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Three votes is all it takes to change the course of history in most of our coastal towns. Think about it: Riverwalk Plaza in Boynton Beach, iPic and Atlantic Crossing in Delray Beach, the termination of a police chief in Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes

By Steven J. Smith

    A very big 2016 election year offers candidates at nearly every level, and the Aug. 30 primary ballot promises some hot races.
    At the federal level, candidates will vie for seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representat

    I was raised in Illinois. The Land of Lincoln.  I have heartland values.
    Maybe that’s why this election year has been so disturbing to me. It seems I’m just not angry enough or afraid enough to embrace the hate-filled mentality that has grippe

                          Percent    Votes

Circuit Judge, 15th Circuit, Group 14
Diana Lewis    45.56%    45,175
*Jessica Ticktin    54.44%    55,181
            101,356
Circuit Judge, 5th Circuit, Group 30
Maxine Cheesman    16.76%    16,661
*Jaimie Goodma

    Vote!
    Municipal elections will be held March 11 and it is up to you to choose the people who will guide the community where you live.  
    This has not been a quiet campaign season for Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Gulf Stream, Highland Beach and

Gulf Stream will have its first election since 1993 as six candidates are running to fill five at-large seats.  Voters can cast their votes for up to five candidates. The five with the highest votes will be elected.  The winners will serve three-year

By Jane Smith

    Buckets of money are flowing into the Boca Raton municipal races for the March 11 elections from two main groups: development and public safety.

    Ten candidates raised $364,795, as of Feb. 7, the last reporting deadline before Th

By Dan Moffett

    Gulf Stream commissioners came to their first meeting of the new year primed for a lively discussion with the town’s civic association over a charter change to staggered elections.
    What commissioners got instead was another deb

Manalapan Town Clerk Lisa Petersen administers the oath of office to Commissioner-Elect Chauncey Johnstone (left), Mayor-Elect David Cheifetz, Commisioner Tom Thornton and Commissioner-Elect Peter Isaac in the Commission Chambers. Kurtis Boggs/The Co

Live, Work, Play: Third of a three-part series looking at the downtowns of  Delray Beach, Boca Raton and Boynton Beach

A wrecking ball demolishes what remains of the Bank of America
building on Federal Highway at Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach
in Ja

Municipal elections will be held in a number of towns and cities in Palm Beach County on March 12. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  Town or city clerks can provide answers to any election-related questions.

Briny Breezes

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Gulf Stream resident Pamela Goodman has dropped out of the State House race for coastal South County because of her husband’s health.
“It’s a pretty serious illness. I can’t stay on the campaign trail,” Goodman said after notifying Democratic Party of

By Steve Plunkett

Three men are running in the Aug. 14 election to replace Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commissioner Dirk Smith, who resigned his seat at the start of the year.
The candidates are Steven Engel, Felipe Martinez and Tom Thay

By Tim O’Meilia
    
As the presidential election season rumbles on elsewhere, in south Palm Beach County coastal towns, there’s no place more comforting for an incumbent than a high-backed chair behind the council dais.
    Of the 19 seats up for elect

By Margie Plunkett

Gary Eliopoulos won’t run for re-election next term, deciding it’s time to turn attention to family and business, he told his fellow commissioners at an early December Commission meeting.
 Eliopoulos spoke about commitment and sacri

By Margie Plunkett

Alderman Karen Wiggins stepped down from Briny Breezes Town Council to accept a seat onthe corporate board last month, leaving vacant a two-year term that will be filled by appointment.

“We’ll be looking for a full-time reside