LEFT: Delray Beach resident Michelle Cerami, a licensed midwife, gave birth to her daughter, Natalie, 5, at home.
RIGHT: Zeresh Altork of Boynton Beach studied to be a doula after the in-home birth of her son, Eiden, 9. She and
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By Jane Smith
The Riverwalk Plaza owner now wants to reverse the order of how the 9.8-acre complex will be developed at Woolbright Road and Federal Highway.
In late August, Isram Realty representatives met with Boynton Beach planning staff to o
By Jane Smith
A primary entrance to Boynton Beach will be more inviting after Boynton Beach Boulevard undergoes a makeover.
City commissioners, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, selected a plan that includes 9-foot-wide sidewalks b
By Jane Smith
Boat owners will have to pay about 6 percent extra each month to rent a slip at the Boynton Harbor Marina.
Boynton Beach city commissioners, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, approved the increase 4-1 at their Octobe
Andrea Rutherfoord, officer in charge of public education for Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 36 in Boca Raton, has taught basic boating classes for 25 years. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Maybe you’ve been boating for years on t
By Jane Smith
If you aren’t drinking the water, don’t use it.
Delray Beach utilities officials sent that command via email, social media and its CodeRed app about 10:20 p.m. on Sept. 10. Banned uses included bathing, toilet flushing and
Eugene and Maureen Garrett found refuge and a card game at the Highland Beach Library. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
In the days after Hurricane Irma left air conditioners silent, reading lamps dark and cellphones feeble, refugees fro
By Jane Smith
Medical marijuana dispensaries are banned from opening in the city limits, Delray Beach city commissioners decided at the end of September.
Acknowledging Florida voters who overwhelmingly approved the state ballot question on
By Dan Moffett
Those rusted and ragged shade sails lining the parking lot at Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park are soon to give way to aluminum solar canopies as part of Florida Power & Light’s growing campaign to promote clean energy across the stat
Apartments and town homes would be part of a development that extends between Third Street and the railroad tracks.
SOURCE: City of Boynton Beach
By Jane Smith
The Villages at East Ocean Avenue project has finally been approved after two year
Delray Medical Center honors hospital volunteers with Quilts of Valor for their military service. (l-r) Ron Price, Julio Mastrovito, Russell Sultenfuss, Mel Fishman and Charles Carroll. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Bethesda Health, headquar
Tom McClure, past president of the Boynton Intracoastal Group, presented Boynton Beach Assistant Police Chief Joseph DeGiulio a check for $1,000 to support the department’s ‘Shop With a Cop’ program and an additional $1,000 to Fire Chief Glenn Joseph
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach staff did an “amazing job with everything associated with Hurricane Irma,” Mayor Steven Grant said.
Because residents had 3 or 4 days warning prior to Irma, some placed sofas and other large items on the street for bulk pi
By Jane Smith
Linda Cross, who lives in the Marina Villages condo complex in Boynton Beach, said her family lost power the morning of Sept. 11for about 90 minutes.
"We had power the entire time of the storm ," she said. "The water flowed over the sea
By Jane Smith
City commissioners didn’t like the initial plans presented for Town Square, a 16-acre development that is supposed to create an active downtown for Boynton Beach. They saw designs presented Aug. 21 at a special commission meeting at
Construction is nearing completion to transform the Little House into Fork Play. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Restaurant owner Brian Nickerson is the kind of restaurateur the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency wants to attract.
By Jane Smith, Dan Moffett and Rich Pollack
Coastal towns in south Palm Beach County are flush with cash thanks to their shares of the voter-approved penny sales tax increase that started in January.
The money began flowing into municipa
By Jane Smith
Animals are banned from the beach in Ocean Ridge, according to Town Manager Jamie Titcomb.
Even so, the town would consider a formal proposal from Boynton Beach to allow dogs on that city’s adjoining 960-foot-long beach.
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Team Tuppens members Christopher Sprague, 12, Steve Sprague and Mike Folsom show off some of their catch. Christopher’s 6.2-pound dolphin netted him the prize for top junior angler. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Two large coastal cities in southern Palm Beach County passed group homes regulations in mid-July.
The new rules, designed to rein in rogue operators of sober homes while preserving the single-family character of neighborhoods, co