By Dan Moffett
After hearing complaints from council members about poor communication, South Palm Beach Town Attorney Brad Biggs is proposing a new arrangement that will change how he does his job.
Biggs told the council to consider renewing hi
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By Rich Pollack
A war of words that started after Delray Beach commissioners rejected a proposed fire-service agreement with Highland Beach appears to be at a ceasefire, with both sides deciding to come to the table to try to hammer out a workable con
By Rich Pollack
After a month of contentious comments, with each side taking offense by what was said by those on the other side of the Intracoastal Waterway, Delray Beach and Highland Beach may be going back to the negotiating table in an attempt to
By Rich Pollack
A decision by Delray Beach City Commissioners to add a 20 percent administrative fee to a proposed 10-year fire service contract with the town of Highland Beach is causing a rift between the two neighboring communities and leading som
Lantana’s plan to convert two side-by-side lots on North Lake Avenue into a kayak park advanced on July 27 when council members awarded a contract to develop the park to Rosso Site Development.
The Lake Worth firm will receive up to $153,255 t
New Delray Beach City Commissioner Mitch Katz is sworn into office March 31 alongside his family,
(l-r) son, Hayden, wife, Heather, and daughter Shayna.
Mayor Cary Glickstein is sworn in for a second term. With him are his children, (l-r) Jack Glick
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes Town Council members are trying to figure out how to redefine the deputy clerk’s position so they can offer residents more access to Town Hall services.
The issue comes down to whether Deputy Town Clerk Lesa Shoeman
Wendy and Ken Prunier, Samantha Kline and Delaney Cattano try out the new furniture on Delray’s municipal beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
A year of controversy has ended with beachgoers raving about the comfort of new oak chais
By Tim Pallesen
Remember that fuss about the cabana contract on Delray’s municipal beach? Forget about it.
City commissioners voted 3-2 on Oct. 15 to keep their current vendor and stop debating about competitive bids to rent chairs and cab
By Dan Moffett
Delray Beach commissioners’ campaign to tighten up their business dealings has grown so heated that even a contract for beach chairs can raise emotional warnings about extortion, loss of integrity and “whoring the city.”
The comm
By Tim O’Meilia
The choice for the Gulf Stream Town Commission was time or money.
Award the long-awaited contract to put overhead utilities underground now or wait two months to make the award and perhaps save $165,000.
They chose time.
Correction: A story in the September edition incorrectly attributed a statement to Manalapan Town Commissioner Howard Roder. Town Manager Linda Stumpf stated that she did not take both a car allowance and the use of a town-owned car.
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By Tim O’Meilia
Gulf Stream will try to renew its long-running contract for garbage pickup without seeking competitive bids.
Town commissioners agreed with Town Manager William Thrasher’s recommendation to negotiate a new contract with Waste M
Delray Beach has clarified its competitive bidding rules after the county Inspector General said the city bent its rules when it awarded its beach-cleaning contract last January.
Universal Beach Services, the city beach cleaner for 30 years,
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach commis-sioners will ask a judge to undo the city’s $65 million contract with garbage hauler Waste Management, arguing that it violates a city competitive bidding law.
A previous commission approved the no-bid contr
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge police will see a handsome difference in their paychecks under a new two-year contract approved by the Town Commission May 6.
The nine officers and four sergeants will receive an immediate 3 percent pay increase, a
Briny Breezes is officially off the market.
The 43-acre mobile home park’s contract with New York law firm Duane Morris to sell the park expired March 1 and, with it, the park’s obligation to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees tha
By Margie Plunkett
Universal Beach Services Corp. nearly saw 30 years of cleaning the sands of Delray Beach come to an end in the undertow of a low bidder. Commissioners, however, finally awarded Universal the contract after it protested that the
By Tim O’Meilia
If the South Palm Beach police bargaining unit signs a three-year contract in the next month or so, the five members will each get a $1,500 lump-sum bonus.
The town’s other six full-time employees will get zip.
At its Dec. 18 meeting
By Margie Plunkett
The first choice for the Delray Beach city manager position was picked for the “fresh eyes” he’d bring to the community — and chosen over the inside candidate.
City Commission voted Dec. 11 to enter contract negotiations with Lou