By Jane Smith
Commissioner Joe Casello thinks the time has come for Boynton Beach to allow dogs on its beach.
“We’ve taken our dog up to the Jupiter beach and he really loves it,” Casello said. “There’s nothing close by.” His family has a Cairn terrie
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ABOVE: Police hope a new marine patrol will control rowdy behavior and trespassing onto residents’ docks. BELOW: Summer weekends often see dozens of boats moored in the shallow waters to the north of Bird Island at the Boynton Inlet. Jerry Lower/The
By Dan Moffett
The running joke in Briny Breezes during the last month has been that the town might soon be able to score a huge windfall by investing in telescopes.
A nudist group was pushing Palm Beach County to allow a clothing-optional b
By Steve Plunkett
The city-owned Wildflower parcel on the Intracoastal Waterway now has the papers to prove it’s a park.
City Council members changed the site’s designation on Boca Raton’s comprehensive land-use plan to “recreation and open
By Steve Plunkett
Following the sweeping November victory of a citizen initiative to reserve all city-owned land on the Intracoastal Waterway for public uses, the City Council has introduced an ordinance to change the Wildflower parcel’s land
What better way to celebrate National Dog Day than with an impromptu dog park at Old School Square? Sara Toosarvandani and her daughter Grace enjoy watching the dogs while Bill Bathurst talks to his pup Angus. Dozens of dogs enjoyed an evening of mon
By Steve Plunkett
Round 2 in the battle for two seats on the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commission is just beginning.
A Nov. 8 runoff will pit incumbent Dennis Frisch against challenger Craig Ehrnst for Seat 1, and challenger Erin Wr
By Steve Plunkett
Candidate Craig Ehrnst has taken a commanding lead in raising cash for his campaign to become a Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioner.
Campaign finance reports filed for the period ending Aug. 26, the last deadline
This year marks the 46th Earth Day since its inception on April 22, 1970. Each year a theme is chosen to celebrate the beauty, vitality and significance of our outdoors, and this year that theme is “Trees for the Earth.” To celebrate Earth Day 2016,
Luke Hemsher, 7, of Boynton Beach, takes off from a ramp at Hobbit Skate Park at the 505 Teen Center in Delray Beach.
Photos by Taylor Jones/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
It seems parents are always wondering what to do with the kids for the
Stretching from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic, Ocean Strand is the last
undeveloped real estate of its kind left in Boca Raton.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Ocean Strand, a spectacular swath of green real estat
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana officials revealed a conceptual plan to turn a one-acre site on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway into a passive waterfront park with 31 parking spaces.
The site, at 106-120 N. Lake Drive, just north of O
By Steve Plunkett
An archaeologist will have to survey Ocean Strand before the ocean-to-Intracoastal parcel can ever be turned into a park.
There are no known archaeological resources on the nearly 15-acre site, “nor was this property ever subjected
By Steve Plunkett
County officials have put an accountant’s touch on the local match needed for grants to convert Lake Wyman spoil islands into thriving mangrove canoe trails and a manatee stopover.
“Sharpening the pencil, we can move $36,000 from l
By Margie Plunkett
Seawall construction won’t threaten the sea turtles this year: The state turned down Lantana’s request to build after the start of turtle season, pushing back the start date to Nov. 1.
The town instructed its manager, Michael B
By Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming
McKinley Park on Hypoluxo Island has been a meeting ground, a community “piazza” that’s brought parents and children together over the years to bond and play. A main
draw for families, the playground equipm
