The Little Club golf course has a number of lakes. Gulf Stream wants to double the size of a small, quarter-acre lake to provide additional drainage for a town capital improvement project. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
A demand by The Little Club
By Mary Hladky
Taxable values of Palm Beach County properties have surged more than any year since 2006.
That year, countywide taxable values jumped by a whopping 23%. The Great Recession halted the meteoric rise, with the county experiencing signifi
Water samples taken between May 14 and 18 show those from (l-r) a Delray Beach home on Delray Lakes Drive, a Delray Beach condo on Dotterel Road, a Boca Raton home on Southwest Fifth Street, and two samples from a Delray Beach home on Sandoway Lane t
Emma Imperatore and Valentina Autiero show the Gulf Stream Town Commission possible new locations for duck crossing signs. BELOW RIGHT: Prototype they drew two years ago. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Thanks to the determin
By Mary Hladky
After years of steady growth, the taxable values of Palm Beach County properties have surged in a reflection of the white-hot real estate market and a spike in new construction.
All southeast county municipalities saw impressive gains,
By Steve Plunkett
For the first time in at least 24 years, no one from Place Au Soleil has a seat on the Gulf Stream Town Commission.
Donna White, who served since June 2013, submitted a resignation letter March 21 saying she is leaving the area. Her
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream and litigious resident Martin O’Boyle have settled three lawsuits — over a dock he built without permission, a conduit buried in his front yard during the utilities undergrounding project and his demand for $30,000 in le
The 23,625-square-foot estate was built in 2014 on nearly two acres. Photo provided by Robert Stevens
By Christine Davis
Omaha businessman Steve Buchanan and his wife, Samantha, paid $40 million for the mansion at 2455 S. Ocean Blvd., Highland Beach,
It’s not that I’m slowing down or losing interest. There are no urgent responsibilities that must be addressed. My health is good. But like the dropping barometer before a storm, there’s an ever-present pressure nagging at me to slow down, urging me
Work crews contracted by FPL were unloading wooden power poles at a temporary storage site at the Gulf Stream Golf Club. More than 15 poles had been removed by March 22. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Folks who 10 years ago paid speci
GULF STREAM — Shirley Coulter Cleveland, 86, of Gulf Stream, Florida, and formerly of Houston, Texas, passed away suddenly on March 6, 2022. There are a lot of trios now looking for a fourth for bridge.
A blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty, Shirley was
Whole Foods plans to open a store as part of a development called the Boynton Beach Marketplace at Boynton Beach Boulevard and Hagen Ranch Road. Rendering provided
By Christine Davis
Good news for Whole Foods fans in Boynton Beach. A store will soon
Lori Joyce owns Muddy Paws Pet Care, which is based in Boynton Beach. Eight-year-old Teddy is one of her favorite dogs to walk. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
If you want to win popularity points from your dog, take a walk on the wag side. Truly. The
ABOVE: The covered loggia has built-in electric screens and shutters, and a summer kitchen with top-of-the line appliances, BBQ, bar and TV. BELOW: The house, designed by architect Randall Stofft, boasts master craftsmanship throughout and is designe
Manalapan’s fourfold increase in two years leads an unprecedented wave of $20 million sales along coast
By Larry Barszewski
Real estate buyers had no vaccine to protect them from luxury home prices that hit stratospheric levels in 2021. A record num
Related story: Senate seats changing as well
By Joel Engelhardt
For the past decade, coastal residents have had a single Florida House member representing them in Tallahassee.
This year that’s going to change.
Somewhat mournfully, state Rep. Mike Ca
Related story: New map carves barrier island into three districts for state House
By Joel Engelhardt
Despite the larger size of Senate districts, the southernmost section of Boca Raton (south of Glades Road) would fall into a Senate District 30 domi
In March, the Florida Coalition for Preservation will celebrate its 15th year of community service.
We began in response to a neighborhood crisis. In 2007, a Canadian firm had made a “too good to be true” offer to acquire the tiny town of Briny Breez
By Rich Pollack
Residents of a Gulf Stream condominium who have struggled with water pressure issues for more than three years met with Delray Beach officials last month hoping to learn why water mysteriously disappears from their faucets during earl
By Steve Plunkett
The fifth time was the charm for James and Nadia Davis’ plan to build an 8,699-square-foot home on an oversized lot at the mouth of Polo Cove off the Intracoastal Waterway.
Their proposal was evaluated three times by the town’s Arch
