By Jane Smith
Delray Beach still needs to provide answers to the county Department of Health to close out the investigation of the city’s reclaimed water system, according to late November emails.
“The Department has requested and is waiting for more
By Rich Pollack
Issues with the Delray Beach water utilities program, which has included cross contamination of drinking water with reclaimed water and not properly cleaned storage tanks, will now be scrutinized by the county’s Office of Inspec
2005 — Delray Beach begins planning for installation of reclaimed-water lines on the barrier island as part of a settlement reached with state and federal regulators to stop sending raw sewage into the ocean. The city hires contractors to do the work
City contractors check the reclaimed water connection at the corner of A1A and Rhodes Villa Avenue on March 2. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Drinking water safe, manager says after
inspection, tests
By Rich Pollack
Residents at the normally peaceful Penthouse Highlands community in Highland Beach have been on edge for more than a month after town police found the body of Elizabeth Cabral, 85, in her fifth-floor apartment.
While the Palm Beach Co
Uncertain months ahead as deposed mayor faces corruption charges
By Mary Hladky
Over a dizzying two weeks in April, Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie was reprimanded and fined for ethics violations, arrested on state corruption charges, withdrew from the
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners decided to postpone an appeal hearing for fired police Lt. Steve Wohlfiel after his attorney filed suit, charging the town had violated his rights and denied him due process.
In a declaratory judgment comp
By Dan Moffett
Accepting the recommendation of the police chief and the conclusions of an internal investigation, Ocean Ridge Town Manager Jamie Titcomb fired Lt. Steven Wohlfiel Jan. 4 over his involvement in an alleged shooting incident at the h
Richard Lucibella (at left in white shirt) stands in his backyard after his arrest. He refused
medical treatment from paramedics for a wound near his left eye. Lt. Steven Wohlfiel (in black shirt,
facing camera) has been assigned alternate duties dur
By Tim Pallesen
An investigation shows that city employees might have benefited financially by purchasing goods and services for the city from companies that they or their relatives owned.
Investigators from the State Attorney’s Office already have sei
