By Steve Plunkett
Andrea O’Rourke, who as president of the Golden Triangle Homeowners Association often criticized downtown development and traffic congestion as enemies to quality of life, plans to be “a voice of the residents” in her new seat
city council (96)
By Steve Plunkett
Now it’s 20 months and counting.
Boca Raton City Council members canceled a Jan. 30 joint meeting with Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District commissioners. It would have been the first time the boards got together since Jun
By Steve Plunkett
The races are on.
All three races are contested in Boca Raton’s municipal election and candidates are building sizable war chests to fund their campaigns.
Voters will choose their mayor and two City Council members when the
By Mary Hladky
On one point, at least, everyone agrees: There isn’t enough parking in downtown Boca Raton.
What to do about that is another matter.
After wrestling with the issue for more than one hour at their Dec. 12 workshop meeting, City
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton city officials have nearly reached the end of a tumultuous process to better define what developers can and can’t count as open space in downtown projects.
The City Council, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agenc
Project faces further review from city
after OK catches some off-guard
By Steve Plunkett
The state’s environmental agency has issued a “notice to proceed” on construction of a controversial beachside mega-mansion, but Boca Raton officials sa
By Sallie James
It’s over — at least for now.
A proposed orthodox synagogue and museum that spawned three lawsuits and packed City Hall with angry residents will not be built.
The 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach in November d
By Mary Hladky
A referendum preserving city-owned land along the Intracoastal Waterway for public use gained wide approval from residents in all parts of the city when they voted in the Nov. 8 election.
A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of votes
By Sallie James
Florida voters last month legalized a constitutional amendment that made using marijuana legal for certain medical reasons, but Boca Raton residents who need marijuana for medical use won’t find any dispensaries here.
In Novembe
By Steve Plunkett
The feature most wanted at Boca Raton’s Wildflower site by an admittedly unscientific sample of residents is a wide boardwalk along the Intracoastal Waterway, followed by a water taxi and space for paddleboards and kayaks.
By Steve Plunkett
There’s a definite thaw in the cold war between the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and city officials.
“There’s more of a mood of cooperation,” Steve Engel, the district’s vice chairman, said Sept. 23 after he and
By Sallie James
Boca Raton property tax rates for the upcoming year are decreasing slightly, property values are up 7.46 percent and the city has plans to hire 76 new employees, including eight police officers and 16 firefighters.
The new rates
Boca Raton Cemetery Manager Ed Libengood gestures at available space for more graves.
Sallie James/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
With more than 8,000 graves, crowding had become a critical issue at the picturesque Boca Raton Cemetery.
The p
By Sallie James
Plans to create a city-sanctioned task force to mold the development of the often-controversial East Palmetto Park Road corridor have been scuttled.
Boca Raton residents and business owners presented the idea of an official task
By Mary Hladky
After months of effort, Boca Raton now has a stopgap policy intended to make its downtown more visually appealing.
But a final policy won’t come for at least four more months as a city subcommittee studies the issue and makes add
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council changed the land-use designation and zoning of its Wildflower site to accommodate a proposed restaurant, even as a Nov. 8 ballot question looms on whether the site should be commercial or green space.
“I want
By Steve Plunkett
Lake Wyman’s closest neighbors are renewing their call for further study of the park’s renovation now that the project has been revived.
Golden Harbour residents’ main concern remains submerging 4 acres of land to make a seag
By Henry Fitzgerald
Boca Raton property owners will see a slight decrease in their tax rate after the City Council tentatively approved a rate of $3.6789 per $1,000 of taxable value, down just a tick from the current $3.6799 per $1,000.
But wi
By Steve Plunkett
Along with choosing a new president of the United States, Boca Raton voters in November will be asked to decide the fate of the city-owned Wildflower property.
The City Council decided to give voters the chance to choose “Yes”
By Steve Plunkett
Relations between the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the city withered in June like an unwatered lawn in the hot Florida sun.
• District Chairman Robert Rollins listed a year’s worth of failed efforts to get th
