By Jane Smith
Two city employees received “letters of instruction” recently from the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics. Another Delray Beach employee’s case was too unclear for the commission to make a ruling.
City firefighter Joseph Lang
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Eighty-two veterans (79 men and three women) residing at Harbour’s Edge Senior Living Facility
felt appreciated on Veterans Day, with each arriving at a flag-raising ceremony in a decorated golf cart.
Executive Director Bob Scharmann spoke in celebra
By Jane Smith
City leaders want to reclassify some “agencies” that receive taxpayer dollars as “service providers.”
“We need to move away from using ‘nonprofit status’ to describe them,” Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein said in mid-Nov
By Christine Davis
On Nov. 1, Douglas Elliman Florida acquired Tauriello & Co. Real Estate Inc., creating its 19th regional office, which will be led by managing broker Ingrid Carlos.
Explaining why Douglas Elliman Florida opted for a Delray B
As Delray Beach begins ordinance changes,
others stand pat
By Jane Smith
The U.S. Cavalry arrived last month in the form of a 20-page federal joint statement on sober homes, delivered by U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel.
She hoped beleaguered cities in h
Stacy Beaulieu-Fawcett chose Delray Beach for her office because of its ‘small-town’ feel.
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By Brian Biggane
As a single mother of a young, autistic child, Stacy Beaulieu-Fawcett recalls having some sleepless nights wh
'Dr. R2' is the telemedicine device named after Rogers.
From left, Charles K. Cross Jr., chair of the Palm Beach State College Board of Trustees;
Jacqueline Rogers, Lake Worth campus dean of health sciences and public safety and founder
of the Center
Talia Vessal and Christelle Singh show their plans for adding an outdoor gym to Barwick Park.
The gym will include an elliptical machine, leg press, chest press, pull-up bars, dipping bars and an abdominal bench.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jani
By Jane Smith
In what was described as a “transition year” for special events, Delray Beach commissioners approved a small-scale New Year’s Eve gathering hosted by the city.
The New Year’s Eve First Night event won’t be advertised or promoted o
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic luxury movie theater in downtown Delray Beach received a seventh extension of a purchase contract from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.
The agency extended the contract until Jan. 31 to all
By Jane Smith
After a two-year stint leading Delray Beach, City Manager Don Cooper turned in his resignation, effective Dec. 30.
“It is with regret that I must submit my resignation,” Cooper said in his Oct. 31 memo to the City Commission, m
By Jane Smith
City commissioners chose the Lohman Law Group of Jupiter to act as city attorney in a public process required by the way they solicited bids.
In a presentation Oct. 18 before the selection, R. Max Lohman said he would be the De
Plans for the revitalized shopping center would alter the entrance to the adjacent Tropic Isles neighborhood.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
A city board denied the site plan for Delray Place South in a chaotic late October meeting. Board
Delray Beach city commissioners approved spending nearly $5,000 for the city’s share of the annual Boynton Beach-Delray Beach boat parade on Dec. 9.
But they did not want the money coming from the city manager’s discretionary fund. They s
By Jane Smith
The City Commission passed a resolution Nov. 1 supporting federal agencies to put tighter controls on prescription painkillers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking the
For many coastal residents, Matthew was a chance to take photos and watch the waves, such as these off Ocean Ridge.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Employees put cross arms back on the bridge at George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach.
The arms
Anyone grabbing a midday nap at Veterans Park has soothing music as accompaniment.
Park supervisor Abby Murrell came up with the idea.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Calming classical music plays daily over the speaker system at Vetera
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Marian J. Buehler, a devoted Catholic, mother and wife whose life’s work centered on taking care of people, died Oct. 6 at her son’s house near Lake Ida. Her daughter said that in recent months her 96-year-old moth
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach fared very well when Hurricane Matthew brushed by the coast on Thursday, said Mayor Cary Glickstein.
“There were no serious injuries or property damage, including our beach, and only minor power outages,” he said
Jackie, Tommy and Eva Tyghem, 5, watch Biscuit, a yellow Labrador retriever,
fetch her ball under the light of the full moon in the ocean near the Colony Cabana Club in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Members and guests at the Colony Hotel
