ABOVE: Artist images show what the homicide victim may have looked like and the clothes she was found in. BELOW: Her body was found in pieces in three suitcases with the two shown being 'unique,' police said. Images provided
By Rich Pollack
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Delray Beach police closed the bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway at the George Bush Boulevard as they investigate a homicide. Multiple road patrol officers and members of the crime scene investigations team and the medical examiner's office were
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach boaters were able to persuade the City Commission to raise the $50 annual parking pass at Harvey Oyer Jr. Park to just $200 instead of a proposed $350.
The decision was made at the city’s Sept. 22 final budget hearing. The
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan can move forward with a plan to improve water delivery to its oceanfront homes after the Town Commission approved two ordinances that will allow an easement for pipeline construction across property owned by Commissioner Hank
Friday, May 1, was a beautiful morning. The ocean was radiantly supercharged from the rainstorm the preceding afternoon and crystal-clear smooth from a cool, offshore breeze. How well I know and love these weather metrics!
Under normal circumstance
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes is hoping there’s strength in numbers of neighbors when it comes to slowing down boaters in the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Town Council voted unanimously on April 23 to adopt a resolution that calls on the Florida Fish a
By Jane Smith
Residents on Palm Trail were successful in getting Delray Beach City Commission support to help them reduce boat speeds on a nearly 1-mile section of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The commission unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 11 that
A wall of sliders is a focal point of the Great Room, allowing inside and outdoor activities to casually coexist. The room has a 10-foot fireplace.
Florida custom home builders Bertino & Associates designed and developed this new construction with t
Waves from boats’ wakes wash over a sea wall and stir up the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach. The city said it would ask the state to consider rising sea levels in setting lower speeds. Some residents have built higher walls but are still conce
Enjoy sunsets from two vantage points of the entertainment loggia, complete with outdoor kitchen.
This home, a waterfront estate designed by Randall Stofft on a one-acre-plus lot, has more than 470 feet of Intracoastal frontage and a dock with room
Crews pumped 4,583 cubic yards of concrete from about 500 trucks in one day last month for part of the underground garage floor at Atlantic Crossing. Noise from trucks awakened neighbors as early as 2 a.m. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Jane Smith
After more than a decade of study, Delray Beach is ready to redesign the first block of Marine Way.
On Sept. 17, four city commissioners awarded the Wantman Group of West Palm Beach the $1.1 million design contract — with a condition.
Tana Callahan, who works with Howe Inc., the property manager at the Crown Colony Club in Ocean Ridge, checks on the package plant on the west side of the community. The treatment plant also serves Colonial Ridge and Ocean Manor. Jerry Lower/The Coas
By Jane Smith
When Delray Beach residents saw royal palms lying on the side of East Atlantic Avenue, they took to social media to bemoan the loss of the majestic palms.
“Just terrible,” said a Facebook poster on Aug. 22. Several others thought the p
ABOVE: Resident Clair Johnson had 1,200 sandbags placed along the east side of Marine Way in anticipation of floods from king tides and storms. BELOW: City workers removed the bags, much to Johnson’s dismay. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Coyotes have long slender legs. Photo provided by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
By Cheryl Blackerby
Sharp-eyed and quick, coyotes are turning up in Palm Beach County as far east as the Intracoastal Waterway, running across neighb
Multiple pumps remove water from the site of digging for an underground garage. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Concerned Delray Beach residents are monitoring the massive Atlantic Crossing development underway at the northeast corner of
The Thomas Street station pumps water back into the Intracoastal Waterway through an outflow pipe nearly a foot wide. It toggles on and off for three-minute bursts when water levels are elevated during high tide and heavy rain. The city has set aside
By Jane Smith
The Woolbright Road Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway should be open to all marine traffic sometime before March 4, according to Barry Meve, Palm Beach County bridge superintendent.
The bridge spans were locked down on Feb. 18 after
By Jane Smith
When local TV stations look for scenes of tidal flooding, Delray Beach is the poster child, city commissioners heard on Feb. 12.
That set the stage for a stormwater consultant’s report stating the city will need to spend $378.2 million
