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13237338689?profile=RESIZE_400xDiver Shane Cooper was one of many volunteers and first responders who tried to rescue 15-year-old Prestyn Smith at Gulfstream Park. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Family beach outing turns deadly for teen; unpredictable surf kills five in co

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Reports are first step toward recertification

By Rich Pollack

Time is running out for several dozen remaining area condo associations that are required to file state-mandated inspection reports by the end of the year.

Under a state law passed in the

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Down year for nests hints at another surge in 2025

By Steve Plunkett

Following a record-breaking 2023, people who monitor sea turtle nests up and down south Palm Beach County’s coast faced an easier workload this season. And the season, which offici

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13237237853?profile=RESIZE_710xThe Bel Lido neighborhood in 1963 before homes were built.

More local history stories: Centennial Celebrations!; Boynton Beach: City’s oldest house gets one more chance for a new life; Delray Beach: Cemetery may be fit for national historic recogniti

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13237169258?profile=RESIZE_710xThe Hub at Space of Mind educational center in Delray Beach provides a professional-grade kitchen for would-be chefs and food entrepreneurs to learn skills of the trade. Photo provided

By Jan Norris

A new commercial kitchen comes with a plan to train

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Delray Beach: News briefs

New City Hall talk being put on hold — Although Delray Beach is looking to build a new water treatment plant, a new Pompey Park complex, a new police headquarters and a redo of the municipal golf course, it will not seek to build a new City Hall.

Cit

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By Mary Hladky

Boca Raton has terminated its annual holiday boat parade, a staple of city celebrations since 1975.

City officials decided to bring the tradition to an end this year due to a decrease in participation despite increased promotion of the

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By John Pacenti

Amid the gathered Delray Beach glitterati — including the mayor, the commissioners, and the city manager — Brandon Lai hung in the background with his daughter Ava, 13. They were there to get information on the hoopla: the Nov. 1 ribb

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Tennille DeCoste, the former Boynton Beach human resources director, filed a whistleblower lawsuit in November, claiming she was fired because she complained the city manager had told her to stop hiring too many Black women.

City Manager Daniel Dugge

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13235566267?profile=RESIZE_710xThe renovated shark tank is one of the recent improvements at the Sandoway Discovery Center. Photo provided

By Christine Davis

The Sandoway Discovery Center won the mid-level Hats Off Nonprofit of the Year from Nonprofits First. Sandoway Executive Di

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By Amy Woods

A mojito bar, a cigar roller and a Cuban coffee station will highlight the sixth annual fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Delray Beach.

The theme of this year’s Cocktails for the Club is “Havana Nights,” and organizers of the Dec.

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13224478500?profile=RESIZE_710x(l-r) Geiselle Surette, Susan Carriegos, Kathleen Chase, Christina Dernick, Myah Brollini, Heather Thomas and Danielle Tofini. Photo provided

Achievement Centers for Children & Families cast a spell on the general public during its event organized by

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