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Along the Coast: Crosswalk Confusion

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A couple crosses A1A without using a crosswalk to get to Atlantic Dunes Park in Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

13541533083?profile=RESIZE_192XBy Rich Pollack

The close call came as

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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

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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

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13469248666?profile=RESIZE_710xLauren 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

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Price could reach up to $3.5 million for two projects

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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

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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

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13436286262?profile=RESIZE_710xProtecting 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

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13436139680?profile=RESIZE_710xBicyclists 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

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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

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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

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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

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