How to navigate A1A chaos? Police explain law, give tips for walkers, drivers
A couple crosses A1A without using a crosswalk to get to Atlantic Dunes Park in Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The close call came as
By Rich Pollack
It has been a year since Highland Beach split from Delray Beach and started its own fire department, but a fight over who still owes the other money — and how much — is heating up again.
In late March, attorneys for Delray Beach sent
In what logical way does it make any sense to allow one person to inconvenience thousands?
Why would a [Manalapan] homeowner be allowed to tunnel under a public road [State Road A1A] for personal use? Why should thousands of people be inconvenienced
By Rich Pollack
Traffic issues, pedestrian safety and a familiar subject — parking spots and their abundance — were on the minds of Highland Beach residents as county leaders provided an update on the progress of Milani Park at a public forum last mo
I’ve lived in Highland Beach for 26 years. In spite of all the new and improved infrastructure put in place to deter it — the latest of which is pedestrian-activated warning lights installed at no small expense — vehicles continue to fly through cros
Evalyn David, first elected to the Town Commission in 2019, has left the job because of term limits but has been appointed to the town’s Planning Board. Rich Pollack/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Evalyn David hadn’t planned on becoming a Highland
By Rich Pollack
In an election with a light turnout, Highland Beach voters agreed to let town leaders spend up to $3.5 million on a public safety boat dock and renovation to the town’s old fire station.
Just 390 voters — a little more than 10% of tho
Unofficial results
SOURCE: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office
Lauren and Claire McCormack, Jeanie Bulloch and Kai McCormack (l-r) wave to catch the attention of oncoming State Road A1A drivers. They are in the same Delray Beach crosswalk where a fatal accident occurred Feb. 5. Police say crosswalk signs were no
Price could reach up to $3.5 million for two projects
Highland Beach Officer James Thornton (at wheel) and Officer Stephen Salach patrol the Intracoastal Waterway. Residents say the number of speeding boats has diminished since the patrol launched i
This rendering of Milani Park, to be constructed on a 5.6-acre parcel at the south end of Highland Beach, has calmed fears that the park would be an eyesore. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Maggie Chappelear was pleasantly surprised whe
By Rich Pollack
Navigating Highland Beach’s website these days can be a challenge.
You want to pay your water bill but it could take a few clicks to get to the right place and then there are forms that you’ll need to fill out.
“I find the website c
Protecting beaches from erosion is difficult enough, but extra steps are needed when man-made structures, such as the Boynton Inlet, block the natural southerly flow of sand. On the inlet’s Ocean Ridge side, rock groins have been placed to slow erosi
Bicyclists head north on State Road A1A in Gulf Stream on Jan. 4 near the site of a crash with an SUV that injured six riders a year earlier. Florida Highway Patrol escorted the cyclists, who rode in remembrance of the crash. Jim Rassol/The Coastal S
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners in January shied away from regulating “floating vessel platforms” — floating extensions of a dock used to keep boats out of the water when not in use — despite concerns from the owner of one home who
By Rich Pollack
A violent struggle between Highland Beach police and a man with a machete who had just cut a valet outside the Toscana condominium ended without major injuries, despite a gun discharging when the attacker attempted to wrestle it from
At Radcliffe’s in Delray Beach, diners can enjoy the ’Give Her Flowers’ special, which offers a tasting menu and dishes from chef Blake Malatesta for $120 per person. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
Love is in the air — and on the tables. Valentine’s
By Rich Pollack
With local towns and cities struggling to one-up each other in the effort to hire qualified police officers, Highland Beach is raising the ante by buying 11 new vehicles and offering take-home police cars to its officers.
“This is go
HIGHLAND BEACH — Mary Jo (McCoy) Pollock died Dec. 3 after a lengthy illness. She was 69.
Born in Akron, Ohio, she was raised in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where she eventually attended the university there and graduated with a degree in physical educati
Elaine Lentz and two of her sisters recently opened La Tea Da, a high-end consignment store in Delray Beach. Lentz, who grew up as one of 11 children in Fort Lauderdale, is now a Highland Beach resident. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Elaine Lentz took
