By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents will once again get a chance to tell elected officials what’s on their minds without having to wait hours at a public meeting — at least for about 60 days.
During the summer, commissioners voted 3-2 to cut pu
By Rich Pollack
Three candidates, including the incumbent, will run for a single open Highland Beach commission seat in the March election.
However, with the death of Mayor Carl Feldman, two seats may be open.
Commissioner Elyse Riesa, who was elect
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Arlin Voress was a former Highland Beach mayor who used his business acumen along with his engineering and mechanical skills to leave an indelible mark as he guided the town through some of its most turbulent times.
David Del Rio sits in court during a bail hearing related to charges he stole nearly $3 million from Betty Cabral of Highland Beach. The judge set bail at $463,000. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
As Palm Beach County sheriff’
By Rich Pollack
Could Highland Beach have designated bike lanes and lighted crosswalks along State Road A1A in the not-too-distant future?
Would it be possible and financially feasible to have underground utility lines instead of unsightly power pol
The 3 miles of Highland Beach’s beach has been allowed to become a trash dump of human garbage, a minefield of buried dangerous objects and an environment unfit for both humans and wildlife.
Whenever the town and its attorney were asked about beach c
Many of us who live on the beach in Highland Beach are frustrated with the tractors’ beach “cleanup.” The trash and massive amount of seaweed is churned and buried — and with it all the plastic tangled up in it, from old, barnacled shoes to plastic f
By Rich Pollack
When Highland Beach Town Manager Marshall Labadie arrived to lead the town’s staff in October, he inherited a team with quite a few key vacancies.
Outside consultants were temporarily leading the Finance Department, and the Building
HIGHLAND BEACH — Leo J. Pruner of Highland Beach died on Nov. 7. He was 90.
Mr. Pruner is survived by his wife of 61 years, Joan Pruner. Mr. Pruner graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1948 and married Joan in 1957. They lived in Montclair, N.J.,
By Rich Pollack
It was just about two years ago when a pair of vacationers swimming in the ocean off Highland Beach got caught in a riptide and found themselves unable to get back to shore.
Using a condominium’s private beach access, Highland Beach P
David Del Rio in court with Gregory Salnick, one of his attorneys. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Palm Beach County prosecutors Monday filed 44 additional grand theft and exploitation of the elderly charges against David Del Rio, a fi
By Rich Pollack
Attorneys for David Del Rio, the financial adviser accused of siphoning nearly $900,000 from the accounts of a Highland Beach widow who was later found slain, will be in court this month hoping to get him released on bail.
Del Rio, wh
Robert Patek left two poles but was forced to remove ropes he put behind his home to block tractors that bury beach debris. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Robert Patek had seen enough.
A Highland Beach resident with a home on the east
By Rich Pollack
New York has one. Toronto has one. Even Fort Lauderdale has one.
Now Highland Beach is about to have a film festival of its own. Kind of.
This month, the Highland Beach Library, a hidden gem tucked between the Intracoastal Waterway
By Rich Pollack
The holidays in Highland Beach are about to get a lot brighter with nearly $25,000 worth of lights and displays, including a 25-foot artificial pine Christmas tree and a 12-foot menorah decorating Town Hall.
Residents will also be tre
Crime-scene tape still seals the door to Betty Cabral’s condominium (middle right) at the Penthouse Highlands, 3100 S. Ocean Blvd., where the 85-year-old woman was found slain in April. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
It is a whodunit t
A sign language interpreter, inset, is a temporary solution for streaming meetings live until Highland Beach officials can fix technical difficulties. Highland Beach Town Commission
By Rich Pollack
For almost four months, Highland Beach residents hav
By Rich Pollack
Marshall Labadie has his work cut out for him.
A long to-do list had been in the works for months before Highland Beach’s new town manager stepped into his office Oct. 1. By the time he arrived, the tasks commissioners dropped on his
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents are likely to see a slight increase in the taxes they pay for municipal services when they receive their tax bills this month.
The Town Commission last month finalized an operating tax rate of $3.12 per $1,00
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — For almost 20 years until his retirement in 2017, the Rev. Gerald Grace presided over the congregation at St. Lucy Catholic Church in Highland Beach as its pastor.
A native of Ireland who served the Catholic communit
