By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners gave final approval to a 2027 fiscal year budget that once again will keep the tax rate at the same level it has been for the previous four years.
Meeting on Sept. 24, town commissioners voted unanimously
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By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s efforts to enhance safety on the Intracoastal Waterway got a shot in the arm in September when the Florida Inland Navigation District awarded the town $1.29 million to be used for a public safety boat dock.
The dock,
Gregg Strandberg, a volunteer mentor at Boca Helping Hands, stands outside his home in Highland Beach. As a retired CEO, he connects students in vocational training with professionals in their fields. ’What stands out about Gregg is his patience, co
By Rich Pollack
Following in the footsteps of leaders in other local municipalities, Highland Beach town commissioners preliminarily agreed to a ban of electric vehicles on the town’s 3-mile-long walking path along State Road A1A.
Under a proposed pl
Note to readers: This story contains graphic information involving alleged child sexual abuse.
By Larry Barszewski
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller — and a former state representative for South County’s island communit
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents as well as anyone passing through town on State Road A1A are likely to see some additional safety improvements soon thanks in large part to an appropriation of $375,000 from the state.
Construction is expecte
By Rich Pollack
Barring last-minute changes, Highland Beach town leaders will keep their tax rate for the next fiscal year the same as it has been for the past four years.
Town commissioners in July approved a maximum tax rate of $3.58 per $1,000 of
Stuart Kerr of Highland Beach with his wife, June. Together, they created AppealArmor, a free tool that drafts formal appeal letters for people who have been denied health insurance claims. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
An entrepreneur and sales and
Highland Beach firefighter/paramedics Ricardo Robinson and Cale Brader raise the yellow and purple beach warning flags in front of Fire Station 120. The town is now raising daily beach condition flags at the fire station and at the town’s north and s
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach has put the brakes on plans to ban electric bikes and other battery-operated vehicles from its 3-mile-long walking path on State Road A1A after learning that any such moves would have to be blessed by the Florida Depart
By Rich Pollack
After years of back-and-forth discussions and letters, Delray Beach in June filed a lawsuit against neighboring Highland Beach, claiming the oceanfront town owes the city $3.8 million for past fire rescue services.
As they have for a
Palm Beach County tax roll data, updated since estimates were released on May 27, show that countywide taxable property values increased 7.35% from 2025 to 2026, up from the 6.9% increase forecast in May.
The taxable property values are based on mar
Newly discovered provision — never enforced — blocks development east of A1A
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town leaders are hoping to find a fix to ensure that a long-undiscovered clause tucked inside its sea wall restrictions doesn’t torpedo oceanf
By Rich Pollack
Following the apparent drowning of a resident who got caught in a strong rip current, Highland Beach town leade
Highland Beach Mayor Natasha Moore, 55, is the youngest member of the Town Commission. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Natasha Moore had been on the Highland Beach Town Commission for just two years when her role switched overnight from
By Rich Pollack
Palm Beach County is quickly moving forward with the development of Milani Park, filing permit applications and a massive compliance package with the town of Highland Beach in mid-April.
Once the permits are approved, the constructio
A 77-year-old Highland Beach resident died on Saturday, April 4, while swimming alone in rough surf near his home.
Highland Beach police said Samual Lang had been swimming in the ocean by himself in the 4000 block of South Ocean Boulevard when he was
Highland Beach goes to condos to teach; Delray has new defibrillator mandate
Cameron Abraham, a Highland Beach Fire Rescue firefighter/paramedic, explains to Dottie Turcotte how to position AED pads on a mannequin. Photos by Rachel O’Hara/The Coasta
Highland Beach resident and recording artist Deborah Silver at home with her Morkie, Sugar. Silver attended the 2026 Grammy Awards as a nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for her collaborative Basie Rocks! Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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L-R: Police Officer of the Year George Reid, Paramedic of the Year Kyle Pavelka, Firefighter of the Year Ray Charafardin, and Tyrone Powell. Powell, a Highland Beach maintenance mechanic, is the town’s inaugural Employee of the Year award winner. Ti
