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
Ocean One’s residential units will rise just south of Boynton Beach Boulevard on Federal Highway. Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach commissioners, sitting as the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board in early July, unanimously
Two south county coastal cities are reining in rogue sober homes by strengthening their group homes ordinances.
Boynton Beach will hold a public hearing July 18 on these proposed changes:
• Have at least 300 feet between group homes. In June, c
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s long-awaited Town Square project received a cash infusion in mid-June.
City commissioners began the June 12 meeting in their usual places on the dais.
Midway through the meeting, they adjourned and switched
Addison Mizner designed the Boynton Woman’s Club building, which opened 91 years ago.
Woman’s Club members praised the proposed $110,000 sale of the building to the city.
Photo provided
By Jane Smith
The grand old dame will be in good hands
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton was the fastest-growing city in Palm Beach County last year, adding 2,570 residents.
Boynton Beach and Delray Beach also showed strong population increases from 2015 to 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau statisti
By Rich Pollack
Small coastal communities in South Palm Beach County continued to have few serious crimes in 2016, with most experiencing crime decreases last year, according to statistics released last month by the Florida Department of Law Enfo
Critters in crisis discover
cops are friends — and saviors
Gulf Stream Police Chief Edward Allen holds Chief, a kitten rescued from construction debris.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Resident Peter Klein heard the kitten’s meowing for help from under
At the Boca Raton Library downtown, children are treated to a special program on Friday afternoons.
Here, Bookworm Suzy Hammer of the Suzy Hammer Show entertains Maggie Dandrade
and other children.
Photo provided
Amber Prinkey, Palm Beach Zoo educati
By Mary Hladky
Ten years after housing prices began cratering in the Great Recession, taxable property values in Palm Beach County have zoomed past their previous record high set in 2007.
While the previous peak was $169.4 billion before t
Two south county coastal cities continue to see rising numbers of drug overdoses along with increasing fatalities.
In Boynton Beach, police responded to 398 overdoses in 2016 resulting in 35 deaths.
As of May 22, Boynton Beach police responded
By Dan Moffett
The prospect of lower rates and improved customer relations was enough to persuade Hypoluxo council members to end a decades-old relationship with Manalapan and switch to Boynton Beach for water services.
On May 17, the Town Coun
By Steve Plunkett
A new potential for heavy growth on Federal Highway at the Woolbright Road and Ocean Avenue intersections has the barrier island-based Florida Coalition for Preservation sounding the alarms.
Boynton Beach has changed its c
