A FedEx driver leaves his truck along East Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton as he delivers a package to a business. The city plans to redesign the road from Federal Highway to Fifth Avenue for better function. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hla
By Mary Hladky
City officials and residents have talked for more than a decade about improving Palmetto Park Road. But so far, little has been accomplished.
Now, a new ad hoc group that includes Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke and prominent land use att
By Mary Hladky
Should Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. dig a tunnel to connect the city’s Brightline station to Mizner Park?
Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer has raised that possibility and is inviting the company to make a presentation to the City Council.
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During a budget workshop on June 12, Manalapan commissioners tentatively agreed to maintain the current tax rate of $2.79 per $1,000 of taxable value for the 2017-18 fiscal year. That’s roughly 5 percent above the projected rollback that would k
By Rich Pollack
A plan to make improvements to Highland Beach’s 3-mile walking path — and spruce it up — may soon be coming off a shelf where it has sat for at least seven years.
Town commissioners at a meeting Nov. 1 agreed to spend close to
ABOVE: Glades Road looking northwest at Airport Road.
BELOW: With a proposed elevated ramp to northbound I-95. Renderings provided by FDOT
By Steve Plunkett
Looking to ease traffic on busy Glades Road, state engineers plan to segregate I-95’s on-r
Consultants suggest redoing a building with restrooms and offices,
reconfiguring the docks and refurbishing the area.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The dock at Ocean Inlet Park, almost 30 years old, has rotting wood fenders and other failing
By Jane Smith
After months of butting heads on the future of the Old School Square grounds, the City Commission and Community Redevelopment Agency board sat down and agreed to redo the process to upgrade the green space, often called the “Cent
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
