Joan Weir and her daughter, Louise Glover, stroll Highland Beach near Yamato Rock, a limestone outcropping slated to become part of Milani Park. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Louise Glover remembers when she and her friends would gath
By Mary Hladky
Palm Beach County residents who use Airbnb and HomeAway to rent out their homes or spare bedrooms now must provide information that will allow county Tax Collector Anne Gannon to make sure they are paying bed taxes.
The requirement is p
By Rich Pollack
The sign proclaiming the large open space at the south end of Highland Beach to be the future location of Cam D. Milani Park is likely to remain there for at least another five years.
What will happen to the 5.6-acre property — and
As Palm Beach County public schools break for the summer, it’s important to remember that not every student looks forward to days away from school. In fact, one in four children doesn’t know where they will get their next meal.
Palm Beach County is th
Billionaire Michael S. Dell acquired the Boca Raton Resort & Club, which will continue to be managed by Hilton under the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts brand. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
In the largest property deal in Palm Beach County history,
Lucia Milani sold the property to the county years ago with the intent that it would become a park as a way to honor her late husband. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The weathered sign at the south end of Highland Beach proclaiming an
By Dan Moffett
It could be weeks until Palm Beach County building officials determine the fate of the Gulf Stream Views project between Briny Breezes and the County Pocket.
In November, inspectors shut down work on developer NL Living’s plan to build
By Steve Plunkett
County Commissioner Robert Weinroth continued making the rounds of his newly expanded constituency in January.
Weinroth, who took his seat from term-limited Steven Abrams in late November, wants to make sure municipal leaders know h
By Jane Smith
A July medical emergency in the County Pocket has led to an updated mutual aid agreement and could lead to faster response times for life-threatening emergencies in that 16.5-acre enclave just south of Briny Breezes.
Boynton Beach and P
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes Town Council members are exploring the possibility of expanding their control over a roadway that could be critical to a proposed residential development nearby.
Town Manager Dale Sugerman told the council during its meet
By Dan Moffett
Despite opposition from southern neighbors and second thoughts among some residents, South Palm Beach is setting aside more money to pay for a controversial groin project that would stabilize the town’s eroding beaches.
In fact, South
Manalapan leads South County with 10.51% increase
By Mary Hladky
For the seventh year in a row, the taxable value of Palm Beach County properties has surged to a new high.
After making up the losses last year from the Great Recession, countywide t
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
Palm Beach County and the city of West Palm Beach and have proclaimed the third week in May as Native Plant Week. To celebrate, the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society has helped organize a full s
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Mayor Bonnie Fischer says she met with county environmental officials in March and left convinced they are committed to going ahead with the town’s controversial beach stabilization project.
“The county is definitely m
By Dan Moffett
After 12 years of planning, lobbying and debate, South Palm Beach Town Council members say they’re now having second thoughts about staying in a county project to install concrete groins in the hope of stabilizing the town’s eroding be
By Steve Plunkett
The election to replace term-limited County Commissioner Steven Abrams isn’t until November, but already the race threatens to overshadow the March vote for two Boca Raton City Council seats.
Council member Robert Weinroth, who open
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town commissioners and Palm Beach County environmental managers got to meet face-to-face and discuss the controversial beach groin project that threatens to provoke border wars with neighboring communities.
Manalapan Mayor Ke
By Rich Pollack
Crime in South Palm Beach County’s five coastal communities remained low during the first half of 2017, dropping more than 20 percent from the same time last year, according to statistics released late last month from the Florida
A sign mounted on the inlet bridge announces that jumping and diving are prohibited. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge and Palm Beach County officials have reached an agreement on security changes that will allow the county
