join hands in a show of unity against the threat a proposed four-story house at 2500 N. Ocean Blvd. poses to the marine ecosystem and wildlife that depend on beach and dune habitats. Photo provided
Yolanda and Lou Uzel, residents
Helen Bass puts the hammer into the project as soon-to-be-homeowner Gethro Phaitus
keeps watch during a roof-raising at 421 SW Fifth Ave. in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
The Phaitus family — mom Yvescar; daughter Geica, 4; son Liam, 2;
By Cheryl Blackerby
Timolin Cole and Casey Cole, sisters of the late Natalie Cole and twin daughters of legendary singer Nat King Cole, were excited to hear that family friend Patti LaBelle would be performing at the Boca West Community Charitable
