By Jane Smith
A corporate executive search firm will be used to recruit Delray Beach’s next city manager.
“I’m not looking for someone on the learning curve or on their last stop,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said. “But someone with demonstrated meas
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By Jane Smith
The days are numbered for people taking shortcuts across the FEC train tracks in downtown Delray Beach. The city plans to install pedestrian barriers by the end of the summer.
In mid-January, the City Commission approved a pedestr
Dozens of residents wore yellow in support of Yvonne Odom’s selection for interim commissioner
at the contentious Dec. 13 Delray Beach commission meeting.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach City Commission remains deadl
Delray Beach plans to trim its sea grape trees down to 2 feet and then maintain them at 4 feet high,
except for three canopies within a 1,385-foot stretch of public beach.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The topic of sea grape tr
Mature canopy trees, like these live oaks at the Delray Beach Historical Society complex,
are being targeted for preservation with the legacy tree program.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
They are trees that catch your eye.
They
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By Jane Smith
Smart parking meters that accept various forms of payment are coming to the barrier island and two city garages in the spring.
The Delray Beach City Com
Harriette Margolin, a patient at Bethesda Hospital, enjoys a visit from therapy dog Harley and Boynton Beach Detective Astrel Labbe, who investigates crimes against children and older adults.
Boone, Boynton Beach’s other therapy dog, led Harley on a
By Jane Smith
In what was described as a “transition year” for special events, Delray Beach commissioners approved a small-scale New Year’s Eve gathering hosted by the city.
The New Year’s Eve First Night event won’t be advertised or promoted o
By Jane Smith
After a two-year stint leading Delray Beach, City Manager Don Cooper turned in his resignation, effective Dec. 30.
“It is with regret that I must submit my resignation,” Cooper said in his Oct. 31 memo to the City Commission, m
By Jane Smith
The City Commission passed a resolution Nov. 1 supporting federal agencies to put tighter controls on prescription painkillers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking the
By Jane Smith
When Delray Beach passed the final version of its special events policy, no residents tried to sway the City Commission to vote for or against it.
“You won’t get a lot of people coming out to speak about it,” said Commissioner Sh
By Jane Smith
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.
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By Jane Smith
Preservationists were relieved to see the historic Boynton Beach High
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach, often called the rehab capital of the country, is trying to stay one step ahead of treatment centers.
In early September, the City Commission unanimously agreed to a one-year moratorium on medical marijuana treatment
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
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The city’s public safety departments will be able to hire 12 staffers to assist with the growing drug-overdose problems, under a proposed ta
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach might be the first city in Florida to have a sidewalk policy.
The program, approved unanimously June 7 by the City Commission, went into effect on June 8. It promotes the health and safety of residents, ensures modes
By Jane Smith
The city’s policy of just one big event per month during high season will be retested July 5.
That’s when Garlic Fest founder and organizer Nancy Stewart-Franczak will return to appeal the city’s denial of her holding the 18-y
The Little House restaurant will reopen as Fork Play with 30 additional seats and an enclosed porch.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
The Little House will become Fork Play when the Boynton Beach eatery opens later this year.
Its owners receiv
By Jane Smith
With clear direction from the new City Commission to save the historic Boynton Beach High School, the Community Redevelopment Agency is seeking a $350,000 matching grant to remove mold, mildew and other environmental hazards inside t
