Banana Boat co-owner Luke Therien, left, inspects the massive 3,000- square-foot awning his crew took down before the storm and put back up the morning after. Steven J. Smith/The Coastal Star
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BOYNTON BEACH — Local business o
Banana Boat co-owner Luke Therien, left, inspects the massive 3,000- square-foot awning his crew took down before the storm and put back up the morning after. Steven J. Smith/The Coastal Star
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BOYNTON BEACH — Local business o
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Briny Breezes council members say choosing the right police department to serve their town didn’t come down to questions about performance. The deciding
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes’ decision to end a longstanding relationship with Ocean Ridge and approve a contract with Boynton Beach for police services brings Chris Yannuzzi back to the town as a deputy marshal.
But Boynton Beach Police Chief
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City commissioners kept the property tax rate the same, but most property owners will likely pay more in taxes because taxable values increased by 7.9 percent in Boynton Beach, according to Assistant City Manager Tim Howard. Home
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The head of the Community Redevelopment Agency was handed her walking papers when its board members voted 3-2 to not renew her annual contract.
A small, loyal group of Boynton Beach residents spoke in support of Vivian Brooks’
Development teams that bid on the Town Square proposal will have to include
the entire Boynton Beach High School in their plans, not just its facade.
File photo
By Jane Smith
Preservationists were relieved to see the historic Boynton Beach High
Eight-year-olds Zepplyn Berry (left), of Boca Raton, and Giada Caniza, of Boynton Beach,
launch their 2040 mayoral campaigns during the YMCA ‘Kid for Mayor’ press event
at the DeVos-Blum Family YMCA of Boynton Beach. The event was part of a national
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“It was a tough decision. Either Boynton Beach or Ocean R
Dozens protest before the Boynton CRA meeting in opposition to the height of a project proposed for the southeast corner of Woolbright Road and Federal Highway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
More than 50 residents protested outside C
By Jane Smith
The fate of the historic Boynton Beach High School, which seemed certain to be saved earlier this year, is unsettled again.
At the Aug. 17 budget meeting of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, city commissioners sitting as
By Jane Smith
The Oscar Magnuson House is working its way through the Boynton Beach approval process to become a restaurant that specializes in light bites and craft beers.
The proposed owner of the 1,500-square-foot house received City Commiss
By Willie Howard
Boynton Beach Utilities could provide water to Hypoluxo residents at lower rates than town residents and business owners currently pay to Manalapan.
That’s according to a rate comparison presented to Hypoluxo council members at
By Dan Moffett
Neighborly relations between Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach have frayed in recent months, mostly because of the city’s support for high-density residential projects on Federal Highway.
Now the two municipalities have found something els
By Dan Moffett
Neighborly relations between Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach have frayed in recent months, mostly because of the city’s support for high-density residential projects on Federal Highway.
Now the two municipalities
By Rich Pollack
After months of back-and-forth — and sometimes contentious — discussions, Highland Beach and Delray Beach have finally reached agreement on a nearly $3.8 million annual contract that will allow the larger community to continue prov
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach will dip into its reserves to bring Fire Station No. 1 up to staffing level standards set by South Florida fire-rescue agencies.
For the past two years, Boynton Beach has had enough money to post only four workers at
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes moved closer in July to locking in long-term contracts for police and fire-rescue services.
Briny and Boynton Beach have agreed to a 12-year fire-rescue pact that will cost the town $356,725 for the first year and i
Riverwalk developers say they need 10 stories for the project to “break even.”
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board squeezed in an interim meeting in late July and reviewed two-thirds of t
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency picked the highest bidder, The Collage Cos. of Lake Mary, to do the third phase at the city marina.
CRA Assistant Director Michael Simon explained that the three companies were ranke
By Jane Smith
The city will soon ask private firms to submit development plans for its four-block Town Square, the Boynton Beach City Commission decided in July.
Commissioners want the proposals to include the 1927 historic high school, the