By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach Town Manager Kathleen Weiser agreed to leave her position immediately on Jan. 6 in return for a severance package that includes 20 weeks of pay valued at close to $53,000.
Commissioners, in a 4-1 vote, accepted the agr
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By Rich Pollack
Plans to install license plate recognition systems in several coastal communities along State Road A1A are moving forward, with local law enforcement officials exploring the possibility of having a shared database housed in Delray
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Funeral services were held Dec. 15 for Highland Beach Town Commissioner Dennis Sheridan, who died Dec. 11 following a recent illness. He was 77.
Mr. Sheridan was elected to the Town Commission in 2011 and served thr
By Steven J. Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Joseph Boscove made his mark as a career engineer with technology giant IBM. But his daughter, Joy Boscove, said his friendliness, generosity of spirit and the ability to guide her and her siblings in life were
By Rich Pollack
Voters in Highland Beach will be asked to give town officials a green light for a multimillion-dollar water improvement project that will include replacing 60-year-old water mains and making additional enhancements expected to impr
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach officials are hoping the third time will be a charm when it comes to finding a contractor to enclose two terraces at the public library.
The town has $150,000 set aside for the project in its current budget,
By Rich Pollack
Funeral services will be held on Monday, Dec. 15 for Highland Beach Town Commissioner Dennis Sheridan, who died Dec. 11 following a recent illness. He was 77.
A funeral Mass will be held at St. Lucy Catholic Church in Hi
By Rich Pollack
A controversial plan to build a 16-story luxury condominium in Highland Beach received a major blow when the town’s Board of Adjustment and Appeals denied a variance request that would have permitted the project to exceed the town’
Highland Beach Mayor Bernard Featherman cuts the ceremonial ribbon Dec. 1 during an open house
to show off the recently completed renovations to Town Hall. The project cost taxpayers $900,000.
Residents were given a chance to tour the council chamber
Kevin Dwyer hands off a pile of paper and cardboard to be recycled to Roy Miller.
These Briny Breezes volunteers — along with Roger Hebert — were riding in a trailer
driven by Ken Doyle during a recent recycling run.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Rich Pollack
It took a couple of votes and close to 30 minutes of sometimes heated discussion, but Highland Beach town commissioners finally agreed at their October meeting to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to show off the recent
By Rich Pollack
Buoyed by the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Friends of the Highland Beach Library will again host a wine and cheese fundraiser featuring entertainment and drawings for an assortment of prizes.
Set for 5:30 to 7
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach was all abuzz last month when part of a beehive on State Road A1A fell to the ground and hundreds of bees began chasing pedestrians strolling on the town’s walking path.
More than four hours after a walker flagge
By Jane Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — For the annual Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Margaret Ann “Muffie” Liebler hired a semi-trailer and decorated it.
“She always had a float,” said her daughter Heather Phelps. Her floats won many first
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Police Foundation is officially a nonprofit organization, recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
“Up until now, donations to the foundation were not tax-exempt,” said Highland Beach Police Chief Craig Ha
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Town Commission last month gave final approval to a $11.35 million general fund budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year — while at the same time holding the line on the town’s operating tax rate at $3.95 per $1,000 of
By Rich Pollack
After six months and more than $900,000 worth of improvements, Highland Beach’s Town Hall renovation project is all but complete. Now commissioners are trying to figure out how to show off the enhancements.
Commissioners, at a workshop
By Rich Pollack
The drawn-out saga of the $3.5 million sale of a Highland Beach town-owned property in Boca Raton may soon be coming to an end.
Last month, the Boca Raton City Council gave its approval to a change in its comprehensive plan tha
If approved, the new condo would be built where mangroves stand
between Regency Highland (left) and the three towers of Toscana on the right.
Bing Maps photo
By Rich Pollack
A developer’s request for permission to build a 209-foot-tall, 16-story l
By Steven J. Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — A memorial service for Alyce C. Reizes was held Aug. 5 at the Delray Beach Club. She was 71 when she died on July 28.
“It was well attended,” Thomas Reizes said of his mother’s memorial. “There were about 60
