By Jane Smith
The county’s inspector general won’t be getting involved in the Delray Beach City Commission’s decision to allow an iPic movie theater to open in its downtown.
On Aug. 18, the City Commission held a quasi-judicial hearing on the
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The Delray Beach City Commission recognized the students with a proclamation on Nov. 3. Afterward, students and their host families took photos. Students Chisato Nagai (left), Nanako Umezaki (center), Kana Nakagawa and Nozomi Mukainaka (far right) a
By Ron Hayes
DELRAY BEACH — As chairman of the Boca Raton Resort & Club and director of Discover Palm Beach County, R. Scott Morrison helped pass a penny bed tax to benefit local cultural organizations.
In 1982, its first year, $1,251,000 was c
For more than 60 years, Wright by the Sea has been a favorite hotel destination in Delray Beach.
The founder’s daughter, Gay Wright Vela, celebrated her 80th birthday with family and friends.
Here, Vela with her grandchildren: (clockwise from front)
Premier Estate Properties business partner Carmen D’Angelo Jr. (far left),
with family members (l-r) Gerard, Laura, Antonio, Pascal and Joseph Liguori.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Pascal Liguori, broker associate at Premier Estate Propert
Nate Kinbacher, manager of The Bridgehampton, hacks away at invasive Brazilian pepper plants
along the dunes in Delray Beach. His friend Jason Davis assists.
The berries of a Brazilian pepper plant.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah
Workers and dogs coexist inside the pet-friendly office of Architec Brands, a housewares design company
in Delray Beach. Henry, a 3-year-old golden retriever, lounges in his bed. His friend Lilly,
a 2-year-old Morkie, explores the office to find a pl
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will focus on raising the level of service of its own fire-rescue department instead of consolidating with the county, city commissioners agreed Nov. 3.
Just four residents spoke against the consolidation.
“We are
By Jane Smith
Parking meters are coming to downtown Delray Beach, a majority of city commissioners agreed in mid-October. The question remains when.
A majority of commissioners reached that decision in May, too, and were waiting to review p
By Jane Smith
The Downtown Development Authority board will give new Executive Director Laura Simon a salary increase to coincide with her promotion. At the Delray Beach authority’s Oct. 12 meeting, the board agreed to increase Simon’s base sa
New playground equipment might have a nautical theme.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Veterans Park will soon have new playground equipment after Delray Beach commissioners agreed to pay slightly more than $92,000 to replace the aging wooden
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic movie theater property in Delray Beach asked to amend for the fourth time the contract to buy the 1.59-acre site.
But the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, which owns the parcel that sits
By Jane Smith
At their March meeting, Delray Beach commissioners will review an agreement that would give them more of the property taxes collected in the downtown.
“It’s not going to continue as is,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said Oct. 29 at the c
The City Commission amended its sidewalk ordinance on Oct. 20.
The 11 historic-home owners who had paid into the sidewalk fund will get their money back, the Delray Beach city manager said after the meeting. Those homeowners had paid a total
By Jane Smith
The attorneys for Delray Beach responded to Atlantic Crossing’s $25 million lawsuit, now in federal court, with a motion to dismiss on Oct. 26.
The motion delves into the legal complexity of the $200 million, 9.2-acre proposed mix
The Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Board on Oct. 19 passed the final portion of the design guidelines for the city’s eastern half. Next they will be reviewed by the City Commission.
The guidelines cover architectural styles to “ensure harmon
By Jane Smith
The Community Redevelopment Agency in Delray Beach successfully addressed 10 of 19 items found by state auditors in 2013, board members learned in early October.
Five additional items were partially corrected and four remain uncor
DELRAY BEACH — Kathleen Stephens Moraskie died at her home in Delray Beach on Oct. 1 surrounded by her children. Originally from Shamokin, Pa., Mrs. Moraskie was the daughter of John Edmund and Anna (nee Hollenback) Collins, sister of Anne (Sc
Bob and Ellie Smela are celebrating 25 years
at Ellie’s 50’s Diner on North Federal Highway in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Scott Simmons
You’d think Ellie Smela would be exhausted after 25 years of rocking around the clock at he
One of seven orphaned pups that were nursed and cared for by employees of Sklar Furnishings in Boca Raton.
Store owner Pat Howard takes a turn feeding one of the pups.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
Acts of kindness come i
