By Mary Hladky
The state fire marshal is seeking the public’s help in its investigation of how a Jan. 2 fire started in vacant townhomes on the site of a proposed luxury condominium at the intersection of East Palmetto Park Road and South Ocean Boule
Four people escaped injury when the boat they were on caught fire in a finger canal just off the Intracoastal Waterway in Boca Raton. Boca Raton Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Jason Stout said the cause of the fire that destroyed the boat in the water b
Photographs of firefighters were used as the base for a mural named 'Community Heartbeat' by Boca Raton artist Lynn Doyal. In the mural sample above it can be seen how the face of Deputy Fire Chief Latosha Clemons was obscured. In a different panel (
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell has warned council members that the city faces a potential $20 million budget deficit in two years.
Of most concern is that revenue the city gets annually from the Community Redevelopment Agency is ab
By Jane Smith
A retired deputy fire chief in Boynton Beach has sued the city after her face was altered in a mural displayed briefly last June in the new Town Square fire station.
Latosha Clemons was the city’s first Black woman to be deputy fire ch
By Jane Smith
The historic Seaboard Air Line Railway Station in Delray Beach will be renovated and become home to the city’s Health and Wellness Center and Human Resources offices, city commissioners decided Jan. 12.
The $2.6 million rehabilitation c
The Brontosaurus can grind trees into mulch, remove lower limbs or clear underbrush as a supplement to controlled fires in South County scrub areas. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
If Harper Carroll had his druthers, he’d be s
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan’s high property values likely won’t be enough to insulate the town from a modest increase in the tax rate for the next fiscal year.
Like all Florida munici-palities, Manalapan faces a reduction in state and county revenue str
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners, faced with a 10.3% increase in how much they’re charged for fire service from Delray Beach, are questioning why they are being asked to pay for four additional firefighter/paramedics to be assigned to the
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach Fire Chief Neal de Jesus abruptly resigned on March 10, according to an email he sent to the city manager.
Keith Tomey, assistant fire chief, took over as interim chief at a 10% boost to his salary, City Manager George Gr
Thirty firefighter units responded to the blaze at the vacant station near Atlantic Avenue and I-95. The force of the blaze knocked over and burned one firefighter. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The four Atlantic High School teens who co
By Rich Pollack
In what might seem like déjà vu, Highland Beach’s Financial Advisory Board has been tasked with reviewing the town’s 2016 contract with Delray Beach for fire and rescue services.
The Town Commission’s decision to review the contract t
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach property owners will not have to pay a separate fire assessment fee in the next financial year.
City commissioners on March 12 unanimously approved stopping the consultant from doing any more work on the fee.
The item appea
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach property owners may have to pay a fire assessment fee in the next budget year under a proposal the City Commission approved by a 3-2 vote on Dec. 11.
The assessment amount depends on the type of property.
Single-family home
More than 35 firefighters with 14 trucks from Delray Beach and elsewhere in the county responded to a fire at the Gulf Stream estate of Anthony Pugliese on Oct. 29. They contained the fire to the multi-car garage and guest quarters, preserving the ma
Related story: Thrasher returns to public service as interim town manager
By Rich Pollack
By forcing out three town managers in about three years, Highland Beach faces costs — in dollars and in stability — for the high turnover in its top executive
Delray Beach Fire Rescue and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
responded to a small fire Nov. 29 at 3201 Beach Walk East in Highland Beach.
The fire is under investigation, but officials suspected it started
from workers soldering wires earlier in the da
By Rich Pollack
A popular beachfront pavilion in Delray Beach that was destroyed in what has been described as a suspicious fire will be rebuilt, but when it will reopen and how much it will cost the city to rebuild it are yet to be determined.
Emily Leander with her daughter Elle and the maze of electrical cables
running through the lobby of the Villa Oceana.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Margie Plunkett
More than 10 days after a fire at the Villa Oceana apartments in Boca Raton, one
By Angie Francalancia
Boynton Beach’s downtown fire station that helps serve Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes will be brought back up to full staffing, thanks to a two-year grant that the Boynton Beach Commission agreed last month to accept.
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