By Rich Pollack
Laura Thurston wanted to take her 2-year-old grandson to a playground with swings and slides and all things designed for small kids who just want to have fun.
A resident of Boca Highland Beach Club and Marina at the south end of High
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Highland Beach resident Debbie Muller (left) donated money to help police acquire certified therapy dog Sparky, whose handler is Brittney Jarboe (right). Sparky’s main job will be to help police put people at ease. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Rich Pollack
Two members of the Highland Beach Town Commission will be returning to their seats next spring after neither drew opposition before the filing deadline in November.
Mayor Natasha Moore, who as vice mayor filled the seat following the
ALSO IN THE WORKS: Highland Beach is seeking state funds to install embedded lights on its A1A crosswalks, like this one in Deerfield Beach. The lights activate when a pedestrian pushes a button before crossing. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich P
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Police Department recently reached a major milestone, having achieved a “flawless inspection report” from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation for the second consecutive time.
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Le Colonial offers its intimate parrot room with seating for 12. Photo provided by Neil Burger
By Jan Norris
It’s the start of the season for parties, events and life celebrations. But where are you going to host, say, 132 of your closest friends?
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By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners agreed recently that having smaller commercial signs in town would be beneficial and had just started the ball rolling on passing new rules when the process hit a snag.
Delray Beach officials had plans in
Summer construction anticipated as county, town end long feud
By Rich Pollack
The decades-long battle between Highland Beach and Palm Beach County over development of Milani Park could be ending thanks to a compromise reducing the initial number of p
Related: Along the Coast: Scenes from big surge
By Rich Pollack and Mary Hladky
More than 7 inches of rain soaked Palm Beach County’s southern coast in just four hours overnight Oct. 26, stranding motorists, flooding the lobby of The Boca Raton lux
By Rich Pollack
After months of delays, road work along State Road A1A in Highland Beach and southern Delray Beach appears to be winding down with returning seasonal residents discovering a newly paved — almost finished — and smoother highway to driv
Would-be candidates for the upcoming March 10 municipal elections have to qualify to be on the ballot by filing for the office they’re seeking with their town clerk or city clerk, and meeting the necessary requirements. The qualifying periods for the
Highland Beach’s popular holiday celebration, the Mingle Jingle, returns on Dec. 4 with food, live music and more.
A free public celebration open to Highland Beach residents, this year’s Mingle Jingle will again be held at St. Lucy Catholic Church fr
Robert Certilman of Highland Beach teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters in August to take children shopping for school supplies and clothing, spending about $12,000. He contacted the local chapter because he wanted to continue a practice he start
Driver Engineer Kyle Pavelka (l-r) and firefighters Alex Lutz and Alex Ayerdis demonstrate the use of the epoc Blood Analysis System now being used on emergency medical calls by Highland Beach Fire Rescue. The department is the first in Palm Beach Co
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners gave final approval Sept. 18 to a new $32.2 million budget that includes approximately $6.6 million in town-wide capital projects while at the same time holding the tax rate steady.
The total budget
Nests took a beating from surf. Earlier, hundreds of hatchlings were rescued from sargassum. Still, it’s been a good year overall.
Rebecca Germany, sea turtle conservation assistant at Gumbo Limbo, hammers a stake back in the sand in Boca Raton on A
A father and two children slosh through a flooded sidewalk along A1A after an Aug. 31 downpour. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Roadwork delays — along with standing water — raise concern
Related: Highland Beach: Sewer lining project could begin soon (
Related: Highland Beach: Rains show A1A flooding has worsened
By Rich Pollack
After years of stops and starts, hurdles and hindrances and delays and disruptions, a long-awaited sewer lining project in Highland Beach could begin in the next few months
Highland Beach firefighters extinguished a fire started by a downed high-voltage transmission line in front of the condo at 3525 S. Ocean Blvd. on Aug. 20. The call was one of six spanning less than 90 minutes that evening. Larry Barszewski/The Coast
The Coastal Star recently covered the planned Milani oceanfront park in Highland Beach. I write to emphasize the important right of public access to the shoreline.
Recent Florida beach events spotlight the issue.
First, the Florida governor resci
