By Sallie James
How much is that doggy in the window? And where-oh-where did that doggy come from?
When it comes to finding the canine companion of your dreams, Boca Raton city officials are hoping you will take a pass on that pet store pup an
By Mary Hladky
Although many Boca Raton residents are passionate about keeping low building heights in the downtown, the City Council has opened the door a bit wider to allowing taller structures.
The council voted 3-2 on Jan. 13 to allow owner
This rendering of ‘New Mizner on the Green’ was part of a mailer sent out by the developer to 12,000 Boca Raton residents.
Rendering provided
The project, dubbed New Mizner on the Green, would sit on nearly 9 acres on Southeast Mizner Boulevard.
Ren
The medians of Federal Highway in Boca Raton were filled with campaign signs.
Photo provided by Robert P. Gordon
By Sallie James
Boca Raton is cracking down on the clutter created by political signs, and violators will have to pay if they don’t c
By Sallie James
A single-family homeowner is asking City Hall to provide a fix for inconsiderate renters he says park on nearby lawns and swales, play loud music and host late-night parties.
Resident Adam Faustini, who lives in the Caldwell He
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council approved a year-long moratorium on the operation of medical marijuana treatment centers and dispensing or cultivation facilities.
The law gives the city time to address possible land- development regu
Anthony Romeo of Boca Raton stretches out in a folding beach chair at Boca Raton’s South Beach.
He brings his own chair and is content with that.
Sallie James/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
When Boca Raton resident Elle Tate takes her two young
CRA Vice Chairman Robert Weinroth, Mayor Susan Haynie, Council Member Michael Mullaugh
and CRA Chairman Scott Singer at the March 31 meeting.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton’s coastal voters turned out for the March b
SEAT B
Mohamed Abdalla
Personal: 24; bachelor’s degree in business administration, 2011; near completion on master’s in the same field of study, both at Lynn University; single, no children.
Professional: Graduate and evening admission co
Mayor Susan Whelchel
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By Steve Plunkett
If you want to schedule time with Mayor Susan Whelchel, call quick.
This month she will be at the Allianz Championship Golf Tournament, which she wooed to the city to bec
By Steve Plunkett
Motorists heading south to a Florida Atlantic University football game or other campus event in 2017 will exit Interstate 95 on a ramp that crosses Yamato Road and the interstate itself before depositing them on FAU Boulevard.
By Steve Plunkett
A Houston’s restaurant appears headed for a December 2015 grand opening on the former Wildflower site on the Intracoastal.
But many details in the lease proposal by Hillstone Restaurant Group Inc., which the City Council re
By Steve Plunkett
One City Council race has already been decided, while a 10th candidate qualified for Boca Raton’s unusually crowded ballot.
Lawyer and real estate investor Scott Singer won Seat A (held by Susan Haynie) when candidate Craig
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton will have to trim pension benefits for fire and police employees to get out from under an out-of-control financial burden, its outside pension consultant said.
If the city does nothing, the money it pays into the
By Steve Plunkett
Mayoral candidate Anthony Majhess has officially resigned his Boca Raton City Council seat to comply with the state’s resign-to-run law.
“It is my intention to qualify for the office of mayor for the March 11, 2014, election
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s long-awaited dog beach will open to pets and pet lovers the second weekend of December at the north end of Spanish River Park.
Hours will be 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to sunset on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Th
By Steve Plunkett
Interest has waned dramatically over opening a waterfront restaurant on the former Wildflower site.
Three stand-alone restaurants, two multistory complexes, a recreation-oriented business and a recent architecture graduate o
By Steve Plunkett
Anthony Majhess will cut his second City Council term a year short to run for mayor of Boca Raton.
Majhess said the fact he would be term-limited out of office in March 2015 and have to wait two more years for the next mayo
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton will not send money to pay for the inspector general until a lawsuit by it and 13 other municipalities is resolved challenging how the office is funded.
The cities filed suit two years ago saying the county’s pr
By Steve Plunkett
A months-long campaign of phone calls, emails and other gentle arm-twisting yielded a last-minute budget success for the Downtown Library: $60,000 for a new program services position.
Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie proposed addin
