By Steve Plunkett
Two years after the air horns on the Camino Real bridge started blaring every 20 minutes, neighbors are enjoying the sounds of silence.
“What a pleasure,” said Tom Tyghem, who lives on the Intracoastal Waterway two doors south of th
By Steve Plunkett
A call to the cavalry didn’t work, so people still irked by the horns on the Camino Real bridge are bringing in the heavy artillery.
State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, herself a boater, is leading the charge against the intrusive no
The Patriot Pickleball website shows players using the sound-dampening Sniper paddle. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
Pickleball may be coming to the Little Club but — shhh! — play will have to be very, very quiet.
Town commissioners asked that an i
Crews pumped 4,583 cubic yards of concrete from about 500 trucks in one day last month for part of the underground garage floor at Atlantic Crossing. Noise from trucks awakened neighbors as early as 2 a.m. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ja
By Jane Smith
When Delray Beach residents saw royal palms lying on the side of East Atlantic Avenue, they took to social media to bemoan the loss of the majestic palms.
“Just terrible,” said a Facebook poster on Aug. 22. Several others thought the p
By Sallie James
Noisy renters beware: Boca Raton is considering a new code enforcement tactic that would allow violators to be fined on the spot.
“Direct ticketing” is an alternative city officials say would produce instant results. The current
By Mary Thurwachter
A Hypoluxo Islander who asked the Lantana Town Council to move a speed cushion on South Atlantic Drive didn’t get what he asked for at the town’s April meeting. The council did agree, however, to hold a workshop to discuss spee
By Dan Moffett
In a measured and strategic attack against the enemies of peace and quiet, Manalapan town commissioners are putting new restrictions on noisy residents.
The commission has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that sets a 65-decib
By Tim Pallesen
Nights will be quieter in east Delray than in the downtown under the city’s new noise ordinance approved by commissioners on Aug. 20.
The new law allows outdoor music until midnight on weeknights and until 1 a.m. on weekends
By Tim Pallesen
Coastal residents will be spared louder downtown music under a compromise noise ordinance that three city commissioners say they will vote to approve.
Restaurants on Atlantic Avenue west of Federal Highway would get an extra ho
By Tim Pallesen
Coastal residents fear the Sandbar tiki bar might test the limits of Delray Beach’s new noise ordinance.
Ocean Properties, the owner of the tiki bar adjacent to Boston’s on the Beach, is asking the city for a conditional use per
By Margie Plunkett
A group of downtown restaurant and bar owners wants to revise the city’s noise ordinance after it became apparent several are in violation of newly adopted requirements.
Members had asked City Commission for 60 days to come up
