By Rich Pollack
After receiving a flurry of emails regarding the impact that a planned $8.8 million resurfacing project on State Road A1A would have on Highland Beach, Stacey Cohen went to a meeting hosted by state transportation officials with a poc
By Rich Pollack
There will be two new faces on the five-member Town Commission following the March 14 vote, which saw about 22% of Highland Beach’s 3,900 registered voters casting ballots.
Newcomer Judith Goldberg defeated challengers Maggie Chappele
David Del Rio was handcuffed and remanded into custody after pleading guilty to 36 felony counts and getting a 15-year sentence.
Photos by Jim Rassol/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Maureen Forte can find comfort in knowing that the man accused of bi
Stand-in Commissioner David Stern has returned to the dais for a year in an elevated role in Highland Beach.
Late last month, commissioners unanimously appointed him vice mayor less than a week after he finished a temporary stint filling three months
By Arden Moore
I recently traveled to New Orleans to speak at a professional pet sitters conference. The auditorium was filled with people dedicated to caring for other people’s cats, dogs, birds, chickens, horses, hamsters, and even tortoises and sn
By Rich Pollack
Just six days before he was set to begin his second term in office, Highland Beach Mayor Doug Hillman died March 15 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.
Mr. Hillman’s death, which came less than two months after
By Rich Pollack
There will be two new faces on the five-member Town Commission following the March 14 vote, which saw just over 800 of Highland Beach’s 3,900 registered voters casting ballots.
Newcomer Judith Goldberg defeated challengers Maggie Chap
SOURCE: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections (unofficial results)
SOURCE: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections (unofficial results)
David Del Rio is taken into custody following his plea deal on March 2. The former financial adviser to murdered widow Betty Cabral was sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by 15 years of probation. Jim Rassol/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
By Rich Pollack
Engineers and others from the Florida Department of Transportation came to Highland Beach in late August to field questions about a repaving project on State Road A1A that is expected to cause major traffic disruptions from spring 202
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents will have a chance to meet the candidates running for Town Commission during a March 7 forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County.
Set for 6 to 8 p.m. at the town’s public library, the foru
By Rich Pollack
When Highland Beach leaders decided that the town’s aging entryway signs on State Road A1A needed to be replaced, they agreed to ask residents for ideas.
Like their counterparts in many other small communities, Highland Beach commiss
By Rich Pollack
With sea turtle nesting season now under way, Highland Beach is moving forward with steps to keep nesting females and their hatchlings in the dark.
This month, members of the town’s Planning Board will review a proposed ordinance desi
Dr. Michael B. Brown is scheduled to be guest preacher at First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach the morning of March 19.
Then at 4 p.m., he’ll be joined by Rob Tanner to speak again on “Can Retirement Be Purposeful?”
Brown is an author (A Five-Mi
By John Pacenti and Rich Pollack
Like many a divorce, the fire-rescue split between Highland Beach and Delray Beach is hardly amicable, but it really isn’t about irreconcilable differences. It’s mostly about the money.
Highland Beach decided it woul
By Joe Capozzi
The second half of the town’s dune restoration project has been postponed until 2024 because of damage from Hurricane Nicole.
“We are basically out of luck for anything for dune restoration for another whole year and let’s hope we don
Highland Beach resident Burt Firtel says his own experience with forgetting his phone in his car was the inspiration for development of the Don’t Forget app. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Like many people his age, Burt Firtel didn’t al
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Highland Beach was a perfect match for Bev Hillman.
“She was a small-town person,” her husband, Highland Beach Mayor Doug Hillman, said about his wife of 54 years, who died on Jan. 16. “She was always very comfortable
The New Florida Follies dancers go through a dress rehearsal Jan. 14 at the Countess de Hoernle Theatre in Boca Raton, the day before their 2023 debut performance. The Follies range in age from 50-somethings to 94 years old. Photos by Tim Stepien/The
