A privacy fence was installed around the site of the new fire station as construction began last month. The project means a temporary loss of about 25 parking spaces at Town Hall, and the town is working on solutions for that issue. Tim Stepien/The C
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City Council members Yvette Drucker (l-r), Andy Thomson, Monica Mayotte, Andrea O'Rourke, Mayor Scott Singer, Brightline President Patrick Goddard and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch shovel ceremonial dirt on Jan. 25 at the site of the new train station next to
By Mary Hladky
Two years after ecstatic City Council members approved a deal that allowed Brightline to build a Boca Raton train station, construction has begun.
Brightline announced on Dec. 21 that it has started work on a 4.5-story, 455-space parkin
Renovation work by DPR Construction began at the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Milagro Junior Teen Leadership Center, as the Milagro Foundation adds a third location. The center will offer cultural arts and academic programs to economically disadvantage
A bulldozer breaks ground on the Atlantic Crossing project last month. Jane Smith/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Sophisticated saxophone sounds beckoned attendees under a tent at Northeast Seventh Avenue and First Street — the future home of Atlantic
The nonprofit garden celebrated the hurricane-delayed groundbreaking of ‘Windows on the Floating World:
Blume Tropical Wetland Garden,’ expected to open in spring 2017. The new exhibit will educate visitors
about the importance of water conservation.
Altamonte Springs-based LeCesse Development Corp.’s 500 Ocean broke ground July 9 on the southwest corner of Federal Highway and Ocean Avenue. The project, to be built in phases, will comprise 341 apartments, 13,300 square feet of retail space and 6,
Nearly 50 children, families and supporters of Sunflower Creative Arts gathered with hard hats and shovels to kick off construction of a new facility in Delray Beach. The nonprofit learning center has been in operation for 22 years in Boca Raton. The
Philanthropist Elaine Wold led the ceremony for the new home of the Gloria Drummond Physical Rehabilitation Institute. Wold’s $10 million gift named the facility in memory of her friend and founder of the hospital. The new 40,000-square-foot space wi
School officials and students kicked off construction of a soon-to-be-built open-air pavilion that will serve as the school’s gymnasium and house home games for the first time in the institution’s history. ABOVE: Barbara Messier, Adriana Smigiel, Que
Christine Lynn’s birthday was celebrated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute. Lynn was accompanied by donors, hospital and city officials and hospital staff members. Her $10 million gift to es
Students and staff of Gulf Stream School pose for a group photo to commemorate the school’s 75th anniversary and to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Crocker Pavilion. The school is expanding to better meet the classroom needs of the school.
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More than 150 supporters, along with an army of tiny ‘workers,’ celebrated the ground-breaking of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County’s new Literacy Center for Education, Training and Outreach. To kick off the construction, a group of little
Former Boca Raton Rotary Club President Rick Zimmer (above left) presents a $50,000 check during the April 24 groundbreaking ceremony for the new city library. Rotary Club President Douglas Mummaw (lectern) speaks as Mayor Susan Whelchel (back left)
Members of the Literacy Center Committee gather at the site of the future home of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County at 3651 Quantum Blvd. in Boynton Beach. The 12,204-square-foot Literacy Center for Education, Training and Outreach will se
