By Rich Pollack
Back in the early 2000s, when Delray Beach city leaders first considered providing golf courses and other large-scale users with reclaimed water for irrigation, conservation was a primary concern.
“It was good public policy to say ‘le
Actor Kevin James downsized a bit with this 18,906-square-foot home. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Returning to Delray Beach but downsizing his domicile, actor Kevin James bought an 18,906-square-foot, six-bedroom oceanfront estate and guest hous
Amar opened in January and serves Lebanese food, something Atlantic Avenue diners ‘can’t get anywhere else,’ owner Nicolas Kurban says. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
What pandemic?
A recovery is taking hold along Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue, where
Struggling with the pandemic has put some people’s fitness goals on hold. If you want to get back into it, start small and expand your workout over time, owners of Slash Fitness in Delray Beach advise. Photo provided
By Joyce Reingold
Last spring M
St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic School in Delray Beach completed a $6.5 million renovation and addition in 2019 and dedicated the finished work Jan. 31.
Monsignor Thomas J. Skindeleski blesses the school courtyard. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Participants’ stories of 1964 polio preventive show parallels to COVID-19
By Joyce Reingold
Walter and Jean Dutch left New York in 1946 to settle in Briny Breezes with their two young children, Karen and Wayne. Karen Dutch Steinke was just 6 months
State concludes city committed ‘willful’ violations
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach officials have known for more than 12 years what was required to implement a safe reclaimed water project, according to July 2008 letters between the city’s Utilities Depa
The mayor, elected every three years, presides over a commission of four other members who are elected to three-year alternating terms by the community at large. The mayor and two commissioners up for re-election March 9 each have a challenger.
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by Steven J. Smith
Delray Beach will hold four virtual candidate forums. They are:
Feb. 10, 6-9 p.m., streamed live from the Arts Garage stage to the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/delraybeach/).
Candidates will receive
By Jane Smith
The historic Seaboard Air Line Railway Station in Delray Beach will be renovated and become home to the city’s Health and Wellness Center and Human Resources offices, city commissioners decided Jan. 12.
The $2.6 million rehabilitation c
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will allow its Human Resources Department to conduct a search for city manager candidates, a majority of the commission agreed at a special meeting held on Jan. 19.
Faced with the higher cost of hiring a search firm, about
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By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach mayor’s race is turning into a battle between the locals and the outsiders.
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A look, then and now, at the Delray Beach hotel site at the northwest corner of State Road A1A and Atlantic Avenue. LEFT: The Seacrest Hotel, circa 1925, which stood for 57 years. Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society. RIGHT: The newly re
Co-Chairwomen Martha Grimm and Lisa Jankowski. Photo Provided
By Amy Woods
COVID-19 has affected nearly every aspect of business, personal and social life in South County and beyond, including the cherished charitable community.
Of the nonprofits who
Global Sub Dive’s Go America vessel sank 10,000-pound, 7-by-6-foot reef balls Jan. 9 in the Delray Dredge Hole, a permitted artificial reef site roughly .35 mile long by .13 mile wide. CCA/Florida’s South Palm Beach County chapter and No Shoes Reefs
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach commissioners were flabbergasted at their Jan. 19 meeting when they were told about a draft report that details a nearly $3 million fine for violations in the city’s reclaimed water program.
“The draft is sending the public
Highland Beach resident Debbie Miglis was one of the first town residents to receive a shot on Jan 15. She was accompanied by two of her friends. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
More photos from Highland Beach vaccine event
By Rich Pollack, Jane Smi
About half of the pedestrians observed on Delray Beach's Atlantic Avenue on the morning of Jan. 6 were not wearing masks. Employees at shops and restaurants appeared to be in compliance with Palm Beach County's mask ordinance. Jerry Lower/The Coastal
By Jane Smith
The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County was still waiting last month for Delray Beach to finish inspecting its reclaimed water locations.
Then, the DOH will determine whether the information provided is enough to close ou
