By Dan Moffett
A relationship that has flowed faithfully for 60 years abruptly ended on its anniversary in September.
The long-running water partnership between Manalapan and the Town of Hypoluxo died for the foreseeable future, after Hypoluxo switch
The revised Community Heartbeat mural commissioned for the windows of Boynton’s new fire station returns faces that had previously been removed. Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
As Boynton Beach maintains its role as a public art supporter, the city
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board members have expressed reservations about taking parking spaces in exchange for money for the proposed Ocean Avenue Residences and Shoppes along Federal Highway.
The development te
By Jane Smith
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of the Boynton Beach & Delray Beach Holiday Boat Parade.
“How would we allow people to come out and safely watch the boat parade?” asked Michael Simon, executive director of the Boynt
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach boaters were able to persuade the City Commission to reduce the annual parking pass from $350 to $200 at Harvey E. Oyer Jr. Park on the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Sept. 22 decision was made at the city’s final budget heari
A boat cruises down the Intracoastal Waterway through Briny Breezes during the 2018 Boynton Beach-Delray Beach holiday boat parade. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The pandemic claimed another victim when the Boynton Beach-Delray Beach h
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach boaters were able to persuade the City Commission to raise the $50 annual parking pass at Harvey Oyer Jr. Park to just $200 instead of a proposed $350.
The decision was made at the city’s Sept. 22 final budget hearing. The
A proposal for redevelopment along Federal Highway between Ocean Avenue and Boynton Beach Boulevard includes an eight-story apartment complex, shown below. Renderings provided
By Larry Barszewski
A $65 million complex of apartments and stores with a
June 30 was the first day for many shipments of books and DVDs to the new library location.
ABOVE: Librarian David Lucas selects titles to highlight on the end caps of the bookshelves.
BELOW: Patrons can use their library cards to check out laptops f
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach City Commissioners narrowly voted on Sept. 1 to direct city staff to see whether JKM Developers can fulfill its contract on Town Square construction or else end it.
John Markey, principal of JKM Developers, wanted until Sep
By Jane Smith
Parking at Oceanfront Park and Harvey Oyer Jr. Park will become more expensive in some cases starting Oct. 1.
At Oceanfront Park, four meter kiosks will be added and in operation from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m., Boynton Beach city commissione
By Jane Smith
On the same day that Boynton Beach celebrated its centennial with a balloon-filled soft opening of its new City Hall, city commissioners heard troubling news about desperately needed parking garages for the Town Square project.
The six-
Following a spike in COVID-19 cases in Florida reaching 100,217 cases reported as of June 21 and then doubling in two weeks to 203,376, local hospitals are adapting
Since the beginning of July, Bethesda Hospital-East, Bethesda Hospital-West and Boca
JFK Medical Center temporarily suspended services at its Freestanding Emergency Room in Boynton Beach as of July 7. Temporarily closing the facility at 10921 S. Jog Road will allow JFK Medical Center to move key clinical staff and physicians to its o
Photographs of firefighters were used as the base for a mural named 'Community Heartbeat' by Boca Raton artist Lynn Doyal. In the mural sample above it can be seen how the face of Deputy Fire Chief Latosha Clemons was obscured. In a different panel (
Coronavirus: summary of persons being monitored, persons under investigation, and cases
Data through Sep 21, 2020 verified as of Sep 22, 2020 at 09:25 AM
Source: www.floridadisaster.or
Delray Beach and Boynton Beach both have joined Boca Raton in the growing club of municipalities with 100 or more reported cases of coronavirus.
Boynton had 117 cases by afternoon April 2 and Delray had 100. Boca posted 135 cases.
The three cities' co
By Jane Smith
The Town Square project is about $2.5 million under budget, Boynton Beach city commissioners learned at their Feb. 18 meeting.
Colin Groff, assistant city manager in charge of the public-private partnership, said the city’s private par
The entrance to the public parking lot that services the walkway has been locked after the city and Catholic Diocese could not agree on lease details for the parcel behind St. Mark’s Catholic Church. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Boynt
By Jane Smith
Sand lost to 2017’s Hurricane Irma on the beaches of Ocean Ridge/Boynton Beach, south Delray Beach and north Boca Raton will be restored starting about Feb. 5.
The projects will be paid for using federal tax dollars authorized by Congr
