By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell plans to stay in his job until 2024.
Ahnell, who has held the city’s top position for 22 years after joining the city staff nine years earlier, had been expected to retire in 2022. But the City Counci
Highland Beach used a drone to take photos of 106 people who turned out at the planned Milani Park near high tide Nov. 18 in an effort to show the county that 42 parking spaces would be enough. The parking area is at upper left. Photo provided
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By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is hoping to tap residents’ collective imagination to decide what to put on the former Ocean Breeze golf course.
District commissioners have long planned to build a new 18-hole course,
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 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
Although Virgin Trains officials have set aside for now their plans to develop land around their proposed Boca Raton station, this rendering shows what city-owned land they previously had wanted to lease for a station and parking garage or have the o
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana has a big birthday coming up in 2021 — its centennial — and plans for the celebration are already percolating.
At the July 22 council meeting, Town Clerk Nicole Dritz outlined proposals from the Centennial Committee.
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City Council agrees to explore idea for downtown stop
By Mary Hladky
Many South Florida cities want a Virgin Trains station, but now it looks like Boca Raton will walk away with the prize if an agreement can be reached between the city and the for-
Boca Raton’s proposed government campus carried a $200 million price tag. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
Plans for a new downtown government campus will be scaled back now that City Council members have balked at a consultant’s proposal that wou
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
ABOVE: Fourteen townhouses split among six buildings will have private beach access, while still maintaining two existing public beach access points. BELOW: Lush landscaping is planned with coconut palms, bougainvillea and a variety of native plants
By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton City Council has made one thing very clear: The Mizner Park Amphitheater is safe — for now.
Media reports about a developer’s offer to build a 1,500-seat indoor performing arts center within nearly 30 city-owned ac
The Related Group would demolish Mizner Park Amphitheater and replace it with 400 residential units. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
A major developer has approached city officials about creating a public/private partnership to develop city-owned
By Rich Pollack
The good news is that most local government employees throughout the coastal communities of south Palm Beach County may be seeing raises in the upcoming fiscal year.
The not-so-great news is that for many of them, these raises
Consultants suggest redoing a building with restrooms and offices,
reconfiguring the docks and refurbishing the area.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
The dock at Ocean Inlet Park, almost 30 years old, has rotting wood fenders and other failing
The latest version of plans for Mizner on the Green are for a nine-story, all-residential tower with about 384 luxury condominiums. Rendering courtesy of Garcia Stromberg
By Mary Hladky
Will the third time be the charm for developer Elad National
By Dan Moffett
Four years ago, Bonnie Fischer won a seat on the South Palm Beach Town Council and quickly made beach restoration her priority.
In March, she won the town’s election for mayor. Her priority hasn’t changed and neither have the questi
The Lansing Melbourne Group proposal shows glass enclosures and an outdoor garden.
Drawing provided
By Angie Francalancia
After 20 years of debating the fate of Boynton Beach’s Old High School, city leaders now are in a hurry to see it transformed in
