Condos line A1A at the south end of Boca Raton. A Coastal Star analysis of property records shows 79 condos on the barrier island in Boca Raton. Of these, 61 were built prior to 1982. Google Maps
By Mary Hladky
A proposed Boca Raton ordinance will
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Condos line the beach in Highland Beach. An analysis done by The Coastal Star of Palm Beach County property records shows 74 condos or co-ops located in Highland Beach. Of these, 38 were built prior to 1982. Google Maps
By Rich Pollack
Hoping to ensu
Condos line the beach in Highland Beach. An analysis done by The Coastal Star of Palm Beach County property records shows 74 condos or co-ops located in Highland Beach. Of these, 38 were built prior to 1982. Google Maps
By Mary Hladky
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Parking for the county’s proposed Milani Park would be in the grassy area west of A1A (upper left). Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
For more than 30 years, Highland Beach and residents of the Boca Highland Beach Club and Marina have fought county pla
By Sallie James
A seven-story, 70-unit luxury condominium will soon rise on the southwest corner of South Ocean Drive and East Palmetto Park Road, with sprawling penthouses, 8-foot-wide sidewalks and a public park along Palmetto Park Road.
The
A 2003 memo was found as city officials analyzed why the mixed-use Mark at CityScape near Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road is less attractive than promised. File photo
By Mary Hladky
The approval process for proposed downtown Boca Raton pro
By Dan Moffett
Wellington Arms Condominium homeowners and developer William Swaim are lawyering up for a legal border war that could determine the fate of the mangrove-rich lagoon behind Ocean Ridge Town Hall.
For nearly two years, Swaim has been
The Boynton Intracoastal Group marked its kickoff with a meet-and greet party at the home of Boynton Beach City Commissioner Michael Fitzpatrick and wife Lisa Hanley. Residents from Sterling Village, Snug Harbor, Seagate of Gulfstream, Hampshire Gar
ABOVE: Tom Vinci, 90, a resident of the Sabal Point Condominiums in Boca Raton, poses with his artwork — intricately painted squares similar to the stenciled designs created by his father. BELOW: Gay ‘Gigi’ Vela holds a hand-woven mohair jacket she
Carol Wittenberg
By Rich Pollack
Carol Wittenberg loves her 2013 Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid that runs on both gas and electricity.
“It’s environmentally friendly, it’s economical and it’s comfortable and quiet,” she says.
But when Witten
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By Mary Kate Leming, Editor
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew’s shredding of Homestead and the Miami area, and seven years since Katrina’s flood waters devastated New Orleans, Tropical Storm Isaac breezed through our are
By Tim O’Meilia
Briny Breezes’ neighbors can rest easy. The oceanfront town-mobile home park has scotched any thought of high-rise condos and oceanfront hotels and will focus on a more low-key future — at least for now.
The nine-member board of
By Tim O’Meilia
About that plan to build high rise condos, an oceanfront hotel and shops where the mobile homes of Briny Breezes have set for decades?
Never mind.
The nine-member board of the corporation that owns the park unanimously decided April
By Tim O’Meilia
Five years ago, a developer figured the homey oceanfront mobile home park of Briny Breezes was worth half a billion dollars if it were decorated with high rise condominium towers, a pricey hotel and several hundred time-shares.
By Tim O’Meilia
Five years after a half-billion dollar sale collapsed, Briny Breezes’ 43 acres of ocean-to-Intracoastal mobile homes is on a land developer’s shopping list.
An unnamed development firm has pitched the idea of erecting twin 20-story t
By Christine Davis
Yes, it is possible to buy a home on the water and near the beach for around $40,000.
That’s if you are over 55 years old, don’t have a pet, can get through the screening, have cash, don’t mind small spaces and don’t need to ren
There’s a new “breed” of dog unleashing plenty of debate and controversy. Identified as “emotional support animals” or ESA, these dogs are making their way into housing developments in South Florida, even those with no-pets-allowed poli
By Steve Plunkett
It’s official now—property owners in town will pay non-ad valorem special assessments to put electric, phone and cable TV lines underground, out of the view and away from wind and salty air.
Sitting June 30 as the Board of Eq
More than 30 people attended a recent Gulf Stream Town meeting, some (in red shirts) to complain about undergrounding power line assessments. Photo by Jerry Lower
By Steve Plunkett
Wearing red, Gulfstream Shores residents kept up their assault on what
