By Steve Plunkett
Wait eight more months for the town’s core area to turn into a construction zone.
The latest schedule, approved by the Town Commission on Jan. 14, shows work on replacing drainage and water pipes and rebuilding roads set to begin in
By Steve Plunkett
Resident Martin O’Boyle, a perennial legal foe of the town, has claimed another court victory in his long-running battle with Gulf Stream, but the state is appealing the outcome.
A County Court jury last August decided O’Boyle was g
Gulf Stream resident Kevin Anderson is among three former champions scheduled to compete in the 30th annual Delray Beach Open by Vitacost, Feb. 11-20 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center.
Anderson, who won the event in 2012, was expected as of late Jan
GULF STREAM — Catherine Hohenlohe Jacobus, a voracious reader and creative writer, died in Delray Beach on Dec. 21. She was 79. For the last 40-plus years, she divided her time between Florida and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, usually feeding, te
GULF STREAM — James Mellon Walton, a corporate and philanthropic leader in his hometown of Pittsburgh and humble volunteer serving Haitian children at Paul’s Place in Delray Beach, died Jan. 2 at his home in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, surrounded by his
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By Charles Elmore
After a rocky 2020, fewer people died of overdoses in southern Palm Beach County cities during the first three quarters of 2021. Sometimes a
By Mary Hladky and Jane Smith
When a $26 billion deal was reached in July that required the pharmaceutical industry to help pay for the opioid addiction and overdose crisis, a framework was established to get that money to thousands of communities th
By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners bounced back plans for a two-story home on a cove off the Intracoastal Waterway as too big, telling the advisory Architectural Review and Planning Board to revisit the structure’s overall massing.
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Kevin Anderson of Gulf Stream says time away from tennis is more important since his 2-year-old daughter, Keira, was born. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
It’s been close to a decade since Kevin Anderson and his wife, Kelsey, settled in Gulf Stream, soo
By Rich Pollack
The water was flowing out of the faucets just fine at Jim Gammon and Margo Stahl-Gammon’s top-floor Gulfstream Shores condo for a few months as the summer rains came down.
But when the storms stopped and snowbirds flocked back to thei
By Rich Pollack
GULF STREAM — Even after her retirement in 2004, Anne Gibb remained one of Gulf Stream School’s most beloved educators.
“Everyone adored her,” said Barbara Backer, whose now-grown children attended the school and who remained close to
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Delray Beach’s fundraising event broke a record by generating $190,000. Proceeds will help the club’s hunger-relief efforts and provide more than 100,000 nutritious meals. ‘We are so excited to have been able to host this sp
Athena Zarcadoolas has worked with her family to help people in Costa Rica, where her mom was born. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
At 14, Athena Zarcadoolas has done more to make this world a better place than some others manage in a lifetime.
“It
Sited on 121 feet of direct oceanfront, this newly constructed home sits among lush landscaping. Photos provided
Contemporary designed epicurean kitchen has a butler’s room, custom cabinetry and top-shelf appliances.
Recently completed, this new co
A new law requires cyclists to ride in a single file on sections of A1A with no designated bike lane. A surveillance camera captures a pack of riders taking up most of a travel lane while riding north near the Eau Palm Beach in Manalapan. Photo provi
Some materials that contractors pick up on Hypoluxo Island likely don’t belong in the recycling bins. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski
For the first time in two years, Palm Beach County cities and towns are receiving a divi
By Steve Plunkett
Among the new faces in town briefly this fall were four police officers, the result of a three-month hiring spree by Police Chief Edward Allen.
“We do have a full staff on board at this time,” Allen told Gulf Stream’s Town Commissio
By Steve Plunkett
A woman from Boca Raton has been charged with pilfering $650,000 in high-value handbags, jewelry and furs from a home in Gulf Stream.
Liliana Vargas, 31, received only $100,000 for the goods via a Delray Beach consignment shop, she
World War II civil defense in Delray Beach had ‘beach watchers’ on horseback looking for suspicious planes, boats or people. Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society
By Rich Pollack
It was a time of turmoil throughout Europe.
In the late 19
By Charles Elmore
Big changes in federal flood insurance are lowering bills for some but triggering sticker shock for others, agents say — such as the buyer of a Delray Beach commercial property who was quoted a $16,400 annual premium after the previ
