Town’s tax rate jumps dramatically — The Briny Breezes Town Council unanimously agreed to nearly double the tax rate for the new fiscal year, approving a rate of $6.75 per $1,000 of taxable property value, up from the $3.75 per $1,000 residents paid
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Sloshing through knee-deep water is commonplace in areas of Briny Breezes during king tides. The flooding is expected to occur starting this month. 2022 The Coastal Star photo
By Ruth Santana
They’re images coastal residents have gotten used to seei
BRINY BREEZES — Joanne Garrott Long, a bridge player who shared her enthusiasm with friends old and new, died June 29. She was 96.
Born on Aug. 4, 1929, in Peoria, Illinois, to Ashton and Doris Johnson Garrott, she married Donald David Long on July 8
Briny Breezes residents could see a big tax increase. Town Manager Bill Thrasher is proposing increasing the property tax rate from $3.75 to $6.75 per $1,000 of taxable value.
If that rate is adopted this year, the owner of a mobile home with a taxa
Palm Beach County tax roll data, updated since estimates were released on May 27, show that countywide taxable property values increased 7.35% from 2025 to 2026, up from the 6.9% increase forecast in May.
The taxable property values are based on mar
My dream began in 2019. I envisioned a small coffee place in and of Briny Breezes.
Not just another business, but a welcoming, modest, coastal-style coffee shop that fit the spirit of Briny Breezes — a place for coffee, pastries and conversation, a
Coffee roaster turns to Briny in opening his second shop
Deke’s in Delray owner Nico Manuel stands in what he plans to make another coffee shop come early July. The gutted building used to house the Briny Hair Salon. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coasta
A 27-year-old woman stole this black Hyundai sedan at a gas station in Delray Beach and led police on a chase that ended on State Road A1A in Briny Breezes, according to Gulf Stream Police Chief Richard Jones. As Delray Beach police officers followed
April 30 is the last day of business for the Seaside Deli & Market on State Road A1A in the County Pocket between Briny Breezes and Gulf Stream. There were still plenty of drinks in the refrigerated section in the afternoon, but the store's shelves
County staffing hours called into question after St. Andrews lifeguards rescue swimmers when park is unsupervised
Verda Morus removes warning flags at the end of his shift in mid-April at Gulfstream Park. Palm Beach County park policy requires lifeg
Related: Briny Breezes: Town to allow elevated new homes in compliance with FEMA regulations
I have been a property owner in Ocean Ridge now for 40 years and in Briny Breezes for more than 20 years. Change has been gradual in both communities over th
ABOVE: Many modular home parks, like Ocean Breeze in Jensen Beach, have been replacing ground-level homes (right) with elevated homes (left). BELOW: A Briny Breezes resident sloshes through knee-deep water during king tides, which repeatedly flood r
By Patrick Sherry
Briny Breezes has a new alderman who is continuing his family’s legacy of service to the town.
The Town Council appointed John Taylor to Seat 5, which was previously held by Bill Birch before he was appointed mayor in March. The ma
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Rental spaces in the former dairy farm called Briny Breezes were going for $3 a week when Dorothy McNeice’s father first parked his travel trailer there in October 1938. She was 10.
In 1958, when winter residents bought t
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Joan Nicholls lived a double life on Facebook.
She was Joan Nicholls on her personal page, and she was Joan Briny Nicholls on the page reserved for the countless photographs she took of her town and its people.
“She had h
As a resident and Briny author, I was pleasantly surprised to see a front-page article about Briny’s library and Briny authors (“Tiny Briny library has an abundance of local authors,” March 2026).
I was equally disappointed to see that the one sente
L-R: Alicia Taylor, Alan Hoover and Cindy Demma sing ‘Hey, Baby (I Wanna Know If You‘ll Be My Girl).‘ Photos by Jerry Lower/The Costal Star
By Ron Hayes
“Live from Briny Breezes, it’s … !”
Tuesday night, actually.
Tuesday night, March 17.
This is no
The new seal keeps the leaping sailfish and incorporates other artistic elements. Images provided
By Michael Cook
From a vintage logo made of cut-out lettering and a hand-painted sailfish, Briny Breezes’ Town Hall is now getting a brand-spanking-ne
By Michael Cook
Voters in Briny Breezes didn’t have an election in March, leaving most of the work of deciding the town’s “elected officials” to the Town Council.
Only one candidate met the qualifying deadline in November — incumbent Alderman Jeff D
Briny Breezes author Lee Godby published his auto-biography at the ripe old age of 100. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
A word of advice.
If you should meet Lee Godby, please do not congratulate him on having lived 100 years.
“I’
