This South Palm Beach dock is the source of a dispute with Lantana, which says it controls the water. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Patrick Sherry and Larry Barszewski
The waters between Lantana’s Hypoluxo Island and the town of South P
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By Jane Musgrave
A legal battle Manalapan launched to keep sand from being swept south from its shores has been delayed and it’s likely the long-running dispute will get bigger.
In what is shaping up to become a battle of coastal communities, Ocean R
By Rich Pollack
After years of back-and-forth discussions and letters, Delray Beach in June filed a lawsuit against neighboring Highland Beach, claiming the oceanfront town owes the city $3.8 million for past fire rescue services.
As they have for a
By Mary Hladky
More than four years of effort by the Boca Raton Housing Authority to secure money and approvals to replace the dilapidated Dixie Manor public housing complex reached a major milestone on May 14 when the City Council voted unanimously
By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton City Council has approved the Concierge, a nine-story multifamily residential project at 22 SE Sixth St. that became embroiled in litigation in 2018 when it was proposed as an assisted living facility.
The council, actin
By Mary Hladky
A proposal by Mayor Scott Singer to limit the authority of a key city board has sparked an outcry, with board members saying they were blindsided and two members resigning.
The first public indication that Singer and other City Council
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will spend up to $10,000 to get copies of public records from the city for its fight to stop sending millions of dollars each year to the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.
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The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District’s long-standing frustration over annual payments it must make to the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency has reached the point that district commissioners decided to take steps that could lead to legal
By Mary Hladky
Attorneys who prevailed in litigation that resulted in a court ruling striking down Boca Raton and Palm Beach County ordinances banning the controversial practice of conversion therapy on minors are now seeking $2.1 million in attorney
Staff and volunteers at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center had to move nine sea turtles to other facilities because Gumbo Limbo no longer had a license to treat them. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s injured and recuperating sea
Florida auditor general may be final arbiter
By Rich Pollack
For more than a year Delray Beach has claimed that Highland Beach owes it thousands of dollars for fire and rescue services, even going so far as to claim the town is in default.
Now, in a
By Mary Hladky
Still smarting over its financial obligations to the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District once again is seeking to control how much it must pay.
District commissioners unanimously voted o
Customers park outside the popular Seaside Deli & Market along State Road A1A in the county pocket. The deli faces an uncertain future as lawyers try to negotiate a resolution and community leaders launch a grassroots preservation and awareness campa
Glickman stands on a barrier Nov. 26 once classes had resumed after she and others pleaded with the City Council. ‘The people’s voices were heard,’ Glickman says. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
Leslie Glickman’s free, and beloved, Saturd
Students protest in front of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church on April 24 after the church’s decision. The lease ends Nov. 30. A mediator may help settle the dispute. Photo provided by Change.org
By Janis Fontaine
Parents, teachers and school administra
By Mary Hladky
A dispute between the Boca Raton City Council and City Manager Leif Ahnell spilled into public view last month — an incident that was notable because such disagreements are exceedingly rare.It was fueled by Ahnell’s decision to stop se
By Jane Smith
When barrier island homeowner Michael Marco next appears before the Delray Beach Historic Preservation Board, he will have to convince the members that demolition — followed by reconstruction — is allowed on his historic house at 212 Se
By Mary Thurwachter
After a cellphone video submitted by a supporter of mayoral candidate Robert Hagerty became fodder for a local TV news story, Lantana council member Mark Zeitler, a backer of incumbent Mayor David Stewart, became the focus of a po
By Mary Hladky
Seven weeks after Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners reluctantly gave in to City Council pressure to allow the city to build the Boca National golf course, they have decided to take back control.
Commissioners rem
By Mary Hladky
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District wants to stop making payments to the city to pay off a Mizner Park bond debt, and instead wants to redirect the money to park improvement projects.
The district asked the city’s Community R
