By Christine Davis
COVID-19 vaccine development is in the works across the globe with one Phase 3 trial — the final step before U.S. government approval — in progress locally. Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. — in collaboration with the National I
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Patricia Maguire and her granddaughter Daniella. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Patricia Maguire of Ocean Ridge and her granddaughter Daniella Maguire of Boca Raton have always been exceptionally close, so the social distancing protocols of the co
By Steve Plunkett
The number of COVID-19 cases in South County cities and towns is up by more than five times the total reported two months ago, state health figures show.
On June 4, when Boynton Beach (669 cases) overtook Boca Raton (660 cases) as t
PBC Emergency Order 2020-14 Issued Restricting Operating Hours of Restaurants,
Food Establishments and other Businesses
Palm Beach County issues Emergency Order 2020-014, effective 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
No establishment permitte
Following a spike in COVID-19 cases in Florida reaching 100,217 cases reported as of June 21 and then doubling in two weeks to 203,376, local hospitals are adapting
Since the beginning of July, Bethesda Hospital-East, Bethesda Hospital-West and Boca
JFK Medical Center temporarily suspended services at its Freestanding Emergency Room in Boynton Beach as of July 7. Temporarily closing the facility at 10921 S. Jog Road will allow JFK Medical Center to move key clinical staff and physicians to its o
Seaside Deli cashier Audrey Bazil rings up a purchase by Andrew Estevez as others wait at an appropriate distance. The deli refuses to admit people without masks and limits the number of customers in the store, near Briny Breezes. Jerry Lower/The Coa
By Charles Elmore
An emergency order puts beaches out of bounds for the Fourth of July weekend across Palm Beach County.
The county’s order to temporarily close beaches joined similar decrees in Miami-Dade and Broward counties aimed at avoiding larg
By Mary Hladky and Jane Smith
As small-business owners reeled from shutdowns mandated to stop the spread of COVID-19, South County cities pitched in to help them offset calamitous revenue losses.
Responding to Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce pl
Bobby Kane of Ocean Ridge with his wife, Lynsey; son, Bobby, 3; and daughter, Ellie, 20 months. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Charles Elmore
Isolation. Loneliness. Underemployment or no job at all.
Millions are grappling with that reality in the w
By Rich Pollack
With the town’s budget still in flux, Ocean Ridge’s septic-to-sewer citizens advisory committee has agreed to hold off on requesting funds for a cost analysis from an outside firm.
Voting unanimously, the five-member committee, charg
By Rich Pollack
June is normally when real estate professionals — who help connect sellers and buyers of luxury homes along South Florida’s coast — can relax a little and catch their breath.
This was not a normal June, however, and instead of kickin
By Dan Moffett
Town Manager Robert Kellogg had plenty of good news to report about the financial health of South Palm Beach during the Town Council’s meeting on June 9.
Kellogg told council members that the town’s taxable value has skyrocketed 21.7%
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan can move forward with a plan to improve water delivery to its oceanfront homes after the Town Commission approved two ordinances that will allow an easement for pipeline construction across property owned by Commissioner Hank
Briny Breezes resident Ann Carmody receives a COVID-19 nasal swab test from Palm Beach County Health Department nurse practitioner Guerlyne Estime during the one-day testing June 16. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
It lasts about 10 seco
The Addison is encouraging people to wear masks during scaled-down weddings and other parties. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
The dining scene has become a mix of offerings — dine in, takeout, delivery — as the coronavirus pandemic has forced restaura
By Linda Haase
The CDC’s prediction of 130,000 deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 by July 4 is downright depressing. After all, we expected to be celebrating the nation’s independence, not lamenting a historic loss.
The pandemic’s physical toll is wel
Want to visit a friend or family member in the hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak? Check the new rules first, like these for Baptist Health South Florida, which operates Boca Raton Regional Hospital and the Bethesda hospitals in Boynton Beach.
As
Carl Case, of Boca Raton, adopted Cici, a three-legged corgi mix, from Tri-County Animal Rescue. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
There is a silver lining to this coronavirus that has limited us for months. Cici, Cooper and Daisy know firsthand.
All th
By Charles Elmore
An emergency order puts beaches out of bounds for the Fourth of July weekend across Palm Beach County.
The county's order to close beaches temporarily joins similar decrees in Miami-Dade and Broward counties aimed at avoiding la
