Boca Raton (above) and Highland Beach are the only two municipalities in Palm Beach County to require inspections of older condominium buildings. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
More local rules likely after bill dies in Legislature
By Joel Engelhardt
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By Mary Hladky
The Florida Elections Commission has found that Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke did not act improperly or illegally when she sent an email to residents announcing her candidate endorsements in last year’s city election.
The commission clos
By Mary Hladky
After a 20-year career with IBM, former Deputy Mayor Jeremy Rodgers is relocating to Tallahassee after being hired as chief information security officer for Florida Digital Service, which is part of the state’s Department of Management
Town connecting with Maryland counterpart
By Rich Pollack
William Sanders III was traveling from his home in Maryland to a conference in Boca Raton more than a decade ago when he was caught off guard by a sign for Highland Beach.
“I was surprised bec
Mutual Attraction by Karen Coleman shows a ruby-throated hummingbird feeding on a coral honeysuckle.
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Both nature enthusiasts and art lovers will find plenty to enjoy at the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach through A
By Charles Elmore
Health agencies in Palm Beach County will receive 9,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses during the first week of February, an agency chief said, a sign of change after outcry about overwhelming reliance on Publix to distribute doses locally.
About half of the pedestrians observed on Delray Beach's Atlantic Avenue on the morning of Jan. 6 were not wearing masks. Employees at shops and restaurants appeared to be in compliance with Palm Beach County's mask ordinance. Jerry Lower/The Coastal
South Palm Beach holds an in-person Town Council meeting late last month, but with social distancing measures in place and a thermometer to screen attendees. The town also has allowed residents and council members to attend via phone. Jerry Lower/The
Costa d’Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach offers humans a free stay if an accompanying pet pays a rate starting at $184 a night. Photo provided by Costa d’Este Beach Resort & Spa
By Arden Moore
Raise your paw, er hand, if you are feeling a little stir
Turtle nest monitor Jim Jolley passes four marked nests on the beach in Ocean Ridge north of Beachway Drive. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Larry Keller
South Florida beach closures because of the coronavirus pandemic may have annoyed some people,
By Jane Smith
After five months of emergency repairs to the city’s botched reclaimed water system, 90% of the customers should have been back on line by June 30, the city said.
As of June 17,
On Feb. 4, the city of Delray Beach was told by the Florida Health Department that it must implement a citywide boil water order after receiving complaints that the city’s drinking water had become contaminated with reclaimed water.
The order was avo
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners want to make it a lot more difficult for the town to merge its Police Department with another law enforcement agency.
With a unanimous vote on June 12, the commission gave final approval to a charter amendment
By Jane Smith
The city’s reclaimed water program, spawned in 2006 with the intent to stop the spewing of millions of gallons of wastewater into the ocean each year, was haunted from the beginning by mismanagement and lack of oversight, City Manager
Birthday celebrations, graduations, hair appointments — few things in everyday life look as they did before COVID-19 arrived
Thirteen-year-old Kenzi Mendel rides on the back of a golf cart with her mother, Amani. Kenzi celebrated her birthday by mo
DiStefano with Jill Baum, holding a plaque of recognition, and Juliet. Photo provided
The sold-out 35th annual event, themed ‘Carnival in Venice,’ raised more than $715,000 for JDRF to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs for the cure, prevention a
Marilyn Weinberg and Jim and Marta Batmasian. Photo provided
Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters’ first Culture, Arts and Society Today (CAST) party fundraiser generated more than $100,000 for student scholars
Samantha Sexton, Angie Myers, Nancy Walsh, Shari Matz, Linda Marenus, Tunis, Renee McCabe Johnson, Nicole Skellenger and Yvette Drucker. Photo provided
The Junior League of Boca Raton’s Public Affairs Committee received the Outstanding Committee Awar
About 40 vendors sell fruits, vegetables and other goods in Boca. Linda Haase/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
Anyone who knows Emily Lilly can tell you where she spends Saturday mornings from November to early May.
It’s the same place she’s been fo
