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By Michael Cook 

Voters in Briny Breezes didn’t have an election in March, leaving most of the work of deciding the town’s “elected officials” to the Town Council.

Only one candidate met the qualifying deadline in November — incumbent Alderman Jeff D

Related: Election could decide fate of Town Hall construction plans

Related: Town Council election candidate profiles

Candidate profiles were compiled via telephone interviews. Candidates were asked to supply personal information regarding their age

By Mary Hladky

Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer announced today, Dec. 18, that he is running for Congress.

Singer, a Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, is hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat who was first elected in 2

DELRAY BEACH — Rita Ellis, former mayor of Delray Beach, died on March 15 due to complications from diabetes. She was 74.

Born in Spencer, West Virginia, Mrs. Ellis later moved to Florida, where she graduated from Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne.

Rebecca Shelton, who won the Boynton Beach mayoral race with 56% of the vote, was sworn in at the March 18 City Commission meeting. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Tao Woolfe 

Photos of rescued chihuahuas are sprinkled among the election announcemen

Unofficial result

Source: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office

By Mary Hladky

In a move orchestrated by Mayor Scott Singer, longtime City Attorney Diana Grub Frieser will be out of her job on Oct. 31, 10 months before her desired retirement date.

She will be paid for those months she now won’t be working, recei

By Mary Hladky

Annual Boca Raton “State of the City” speeches typically are modest affairs, taking place in venues such as the Downtown Library or at Chamber of Commerce breakfasts.

But Mayor Scott Singer morphed this year’s event into an April 10 “c

By Mary Hladky

A proposal by Mayor Scott Singer to limit the authority of a key city board has sparked an outcry, with board members saying they were blindsided and two members resigning.

The first public indication that Singer and other City Council

By Rich Pollack

Just six days before he was set to begin his second term in office, Highland Beach Mayor Doug Hillman died March 15 following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.
Mr. Hillman’s death, which came less than two months after

By Mary Hladky

Mayor Scott Singer presented a bright picture of how Boca Raton is faring in the annual “State of the City” address to residents, pointing to accomplishments while also noting challenges ahead.
About 120 residents filled the Downtown Li

By Mary Hladky

In the wake of the horrific Surfside condo collapse, Boca Raton is moving rapidly to enact rules that would require aging buildings to be inspected for safety.

Mayor Scott Singer said that rules will be discussed at the City Council’s

Hurlburt named vice mayor

By Dan Moffett

A divided Town Commission appointed Kristine de Haseth to serve a second one-year term as Ocean Ridge’s mayor during a sometimes fractious 31/2-hour meeting on April 5.
The vote was 3-2.
Commissioners Susan Hu

By Mary Thurwachter

After an hourlong discussion with robust input from residents, the Lantana Town Council unanimously agreed on April 12 to reimburse former Mayor Dave Stewart for legal expenses he incurred defending an ethics charge.
The charge ste

By Dan Moffett

The Ocean Ridge charter says the Town Commission must select a mayor and vice mayor during its first regularly scheduled meeting after the municipal election.
That assignment is more interesting than usual this time, with the April 5 m

By Mary Thurwachter

In Lantana, former police commander Robert Hagerty ousted incumbent Mayor David Stewart, who has held the office for 21 years.

Voter turnout was low. Only 1,372 of Lantana’s 7,362 registered voters cast ballots in the March 9 elec

By Mary Hladky

Challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and the city’s efforts to overcome them dominated Mayor Scott Singer’s State of the City address to residents.
“None of us could have imagined what this year would bring,” Singer said during

By Mary Thurwachter

After a cellphone video submitted by a supporter of mayoral candidate Robert Hagerty became fodder for a local TV news story, Lantana council member Mark Zeitler, a backer of incumbent Mayor David Stewart, became the focus of a po

Related story: Supporters of mayoral candidates spar over sign placement

By Mary Thurwachter

During an hourlong debate on Feb. 18 hosted by the Lantana Chamber of Commerce, mayoral candidates Robert Hagerty and David Stewart discussed topics that ran

The mayor, elected every three years, presides over a commission of four other members who are elected to three-year alternating terms by the community at large. The mayor and two commissioners up for re-election March 9 each have a challenger.

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