By Rich Pollack
If your dog is a hot dog after a long walk, the town of Highland Beach soon may have a cool way for Fido or Fifi to cool down.
Town officials are exploring the idea of purchasing a three-tiered water fountain — complete with a special
By Ron Hayes
HIGHLAND BEACH — On his 90th birthday, Allen Schweizer went out to dinner with family and friends and pronounced himself happy with his long life. If I die tomorrow, he told them, I’ll feel I’ve lived a good, full life.
“And he got mor
Town Manager Kathleen Weiser
By Steve Plunkett
The Highland Beach librarian says the town manager is “non-communicative” and has spurned invitations to meet with her or attend library staff meetings in her 18-month tenure.
Librarian Mari Suar
By Steve Plunkett
Renovations to Town Hall will wait at least a year following Police Chief Craig Hartmann’s decision to pull the $825,000 project from the proposed 2013 budget.
By then, however, voters may not have the power to approve or deny the
Justin Hearn used a DSLR camera to shoot his short film One Year. It was produced in less than a day, as part of a contest called 24HourFilmRace. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On your mark ... Get set ... Make a movie!
At exactly 10 p.
By Steve Plunkett
With little discussion, Highland Beach commissioners proposed a 13.9 percent tax increase to finance renovations to Town Hall, repairs to the town’s walk path and provide increased code enforcement.
A residence valued at $500,
Call it Showdown at the Charter Change Corral.
Mayor Bernard Featherman and Commissioner Doris Trinley split sharply with Vice Mayor Ron Brown and Commissioners Dennis Sheridan and Louis Stern on how big an expense has to be to trigger a town referend
Named for its smooth, rubbery skin.
Status: Critically endangered
Size: The largest and deepest-diving of the sea turtles, ranging 4 to 8 feet long and weighing 700 to 1,500 pounds.
Range: Lives in the open water of the temperate and tropical Pacific,
By Steve Plunkett
A $750,000 proposal to revamp Town Hall would allow people to get from the main lobby to commission chambers without going outside and consolidate the Police Department at the rear of the building.
Architect Mark Marsh of Palm Beac
Kate, the leatherback sea turtle who has a problem nesting,
heads back into the Atlantic Ocean after a failed attempt to
lay eggs along the beach in Ocean Ridge. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Leatherback turtle facts | See photos | Watch video
B
Kathleen Weiser
By Steve Plunkett
The newest members of the Town Commission were at opposite ends last month when recommending a salary boost for the almost-as-new town manager.
Vice Mayor Ron Brown praised Town Manager Kathleen Weiser and pr
Ann Boden
By Mary Thurwachter
HIGHLAND BEACH — Even during the final months of her life while battling a long illness, Ann Boden retained her positive and fun-loving outlook, according to her next-door neighbor Judith Krovetz.
“She was a wonderful
Dale Sugerman
By Steve Plunkett
Former Town Manager Dale Sugerman ended the Highland Beach chapter of his career and started a new one the next day 28 miles to the north. Highland Beach commissioners grudgingly approved paying Sugerman and his attorn
JoAnn T. Urban
By Liz Best
HIGHLAND BEACH— Devoted wife, mother, grandmother, avid reader and beach lover, JoAnn T. Urban, of Highland Beach, died May 4 at Hospice by the Sea. She was 73 years old.
Mrs. Urban was born on Dec. 28, 1938, in New Yor
Arvid Johanson, 73, and Dr. David Danzer, 70, perform
their morning walk for several miles through Highland Beach
for exercise. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller,
It’s a simple, healthy ritual. Six days a week at about 7:30 a.m.,
By Steve Plunkett
Creating new signs at the town’s entryways and choosing a slogan to put on them aren’t the top goals of Highland Beach’s new three-year strategic plan, but they may be the ones finished first.
“We love our town. Let’s make it loo
Outgoing Commissioner John Pagliaro (left) is shown with newly elected Commissioner Louis Stern and Vice Mayor Ron Brown
who were sworn into office March 21 in Highland Beach. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The struggle to contro
By Steve Plunkett
Residents are mostly pleased with the way their town government works — at least that’s the word from 192 people who completed Highland Beach’s official survey this winter.
“I think overall, the results that you got from your res
The Palm Beach County League of Cities held its first meeting in Highland Beach on March 28.
“Thank you to the Town of Highland Beach and St. Lucy Catholic Church. Our first visit to the town was memorable,” the league said on its website.
The leagu
Janice Rubin of Highland Beach is one of 85 people
who volunteer for Listen to Children. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Every week, about 85 men and women arrive at 53 elementary and middle schools in Palm Beach County.
They stay perha
