There’s no question what voters in the coastal towns thought about the new ethics ordinance that includes oversight by Palm Beach County’s inspector general. They overwhelmingly voted “Yes.”
But opinions among the town leaders run
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There’s no question what voters in the coastal towns thought about the new ethics ordinance that includes oversight by Palm Beach County’s inspector general. They overwhelmingly voted “Yes.”
But opinions among the town leaders run
By Steve Plunkett
Manalapan is once again looking at whether to put electric, cable and telephone linesunderground on the Point.
Mayor Kelly Gottlieb told commissioners she had learned that Gulf Stream was planningto bury its lines for about $16,
By Emily J. Minor
Charity work might seem daunting if you’ve never done it. All those phone calls. All that check writing. All that traipsing around town for corporate sponsors.All that time.
But a growing group of influential women who call thems
By Steve Plunkett
The town of Gulf Stream is “regretful’’ it wasn’t able to stop a Walmart from beingbuilt across the street in Boynton Beach the way homeowners in Delray Beach apparently were, its town manager says.
“We’re still trying to apply p
By Tim O’Meilia
Picture a neighborhood agitator. A troublemaker. An interloper. Now imagine a white-haired thoracic surgeon dressed in his croquet whites — cotton Bermuda shorts and polo-style shirt — propping a croquet mallet on his shoulder at a jBy Steve Plunkett
Coming to your mailbox as soon as this month: a straw ballot asking whether the town should spend $4.6 million to bury electricity, cable TV and phone lines.
Town commissioners unanimously agreed at their September meeting that To
By Steve Plunkett
Construction is on pace for a mid-December reopening of the George Bush Boulevard Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.
“There’s been no change in the schedule,’’ said Kristine Frazelle-Smith, an engineer
with Palm Beach County’s
By Steve Plunkett
Homeowners would pay $800 to $1,100 a year for 20 years to put overhead electric,telephone and cable TV wires underground, the town’s consulting engineer says.
The cost will depend on how much each household benefits from buryi
2009-10 tax rate: $2.87 per $1,000 of taxable value
Change in property value: 5.8 percent decrease
Total Budget (Operating and Capital): $2.6 million
Total proposed cuts/savings: More revenue sharing
In the end, the plan to bring a taller building and more people to the oceanfront was a straightforward matter, according to the county officials who in July gave the go-ahead for a new condominium at the old Sea Horse Bath and
By Mary Thurwachter
As manager of the Gulf Stream Golf Club, Kevin M. Bauer has become adept at politely saying no to brides-to-be who dream of holding their wedding receptions at the clubhouse. Those kinds of requests come often and anyone whoBy Margie Plunkett
Residents of this usually quiet coastal area have lately raised an assertive voice on two separate issues, urging northern neighbor Gulf Stream to annex them and objecting to the latest development of the Sea Horse condominium
By Dianna Smith
RobertZelle spent his life giving to others.
He volunteered for years at various places such as schools and medical centerswhile living part of the year in Gulf Stream and the other in Nashville and while building his reputation as
Phase I plans for ‘4001’ (formerly called Sea Horse Bath Club) have been submitted to the Palm Beach County Planning & Zoning Department by OK Seahorse LLLP. The oceanfront building design (located just north of Gulf Stream) shows five stories facin
By Margie Plunkett
The official word on estimated property values in Palm Beach County that came out in late May confirmed what many already anticipated as another down year for taxable
property values — and for municipal coffers.
Taxable values fe
By Thomas R. Collins
Since Boynton Beach brought up the idea of annexing pieces of unincorporated barrierisland land, several residents have made it known that they’d prefer to be part of Gulf Stream instead.
As a result, Gulf Stream town offici
The George Bush Boulevard Bridge will close to motorists and pedestrians sometimelate in July for four months while the county makes repairs, according to Palm Beach County Bridge Superintendent Barry Meve. The bridge closing isn’t expected to int
By Christine Davis
What goes around comes around, and, when it comes to coastal real estate, it lookslike it might be coming around again, observes Judi Lukens, a Realtor with Premier Estate Properties in Delray Beach.
“Across the board, we are
By Tim O’Meilia
His business is called “Kenny Brown’s Trapping and Wildlife Rescue.” His truck says, “Pelican and Wildlife Rescue and Release.”
The kids call him “Noah.” Or “Dr. Doolittle.” Some call him “the pelican man.” Fishermen often call h
By Antigone Barton
“A stack of letters,” as Mayor William Koch put it — 17 then, with three more onthe way —addressed to Town Hall in April may be the most correspondence in recent times to demand Gulf Stream commissioners’ attention, and was all
