By Jane Smith
Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency will have an additional $5.7 million to spend in the next budget year.
The extra money comes from an estimated 14.6 percent increase in property tax income and $3.6 million from th
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DELRAY BEACH — Maryruth Price Pfeiffer, our beautiful mother and the heart of our family, went to heaven on June 9. She was born on the Fourth of July, 1928, in Dearborn, Mich. Maryruth was the daughter of the late Eleanore and Martin Price.
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Jennifer Medici carries her son James, 5, during the Cason Color 5K Fun Run
in Delray Beach. Runners and walkers took part in the fundraising event on A1A.
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Ron London and his wife, Leona, sit in the garden of the Abbey Delray community
where they live. Ron London has had two kidney transplants and is active
with the Kidney Association of South Florida.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O'Connor
William Romac of Delray Beach shows fine form while catching a football at Palm Beach Sport Camp.
He was one of dozens of kids taking part in non-contact sports games.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Friends of Delray Dog Beach held a demonstration May 7 in hopes of raising awareness
and gaining approval for dogs to be permitted on part of the public beach. The demonstrators gathered
in front of the city’s beachside pavilion.
Among the signs: ‘Su
Our “Village by the Sea” is being placed at risk by Delray Resolution 71-015, unanimously adopted by the City Commission in December.
The resolution commits the city to a 3,000-mile “urban Appalachian Trail” that connects 15 states along the
By Jane Smith
Property values continue to increase by double-digit percentages in Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency area.
When the county property appraiser released its 2016 taxable value estimates on May 27, the numbers showed a 13.2
By Rich Pollack
Plans to sprinkle license plate recognition cameras throughout the barrier island, derailed more than a year ago when the state refused to allow them on its rights of way, are getting new life thanks to advanced technology.
Now
By Jane Smith
The legal bills continue to mount in the Atlantic Crossing case while the downtown project remains on hold during federal litigation.
In mid-May, the developers filed their fourth amended complaint in their federal lawsuit against
Lantana Cub Scout Alex Beardsley holds back a tear while remembering his grandfather,
Ed Beardsley, who served in the Army in Panama. Alex was part of a group
of Delray Beach Scouts that replaced a worn American flag at the intersection of A1A and At
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach’s city manager received a 10 percent raise even though most of his bosses rated his performance during the past year as average.
Don Cooper, a longtime Port St. Lucie city manager who most recently served as chief
By Jane Smith
Visitors who went on the Delray Beach website during the third weekend in May saw a photo of a beach with a pier.
But the photo wasn’t of the city beach.
The image was a stock photo holding a place until city staff could post
By Jane Smith
A Fort Lauderdale engineering firm will translate conceptual drawings into biddable documents and oversee construction for Delray Beach’s redo of sidewalks and furnishings along its public beach.
EDSA Inc. initially had a not-to-e
By Jane Smith
A small but vocal group of beach property owners persuaded the City Commission to revisit a December resolution supporting the East Coast Greenway.
They reached out to state Rep. Bill Hager, who sent a letter to the Delray Beach m
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic luxury movie theater in downtown Delray Beach received a sixth extension to its contract to allow the firm time to work out a parking agreement with the city.
The deadline is now Oct. 31, instead of
Related story: Atlantic Avenue business sales drive Delray’s value increase
By Mary Hladky
As the housing market collapse fades into memory, the taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has risen to within striking distance of the histor
Related story: Higher cost estimates could scuttle fire district plan
By Rich Pollack
Another deadline for when Highland Beach has to let Delray Beach know if it plans to continue contracting with the city for fire and rescue services has come
Eddie James and Tommy Woodard, known as The Skit Guys, will perform June 10 in Delray Beach.
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By Janis Fontaine
The Skit Guys — Tommy Woodard of Edmond, Okla., and Eddie James of Sachse, Texas — have been using comedy and drama to
Dr. John Strasswimmer is helping bring skin cancer screenings and treatments
to the local migrant community. Behind Dr. Strasswimmer at Caridad Center
are Dr. Sherry McQuown and Wilfido, a patient of Dr. Strasswimmer’s.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
