By Jane Smith
After city commissioners insisted the two-way road be placed back into the Atlantic Crossing development, they were ready to settle the lawsuit with the project’s developer.
“I do not think we can get a much better project wi
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By Steve Plunkett
The group that wants to invalidate an ordinance reserving city-owned land on the Intracoastal Waterway for public uses has withdrawn its lawsuit but has not dropped its complaint.
ForBoca.org Inc., which is led by former Cha
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a group seeking to invalidate an ordinance that reserves city-owned land along the Intracoastal Waterway for public uses only.
The suit by ForBoca.org Inc., whose leader is
The view of the proposed Atlantic Crossing looking southeast from the corner
of Northeast First Street and Northeast Sixth Avenue shows residential and related amenities.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
The long-delayed Atlantic Crossing develo
By Steve Plunkett
A group led by a former Chamber of Commerce president wants a judge to overturn Boca Raton’s new ordinance reserving city-owned land along the Intracoastal Waterway for public uses only.
ForBoca.org Inc., which in a lawsui
By Dan Moffett
A Lantana resident and a Manalapan homeowners group have joined forces and filed suit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court to block construction of a Publix at Plaza del Mar.
The suit claims the town acted illegally in July when co
By Sallie James
The city has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Boca Raton officials improperly created a special zoning classification to allow construction of a synagogue on the barrier island.
The court action is the late
By Sallie James
Two activists have sued Boca Raton in federal court, claiming their rights to equal protection and due process were violated when the city created a zoning classification that paved the way for a controversial synagogue.
The
By Jane Smith
Attorneys for Delray Beach responded to an Atlantic Crossing lawsuit with a motion to dismiss on Aug. 18.
The developers sued the city in June claiming the city has not issued a site-plan certification that was approved in Novemb
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach has dropped out of a lawsuit to determine how cities pay for the county Inspector General’s Office.
“The Inspector General has been instrumental in helping us focus on best practices,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said in explaini
Waves from Hurricane Sandy damaged many seawalls in Manalapan. This photo taken Oct. 30, 2012,
shows the Arcaini estate (left) and its adjoining lot. The musician Yanni’s estate, right,
lost its seawall and had damage to the swimming pool and home.
F
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton will not send money to pay for the inspector general until a lawsuit by it and 13 other municipalities is resolved challenging how the office is funded.
The cities filed suit two years ago saying the county’s pr
By Tim O’Meilia
Elected officials in Ocean Ridge and Manalapan questioned the legal fees they are paying in a dispute over who pays for the Palm Beach County Inspector General’s Office.
While Ocean Ridge is considering reducing the fees or bailing out
Just before the settlement, nearly 20 signs had been painted on the walls and shutters of Martin O’Boyle’s home. Most had been removed by July 30. Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Tweedledum and Tweedledee will soon be gone from
By Tim O’Meilia
If Gulf Stream residents want new street lights and street signs, they’ll pay for them with a 24 percent increase in town property tax that will stretch over the next two years.
That tax hike was also slated to pay for the town
By Thomas R. Collins
The town of Gulf Stream can move forward with its efforts to get resident Martin O’Boyle’s murals of protest off his waterfront home, a federal judge has ruled. O’Boyle filed an emergency request to stop the proceedings, sayin
By Thomas R. Collins
That Tweedle Dee, that Tweedle Dum, that Ku Klux Klan-esque hood labeled “satire,” and a mule labeled “Mayor” on the side of Martin O’Boyle’s house?
They’re “not just paint.”
They’re constitutionally protected free
By Tim O’Meilia
Gulf Stream town officials are girding themselves for a long battle with unhappy resident Martin O’Boyle by dipping into town reserves for an extra $100,000.
Eight O’Boyle-related suits have been filed against the town since
By Tim O’Meilia
The Manalapan Town Commission will try to settle a lawsuit over $158,000 in building permit fees for an oceanfront mansion that was never built.
Commissioners indicated they would likely return the bulk of the fees paid by the
The ‘Commissioner Thug’ artwork was replaced in late April with a painting of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum (below) at Martin O’Boyle’s home in Gulf Stream’s Hidden Harbour neighborhood.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
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