Code enforcement issues at center of controversy
By John Pacenti
The Delray Beach City Commission is reeling as a leaked document, social media outrage, and defiant statements followed the revelation that a whistleblower complaint had been filed over
In addition to a flag on the beach celebrating Delray Beach’s blue flag status, numerous banners adorn the light poles on both sides of Atlantic Avenue between A1A and the Intracoastal Waterway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
How to navigate A1A chaos? Police explain law, give tips for walkers, drivers
A couple crosses A1A without using a crosswalk to get to Atlantic Dunes Park in Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The close call came as
By Rich Pollack
It has been a year since Highland Beach split from Delray Beach and started its own fire department, but a fight over who still owes the other money — and how much — is heating up again.
In late March, attorneys for Delray Beach sent
I really enjoyed reading John Pacenti’s article “Reef Madness: City diving deep to restore struggling coral” [April 2025 edition]. I am heartened by the fantastic work of the scientists at the Reef Institute and all the volunteers and supporters in D
DELRAY BEACH — William Strucker, who opened Gulfstream Pharmacy in Briny Breezes almost 70 years ago — a business that remains family-owned and -operated — died on March 27. He was 94.
Born May 12, 1930, in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Howard and Helen Str
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach on April 10 announced it was firing David Wyatt, the firefighter who was at the wheel of the aerial fire truck struck by a Brightline train in December. Video released by Brightline showed the large fire truck maneuvering
Code enforcement goes 17/7 — The Delray Beach Code Enforcement Division plans to implement a new schedule to ensure enforcement every day of the week.
City Manager Terrence Moore announced in his April 18 memo to commissioners the new seven-day opera
Volunteer patrol member Kenny Moskowitz hands a Delray Beach police sticker to a child, one way he and his colleagues engage with the public. Hannah Spence/The Coastal Star
By Hannah Spence
Delray Beach police are looking for a few good men — and wo
By John Pacenti
Emotions ran high at the April 8 Delray Beach City Commission meeting when a motion to strip $15,000 in funding from the Pride festival, which celebrates the LGBTQ community, was on the agenda.
Commissioner Juli Casale said she feared
By John Pacenti
The Delray Beach City Commission met hastily on April 29, with Mayor Tom Carney announcing a whistleblower complaint had been filed. City Attorney Lynn Gelin told commissioners they were not to speak about the complaint — especially t
Mother’s Day offerings in area restaurants include buffet brunches complete with mimosas and bloody marys, and sumptuous dinners such as the lamb curry dish at Le Colonial. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
May is all about Mom, and dishes designed for h
Pope Francis, who died April 21, was remembered as a pope for the regular people.
The Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito, Bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach County, called the pope “a man of tremendous hope, which he lived to the end, and which provi
Florida Atlantic University celebrated “Match Day” with its Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine’s class of 2025. Match Day occurs nationally on the third Friday of March when the results of the National Resident Matching Program are announced.
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With four outdoor terraces and courtyards, this industrial-modern home on Gleason Street has incredible outdoor space in which to relax or entertain. In the ground-level walled courtyard, the loggia is adjacent to a heated pool and spa counterbalanc
Delray Beach firefighter David Wyatt, who was driving a city aerial ladder fire truck when it was struck by a Brightline passenger train downtown on Dec. 28, is being fired, the city said Thursday following an investigation. Wyatt had been on paid a
Leneita Fix, executive director at The Reef Institute in West Palm Beach, with a miniature version of the Atlantic Ocean. The institute is advising Delray Beach on which coral to use to restore its reef. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Rich Pollack
Rates for Delray Beach water customers will increase by about $9 a month in October as city leaders wrestle with the challenges of building a new water plant under strict new federal regulations aimed at removing “forever” chemicals.
Railroad gate upgrade could cost more than $1 million — Upgrading three Delray Beach railroad crossings in the wake of the Dec. 28 Brightline train collision with a city fire truck will cost up to $1,050,000, City Manager Terrence Moore informed comm
The Police Benevolent Association was banned from participating in Delray Beach parades for a year after its mobile billboard, shown above, changed its messaging in the St. Patrick’s Day parade from holiday-oriented to one critical of the city’s elec
