Two species set all-time records in Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
With the exception of Delray Beach, mama sea turtles this year set records up and down the shoreline in south Palm Beach County.
In Boca Raton, two of the three species that nest along
By Rich Pollack
It wasn’t the wording of the campaign mailers that led a 25-year-old Boca Raton man to reportedly send death threats to State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman.
It was the flyers themselves, state law enforcement agents say. The campaign lit
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town leaders figured they would see a reduction in the amount of wastewater being treated at a plant in Delray Beach when a recent $1.4 million sewer-lining project was completed.
They just didn’t realize how much grou
Highland Beach residents can get a fun kickoff to the holiday season as the town once again hosts its annual Mingle Jingle.
Set for 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3, this year’s holiday celebration in the parking lot of St. Lucy Catholic Church will include food
Rebekah Ramer writes a card for a Troop Care Package (above) while Shia Silverman and Noah Goldfaden (below) pack Bags of Hope on B’nai Torah Congregation’s Mitzvah Day in 2025. The 2026 Mitzvah Day is Nov. 8. Photos provided
B’nai Torah Congregatio
Spanning an impressive 2,600 square feet of living space, plus more than 700 square feet of wraparound balconies, this luxurious 14th-floor condo offers two spacious bedrooms and two and one-half bathrooms. The primary suite is a true retreat, featur
Strong winds and a full moon send water flooding into coastal communities
Massive waves crashed over the Boynton Inlet jetty on Tuesday, Oct. 27 as wind gusts topping 30 mph combined with a full moon to create a shore pounding along coastal Palm Beac
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
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
