By Christine Davis
The former Manalapan Fl. oceanfront home of the late Generoso Pope, founder and publisher of the National Enquire, is for sale yet again.
Located on three acres at 1370 S. Ocean Blvd., it is undergoing extensive renovations t
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Lois Pope
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By Emily J. Minor
It’s a Thursday, just a little past midmorning, and Lois Pope is watching the NASDAQ on a flat-screen TV hanging in her office. The television’s small, and clearly she could afford something bigger.
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.
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Water floods part of the northbound lane of A1A
in front of Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
during October’s king tides.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
The high tides of October invaded areas of Manalapan that only torrential downpours
By Dan Moffett
Louis De Stefano would rather not say he is resigning his seat on the Manalapan Town Commission.
“Just say I’m retiring,” he said. “I prefer that.”
The town’s vice mayor made the surprise announcement at the commission’s O
By Rich Pollack
It looks like license-plate recognition cameras on State Road A1A and other state roads will be allowed to stay up after all — at least for now.
Last month, officials with the Florida Department of Transportation’s regional offi
Rob Van Winkle, aka rapper Vanilla Ice, is offering to do a 13-episode TV show
about his renovation of this $10.5 million home in Manapalan.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Broker James Arena, of Arena and Company, which has headqua
INSET BELOW: Police Chief Carmen Mattox
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan Police Chief Carmen Mattox will undergo ethnic diversity counseling, and the town has given him a written reprimand in response to an officer’s harassment complaint stemming from a
By Dan Moffett
After the furor over the Red Cross plan for a Designers’ Show House on Point Manalapan, town commissioners are working to draft a new ordinance that would prohibit large, multiday special events.
“This is the result of the recent
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are grumbling about the high cost of litigating grievances with the Police Benevolent Association, and that could mean tougher contract negotiations between the town and union next year.
Since the current
Fred and Adrianne Weissman of Evelyn & Arthur
are reopening their Annex in Boynton Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Scott Simmons
Walk into Evelyn & Arthur’s Manalapan store and the thing that sticks in your mind is the laughter.
It’s co
Cameras along A1A and bridges can identify suspect vehicles
By Rich Pollack
Police departments along the coast of southern Palm Beach County are studying the feasibility of cooperating on an automated system to scan the license plates of every car
Researcher Janet DeVries channels her inner Nancy Drew to unearth the roots of a photo collection that portrays a Florida lost to time. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
In her search to learn the provenance of a centur
By Dan Moffett
Unable to find help from larger governments or a financing plan that suits them, Manalapan commissioners have decided to pay for their Audubon Causeway Bridge project the old-fashioned way.
They will raise taxes.
The Town
By Dan Moffett
Decades of dealing with the world’s worst calamities could not have prepared the Red Cross for the unnatural disaster that was waiting on Point Manalapan.
In June, representatives of Palm Beach County’s chapter won the Town Co
By Dan Moffett
Town commissioners gave their approval for a Red Cross charity event on Point Manalapan, but not before plenty of hand-wringing over the possibility their good wishes might have some bad consequences.
Desiree and Lambert Van
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan has the lowest tax rate in Palm Beach County, and some of its highest property values and budget reserves that are the envy of communities across the bridge.
So finding $750,000 to replace the town’s failing Audubon Cau
Vice-Mayor Louis De Stefano listens to the concerns of protestors after the Town Meeting. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
About a dozen friends, relatives and supporters of a Haitian student turned out at Manalapan Town Hall on
INSET BELOW: Manalapan Officer David Hul
By Dan Moffett
Town officials have moved to fire a three-year veteran of the police department over the officer’s handling of a February incident involving employees at Manalapan Pizza.
The town
Donna Schneier’s collection forms the show ‘Unique by Design’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Envelopes get pushed when art dealer Donna Schneier is involved.
The Manalapan resident’s latest coup is an envi
