By Steve Plunkett
Briny Breezes Town Manager Bill Thrasher is preparing a budget for fiscal year 2026 that will raise town property taxes to $6.75 per $1,000 of taxable value, up 80% from the current $3.75 rate.
“Its purpose is for covering debt serv
By Steve Plunkett
Town residents, acting as shareholders of Briny Breezes Inc., strongly endorsed allowing the town government to proceed with its plan to make “material alteration” of Briny Breezes, meaning its drainage and sea wall project.
The Feb
Dr. Bill Benda enjoys a day on the water with his best bud, Buddy. Benda had Buddy euthanized at home using the Lap of Love program when the pooch was suffering from mass cell cancer. Photos provided
By Arden Moore
For a dozen years, a yellow Labrad
Volunteers come out in large numbers to turn tiny Briny’s big flea market into a true community affair
Briny Breezes’ annual flea market on Feb. 8 required dozens of volunteers, pictured, and countless hours to pull off, from storing the donations t
By Steve Plunkett
Palm Beach County has rejected Briny Breezes’ request for a $5 million grant to help pay for the town’s ambitious stormwater and sea wall project.
County Commissioner Marci Woodward’s office delivered the bad news Feb. 5.
“Unfortuna
By Hannah Spence
Briny Breezes residents who want to renovate their mobile homes won’t be able to do much to them without also having to raise them higher to meet new FEMA flood elevation requirements.
Any upgrade that exceeds more than 50% of a mobi
By Steve Plunkett
Briny Breezes will spend up to $18,000 improving the sound system — and especially the call-in conference phone — in Town Hall.
People attending Town Council meetings by telephone have complained for years that they cannot clearly h
By Steve Plunkett
The Briny Breezes Town Council has its third husband-and-wife team in 14 months, but with a difference — this time both spouses can vote.
Council members selected Holly Reitnauer to be an alderwoman, replacing Kathy Gross, at their
By Steve Plunkett
A public workshop on the town’s Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan filled the Briny Breezes Community Center on Dec. 4 with even more residents attending via Zoom.
But for some residents, at least, the workshop did
Down year for nests hints at another surge in 2025
By Steve Plunkett
Following a record-breaking 2023, people who monitor sea turtle nests up and down south Palm Beach County’s coast faced an easier workload this season. And the season, which offici
Susan Brannen, president of the board of Briny Breezes Inc., dreamed of having a home in Briny Breeezes since she was 16 and began visiting relatives there. She loves the water, the people and the activities the town offers. Tim Stepien/The Coastal S
Briny Breezes Town Council members Liz Loper and Bill Birch will start new two-year terms in March with a new face joining them on the dais: David Duncan White.
All three filed to run in the March election but drew no opponents during the November qu
After Hurricane Milton exited Florida late Oct. 10, it left behind optimal surf conditions south of the Boca Raton Inlet. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Related: Carlisle and Eau open doors to Tampa evacuees from storm; Briny Breezes: County orders eva
By Steve Plunkett
After serving nine months on the Briny Breezes Town Council and with four months to go, Alderman Keith Black says that will be enough.
Black will not run for a full term, he announced at the council’s Oct. 24 meeting as Town Clerk S
While damage from Hurricane Milton was negligible in coastal South County, this half-sunken sailboat at Sportsman's Park Marina in Lantana was affected by its winds, crashing into the sea wall there. The photo was taken Oct. 10. Tim Stepien/The Coas
Jay Kelley (left) and his wife Jo Bennett help Briny Breezes resident Holly McCarthy secure the clam-shell shutters on her home in Briny Breezes. Lily the dog is an evacuee from Tampa who is staying with Kelley and Bennett during Hurricane Milton.
Water, sewer, other essential services get most attention
By Jane Musgrave
With nearly $48 million from the federal government to jump-start the economy from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, municipalities in southern Palm Beach County have upgr
Briny Breezes Building Official Deborah Nutter and Town Council President Liz Loper talk with Judith Kraft at a public meeting on the maps. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Kathleen Kernicky
Judith Kraft has watched the flooding worsen since she moved
By Steve Plunkett
Town officials are looking past the looming presidential election to next March, when voters will decide who will fill Seats 1, 3 and 5 on the Briny Breezes Town Council.
Mayor Ted Gross on Sept. 26 proclaimed March 11, 2025, as the
New beach lighting rules — The Town Council on Sept. 26 approved amendments updating its ordinance on sea turtles and beach bonfires after discussing the matter at three monthly meetings and a workshop and a “second first reading” of the changes in A
