The 2600 N. Ocean home design has two living floors, basement and rooftop terrace with pool. Renderings provided
The proposed 2600 N. Ocean home as viewed from A1A.
By Steve Plunkett
The city and a developer that for years has wanted to build on a v
Condo owners at Tower 155, a 127-unit complex located at 155 East Boca Raton Road, have filed suit, asking for damages to pay for repairs or rebuilding. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Tower 155 condominium owners have sued the 4-year-old building’s de
Related: Recusal order affirmed
By Steve Plunkett
U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith took a dim view of how the city of Boca Raton did business.
Smith presided over a non-jury trial last year of a lawsuit brought by beachfront property owner Natural La
By Steve Plunkett
In a long-running lawsuit over public records requests made by the owner of an undeveloped beachfront parcel on State Road A1A, a judge has decided that Boca Raton “unlawfully withheld and illegally delayed” turning over 42 document
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District’s long-standing frustration over annual payments it must make to the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency has reached the point that district commissioners decided to take steps that could lead to legal
By Rich Pollack
The owner of one of the few vacant parcels on the Intracoastal Waterway in Highland Beach is receiving slightly more than $600,000 after a judge ruled Palm Beach County installed a breakwater without the owner’s consent, and a jury la
By Steve Plunkett
St. Joseph’s Episcopal School will shutter its campus at the end of the school year, its board of trustees announced March 31.
The trustees madethe "agonizing decision to close" in a meeting the day before, Board Chairman Bill Swan
By Steve Plunkett
A federal judge has ordered Boca Raton to reconsider its 2019 denial of a permit to build a home on the beach and barred Mayor Scott Singer and City Council members Andrea O’Rourke and Monica Mayotte from taking part.
U.S. District J
By Tao Woolfe
A neighbor of The Pierce has told the city that an approved street closure to accommodate the $73 million downtown development project would cut off easy access to his property.
Attorney Aaron Williams, who represents the owner of prope
Customers park outside the popular Seaside Deli & Market along State Road A1A in the county pocket. The deli faces an uncertain future as lawyers try to negotiate a resolution and community leaders launch a grassroots preservation and awareness campa
By Steve Plunkett
Ocean Ridge Police Officer Nubia Savino has ended her 5-year-old lawsuit against former Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella in a confidential, out-of-court settlement.
The resolution came just two days after a mediator declared both sides a
By Steve Plunkett
Often-litigious Gulf Stream resident Martin O’Boyle has another legal feather in his cap: The 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower-court decision that acquitted him of misdemeanor resisting a police officer.
A three-judge pa
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is demanding the return of $187,500 it gave to the former operators of the Old School Square campus that is the cultural heart of the city’s downtown.
The CRA board, composed of the five ci
By Joe Capozzi
A judge has rejected developer William Swaim’s request for an easement across land behind Ocean Ridge Town Hall so he can access two submerged lots his company owns in the Intracoastal Waterway.
Swaim’s Waterfront ICW Properties Inc.
By Jane Smith
A former city manager of Delray Beach had only one month to file his wrongful dismissal lawsuit, not 13 months as he claimed, the city said in its Feb. 14 response to the circuit court lawsuit filed Dec. 30 by George Gretsas.
In late Oc
Volunteers and staff remove records, furniture and personal items from Old School Square on Feb. 11. Many larger items were sold on site. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Jane Smith
By Jane Smith
Residents and art patrons waiting to hear about Delray Beach’s plans for its 4-acre Old School Square campus will have to wait until the Feb. 8 City Commission meeting.
At the Feb. 1 meeting, City Manager Terrence Moore told commissione
By Jane Smith
Fired manager George Gretsas has sued the city of Delray Beach, claiming wrongful termination, and is seeking 20 weeks’ severance pay.
Gretsas’ claim also asks for his benefits of car allowance, cellphone allowance and health insurance
By Jane Smith
With a lawsuit looming and no suitors to manage Delray Beach’s historic arts and culture center, the city is trying to cobble together a team to manage the Old School Square campus once the lease — canceled last year by the city — expir
By Jane Smith
Former City Manager Mark Lauzier lost his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against Delray Beach in a jury trial that ended before 2 p.m. Dec. 16.Lauzier was seeking $248,659 in severance for five months of pay and benefits, seven months of pa
