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By Rich Pollack
Time is running out for Highland Beach residents who want to make their mark on the town.
After Feb. 10 town leaders will no longer accept design ideas for gateway signs at each end of the town, all part of a contest meant to encourage
A volunteer examines some of the treasures that will be available at First Presbyterian Church’s Step-Above Rummage Sale. Photo provided
First Presbyterian’s annual rummage sale takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 9-11, at the church in Delray Be
Bill Lazer, 98, of Boca Raton became a business professor and taught for almost 40 years at Michigan State and Florida Atlantic universities. He made friends with business executives, including Walmart’s Sam Walton. His condo has a limited edition wa
HIGHLAND BEACH — On Dec. 20, 2022, Robert Boehm Ressler’s journey concluded. At age 99, he passed away in a warm and loving senior home.
Bob was born in Pittsburgh on May 5, 1923, the second son to Florence and Elmer. As a boy, he enjoyed hunting and
By Rich Pollack
It has been the target of town leaders for more than a decade, with commission after commission taking aim but never being able to shoot down Highland Beach’s notorious spending cap.
Now the commission’s $350,000 spending limit on any
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach leaders think a state law requiring many condos to stash sizable sums of dollars in reserves following the 2021 high-rise collapse in Surfside is at best unnecessary and at worst an astounding stretch of authority.
Now
Joe Zupo, dressed as St. Nicholas, is surrounded by (l-r) Angelica Aguilera, Elaine Borrelli, Jack Warner, Brendan Hughes, Allison Hughes and Courtney Hughes at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach. Photo provided
The parishioners at St
By Joel Engelhardt
Ron DeSantis reached a plateau in Palm Beach County on Nov. 8 that no Republican candidate for governor had reached in 36 years: He tallied more votes than the Democrat.
And on his coattails rode Republicans Peggy Gossett-Seidman t
By Rich Pollack
Town officials have the green light to sprint forward with plans to construct a new two-story fire station just a few feet from State Road A1A in what is now a parking lot.
After discovering that the previously selected site behind th
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach has a new town commissioner — but he won’t be there for long.
During a special meeting last month commissioners unanimously voted to appoint David Stern, chairman of the town’s Financial Advisory Board, to temporarily f
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach voters will have a chance in March to do something they’ve been unable to do for the past three municipal elections — pick people who will serve as town commissioners.
Since 2020, all of the candidates for the town posts
Hurricane Nicole produced days of turbulent waves along the coast in advance of and after landfall. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski and staff reports
Hurricane Nicole delivered only a glancing blow to Palm Beach County, but the rare
By Joel Engelhardt
Ron DeSantis reached a plateau Tuesday that no Republican candidate for governor in Palm Beach County had reached in 36 years: He tallied more votes than the Democrat.
And on his coattails rode Peggy Gossett-Seidman to victory over
Max Chiorean, of Boynton Beach, walked across the exposed rocks on Gulf Stream Beach with his surfboard on Nov. 10. Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski and Joe Capozzi and staff reports
A rare November hurricane combined with king
Claude Schmid of Highland Beach, who served 31 years in the Army, runs Veteran’s Last Patrol. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Col. Claude Schmid was wrapping up his 31-year U.S. Army career when he was assigned to lead the military’s wou
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach will be going back to the drawing board as it plans for a new fire station.
At a Town Commission meeting in October, Manager Marshall Labadie discussed plans for a new 10,000-square-foot station that would be built betwe
By Mary Hladky and Rich Pollack
Boca Raton City Council member Andy Thomson and Highland Beach Commissioner Peggy Gossett-Seidman, who are running against each other to serve in the Florida House of Representatives, will step down from their seats t
By Rich Pollack
Sea turtle hatchlings in Highland Beach may soon have an easier time waddling their way to the ocean if a draft ordinance introduced last month becomes a reality.
The proposed ordinance focuses primarily on reducing bright lighting fa
A battered migrant boat washed ashore at Yamato Rock — the outcropping located at the south end of Highland Beach — on Oct. 12. The vessel was man-made of lumber, roofing tin and foam. A portion of the boat burned and was found nearby.
A hand-made bo
