March 17 is an election day. Are you excited? OK, maybe not. I realize only some will be able to vote in the presidential preference primary (it is a closed primary, open to only registered Democrats or Republicans), but everyone who is registered to
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By Steve Plunkett
Along with naming their preference for U.S. president next month, city voters will choose either incumbent Mayor Scott Singer or one of the men he defeated by a more than 20-to-1 margin just 17 months ago.
Qualifying for the March 1
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach will get a new mayor and a new commissioner come March along with a returning vice mayor, after three candidates for commission seats ran unopposed.
In what appears to be a calm in Highland Beach elections not seen for
By Dan Moffett
Vice Mayor Don MaGruder’s decision not to run for a second term in the March 17 election left two seats open on the Ocean Ridge Town Commission with two candidates qualified and ready to claim them.
Incumbent Commissioner Susan Hurlb
By Jane Smith
Seven candidates are vying for two City Commission seats in Delray Beach.
The incumbents for each seat met the city’s qualifying deadline of noon Dec. 19, along with their challengers.
Bill Bathurst, who last time ran unopposed to fill
By Mary Thurwachter
Council members up for re-election in Lantana on March 17 will face opposition from two political newcomers and longtime residents.
Mark Allen Zeitler, 63, an air-conditioning contractor, will challenge Edward Shropshire, 67, for
During the March municipal elections, our coastal residents’ voices were heard, not only in candidate selection, but on significant issues that affected their town. Sometimes, we need to allow our residents to directly express their opinions on speci
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge voters elected Steve Coz to another term on the Town Commission during the March 12 municipal election, and they chose Susan Hurlburt over John Lipscomb to fill an open seat with a partial one-year term.
Coz, who was appoin
On the day of the vote, dozens of residents who opposed the measures displayed their feelings with the word NO on their shirts. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Just weeks after an election in which voters turned out in record
Proponents of the “Vote No” group that were stationed at the polling station in Highland Beach on Tuesday to inform voters of what was at stake before they cast a ballot. Ken Murphy, right, shares information with resident Bill McGrath prior to him
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
(Unofficial results)
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
(Unofficial results)
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
(Unofficial results)
STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Shall the Town be authorized to issue bonds, in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $16,550,000, bearing interest rates not exceeding the maximum legal rate, maturing within 30 years from
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
(Unofficial results)
QUESTION 1: Shall Ocean Ridge amend its Charter to address various housekeeping and administrative issues relating to qualifying periods, forfeiture of office, commencement date of Commission terms, date of Election, qualification of electors, form o
Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
(Unofficial results)
$378 million to keep a city above water. $45 million for renovations along A1A. $25 million to keep sand on the beach. These are a few of the dramatic numbers we’ve seen discussed in our coastal area recently.
The cost of updating our aging infrastr
As a longtime Fortune 500 senior executive and business owner, I knew the right location was critical when we moved here from New Jersey as full-time residents. My husband, Roy, and I selected Ocean Ridge after looking carefully at several small coas
In a few days it will once again be election day here in Ocean Ridge. As I hope we all recognize, there are three candidates running for two seats on the Town Commission. Qualified voters will have two votes to cast, two chances to shape the future f
