By Dan Moffett
MANALAPAN — Tom Gerrard became Manalapan’s mayor in 2008 and quickly earned a reputation as a progressive leader who was popular with town staff and residents.
People at Town Hall couldn’t wait to see him show up in the morning — yes, p
By Mary Thurwachter
Not long after the coronavirus prompted stay-at-home orders last spring, Michelle Donahue noticed how many people from both the Manalapan and Lantana sides of Hypoluxo Island took advantage of the time to walk, jog or bike around
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
Appraiser likes 5.9% growth as county awaits impact of pandemic
By Mary Hladky
The taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has increased for the ninth year in a row, although the rate of growth continued a multiyear trend of slowing down.
The n
Increase mainly due to thefts from unlocked cars
By Rich Pollack
South Palm Beach County’s small coastal communities saw crime increase in 2019, bucking both countywide and state trends, but their total number of crimes still remained low.
While H
These listings take into account the next edition of The Coastal Star, scheduled for delivery the weekend of July 4.
5/26 & 6/23 - Manalapan - Manalapan Town Hall, 600 S Ocean Blvd. 10 am. Agenda: manalapan.org
5/27, 6/9 & 23 - Boca Raton - Boca Rat
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are moving forward with a new ordinance that would allow docks to be built on vacant properties before home construction begins.
Mayor Keith Waters said during the commission’s Feb. 25 meeting that the ordinance
A1A in Manalapan was closed from the Boynton Inlet to Plaza del Mar for more than a hour on Jan. 2 as the Palm Beach County Fire Department responded with 12 units, 24 firefighters and command staff to a report of smoke at a home in the 1100 block of
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan resident Hank Siemon came to the Town Commission and asked for an exception to building codes so that he can put an unusually long dock behind the home he intends to build on the vacant Intracoastal lot he owns.
Because Siemo
A tunnel of trees surrounds State Road A1A as it winds through the Ziff estate in Manalapan. File photo/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
For close to three decades Manalapan and the Ziff family have worked together to preserve a largely pristine, 15.
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are beginning to take a serious look at replacing the town’s septic tanks with a municipal sewer system, and Mayor Keith Waters isn’t trying to shield anybody from how difficult and expensive the conversion coul
The curve’s posted 25-mph speed is advisory; the enforceable limit is 35. But the town hopes monitors that show each vehicle’s speed will slow down traffic. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Accident-prone curve lies south of Town Hall
By Dan Moffett
Mon
By Jan Norris
A shocker for diners in South County: Wendy Yarbrough confirms she’s sold the family restaurant: John G’s.
The deal took place over the weekend, and the new owners of the Manalapan eatery are already on site, ea
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan officials were just about ready to break into a round of high-fives in August when it appeared the Florida Department of Transportation was finally approving a flashing warning sign for the troublesome S-curve on the 1500 blo
The Tuscan-style estate boasts a grand scale (more than 1.5 acres), complete privacy and 383 feet of waterfront.
This palatial estate with 72,934 square feet of lot, known as Serena Magi, commands a breathtaking vantage point on a tranquil lagoon l
Coastal communities breathe collective sigh of relief
Debris washed up onto A1A in Manalapan as wind and rain from Hurricane Dorian exacerbated king tide effects. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Stephen Moore
Manalapan Town Manager Linda Stumpf does not have all the figures to finalize the town’s 2019-2020 budget, but she does have enough information to propose increasing the tax rate for residents by up to 3.7 percent over last year’s ra
Don Edge at his Hypoluxo Island home, which he designed and built 60 years ago. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On a cold January afternoon in 1952, a young man named Donald Edge stepped off a curb in downtown Detroit and landed in West Pa
By Dan Moffett
The full cost of Manalapan’s plan to dramatically expand its Police Department is reflected in a proposed total budget for 2019-20 that has grown about 37 percent over the last two years.
During a workshop on June 26, Town Manager Lind
Daniela Guarino in costume as Miep Gies, the woman who helped Anne Frank and family hide from Nazis. Photo provided
By Ron Hayes
Daniela Guarino was given just 10 minutes to dramatize the tragedy and triumph of the Holocaust. It took her 10 months,
