For the first time this week, Florida Department of Transportation crews came out in the daylight to continue their work removing all evidence of Delray Beach's colorful Pride intersection in the city's downtown Pineapple Grove business district. C
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The remnants of Delray Beach's Pride intersection on Sept. 9 are seen after the state's transportation department came in overnight to try to remove the LGBTQ colors from the city intersection in downtown's Pineapple Grove. Photo provided by Delray
Nests took a beating from surf. Earlier, hundreds of hatchlings were rescued from sargassum. Still, it’s been a good year overall.
Rebecca Germany, sea turtle conservation assistant at Gumbo Limbo, hammers a stake back in the sand in Boca Raton on A
A Glock 9mm handgun, bullets and a list of addresses were found in the suspect’s car. Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
Detective work by the Ocean Ridge Police Department combined with the use of crime-fighting technology helped lead to the arrest of
A father and two children slosh through a flooded sidewalk along A1A after an Aug. 31 downpour. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Roadwork delays — along with standing water — raise concern
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Marjorie Waldo stands among works by Delray Beach native McKinson Souverain in the Black Box Gallery, a showcase for emerging artists at Arts Garage. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Kathleen Kernicky
When Marjorie Waldo was hired as president and CE
By John Pacenti
When is a fee increase not an increase? When you are in the other dimension known as Delray Beach, silly.
Public Works Director Missie Barletto told The Coastal Star that, yes, the city’s three parking garages will no longer be free d
By John Pacenti
After months of contentious negotiations, the Delray Beach City Commission has reached a tentative agreement with the Police Benevolent Association, addressing key issues of wages, pensions and working conditions for the city’s police
By John Pacenti
In the last year, Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore once again became embroiled in drama, clashed repeatedly with some commissioners and set out to bore elected officials to death by presentation.
Despite it all, Moore lives to
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach Fire Chief Ronald Martin was investigated in August after an anonymous complaint revealed he had installed a Ring surveillance camera in his office, citing security concerns and harassment he faced following a controversi
Lifeguards reflect on secrets to success after fourth rowing title
John Livingstone, in the bow, and Justin Cattan crash through a large breaking wave during the 2025 U.S. Lifesaving Association National Lifeguard Championships in Huntington Beach,
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Council member Yvette Drucker has dropped her bid for a state Senate seat to run for Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in the November 2026 election.
Drucker’s Aug. 21 announcement came shortl
By Rich Pollack
DELRAY BEACH — Tony Allerton lived a good life — and helped thousands of others do the same.
Best known in Delray Beach as the longtime executive director of The Crossroads Club, Mr. Allerton shepherded the organization for decades a
By Henry Fitzgerald
The Coastal Star won nine first-place awards at the recent Florida Press Association ceremony, including the top award for general excellence at the highest level — Division A — for weekly and monthly newspapers with circulations
DELRAY BEACH — Morgan Niles Russell, a force to be reckoned with, died Aug. 14 in Trustbridge Hospice. He was 79.
Mr. Russell took pride in the role he played in the development of the city’s Pineapple Grove section and he created a charity that prov
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney has certainly been a summer pugilist.
He took on the police union over its contract demands in June, his fellow commissioners over the budget in July, and then the city’s Downtown Development Authority in
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach city commissioners voted to deny a controversial renovation proposal for a historic home in the Marina Historic District, dealing a significant blow to a property owner who had spent years and millions of dollars attempti
By Jane Musgrave
Two years after William Lowe was accused of shooting his wife, chopping her up with a chainsaw and stuffing her body into suitcases that bobbed up in the Intracoastal Waterway, the Delray Beach man remains jailed with no trial date s
ABOVE: The founders of Paradise Bank were (l-r) Bill Burke, founding president, vice chairman and chief operating officer; David Englert, founding chief business development officer and executive vice president; Ward Kellogg, founding chairman and
