Smoke-free zone signs are in place at Oceanfront Park.
Tom Warnke/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach has created a voluntary smoke-free zone at its Oceanfront Park.
“People will still be able to smoke in designated areas of the park.
By Jane Smith
Fourteen years after Boynton Beach installed fire hydrants in the County Pocket, its seven hydrants were finally mapped in May.
“We rely on water departments to send the information,” David Sauls, a fire safety specialist with
By Dan Moffett
A bidding war for water customers has broken out between Manalapan and Boynton Beach, with some 550 Hypoluxo residents likely to benefit with lower monthly bills and perhaps even better service.
For decades, Manalapan has sol
By Emily J. Minor
BOYNTON BEACH — Susan Eileen (McDonald) Norton, whose good manners and slight frame often belied her stubbornness, true grit and power on the tennis court, died last month after fighting a rare cancer that showed itself last May,
The conceptual plan features a five-story glass City Hall attached to the existing city library.
Part of the library would become a City Hall addition. Across Ocean Avenue
from the proposed City Hall is the historic high school. This view is
looking
Blue glass beads could be used to create a wave pattern
along the sidewalks and intersections of Boynton Beach Boulevard.
Rendering provided by Kimley-Horn
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach Boulevard will be beautified to match the up-and-coming dow
A VITAS patient enjoys an up close and personal visit from a Paw Pal dog.
Photo provided by VITAS Healthcare
By Arden Moore
Some dogs are born agility stars blessed with athletic prowess to weave in and out among poles, dash up ramps and wiggle q
The fishing team Seapremacy shows the 42-pound kingfish taken on a live bait near Jupiter
to win biggest fish in the April 15 tournament. Team members, from left, are captain Alex Burgess,
Benny Townend, James Wood, Michael Wood and Amber Wood
(holdi
By Jane Smith
Beach lovers will soon have renovated restrooms to use at Boynton Beach’s Oceanfront Park in Ocean Ridge, along with freshly baked pastries at the snack bar.
The restroom renovations will be finished by the end of May, said J
Ted Johnson stands amid the vehicles on display at his Milestone Motorcars dealership in Boynton Beach.
The Ocean Ridge resident says he spends 12 hours a day at the business, but it’s truly a labor of love.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Thomas Jo
Delray Beach and Boynton Beach became the center of gladiolus growing in 1939
after a deep freeze wiped out the crop in Fort Myers.
Starting in 1947, Delray Beach began having parades during the gladiola festivals.
Lavish floats were decorated with f
By Jane Smith
Riverwalk owner Shaul Rikman recently purchased 5.8 acres of mangroves just south of his proposed development and offered them to the city of Boynton Beach in late March.
“It is in our best interest to maintain the mangroves to th
By Jane Smith
The restaurant once known as the Little House will reopen this summer as Fork Play.
A late decision by the owners, former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella and his partner, to enclose the eatery’s outside porch led to a de
Customers combined shopping and fun as they sipped champagne and tried on Stella & Dot jewelry
and Amanda Johnson one-of-kind dresses. Here, birthday girl Sophia Frances wears an Amanda Johnson crown.
Photo provided
Native plants keep the dunes healthy
Bay bean (Canavalia rosea), a vine that trails along beach dunes and coastal sand,
blooms most of the summer and sporadically the rest of the year.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Al
By Janis Fontaine
St. Vincent Ferrer Parish will host a traditional Seder on April 10, when Jews worldwide celebrate their feast of Passover.
In addition to a full-course dinner, the celebration will include spiritual music and fellowship. Ms
Boys and girls can spend time with Batman and Sleeping Beauty during Princesses and Superheroes Day
on April 22 at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum in Boynton Beach.
Photo provided by Capehart
By Janis Fontaine
Calling all superheroes! Princess
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach wants to stop out-of-towners from being buried at its city cemetery because it is running out of space.
In early February, the City Commission approved new rules that would allow only full-time residents, their immed
A passive park has replaced the old dive shop at the Boynton Beach Marina.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The last piece of the Boynton Harbor Marina will soon be finished, and a ribbon cutting is set for March 31.
The latest c
Work continues on the site of the planned 500 Ocean complex,
including the corner of Southeast Fourth Street and East Ocean Avenue.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The 500 Ocean apartment developers received a five-month extension
