The new guardhouse, at 248 square feet, is larger than the current one, which was built in 1968. Rendering provided
By John Pacenti
Architects scaled back the once opulent design of a new Point Manalapan guardhouse, presenting an updated, more gover
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The Taj Mahal of guardhouses will, alas, remain on the drawing board.
Manalapan’s Architectural Commission severely cut back on the ambitious plan originally proposed, Town Manager Eric Marmer said.
The new plan scales what could have been a $340,000
By Anne Geggis
The cost of staffing a private security guard at the entrance of Point Manalapan has the town considering dialing the detail back to one 12-hour shift instead of around-the-clock coverage.
The bill for 24-hour coverage for next year is
By Larry Barszewski
Work is underway to bring better water pressure to Manalapan’s oceanfront homes through the installation of a new water main underneath the Intracoastal Waterway from Point Manalapan to the beach.
The long-planned project should t
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan has its own version of the building boom that is raging throughout Florida, and it comes with its own rather special complications.
People who are moving to the town are intent on building bigger homes, which necessitates the
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are moving forward with a new ordinance that would allow docks to be built on vacant properties before home construction begins.
Mayor Keith Waters said during the commission’s Feb. 25 meeting that the ordinance
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan resident Hank Siemon came to the Town Commission and asked for an exception to building codes so that he can put an unusually long dock behind the home he intends to build on the vacant Intracoastal lot he owns.
Because Siemo
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town commissioners are moving forward with changes that will place new regulations on swales in Point Manalapan neighborhoods.
Town Attorney Keith Davis is drafting a new ordinance that will restrict the types of trees
By Dan Moffett
Nine of the 144 properties on Point Manalapan have hedges that are 12-feet tall, and town commissioners have decided these homeowners are going to have to do some trimming.
At their May 26 meeting, commissioners unanimously voted
Water floods part of the northbound lane of A1A
in front of Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
during October’s king tides.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
The high tides of October invaded areas of Manalapan that only torrential downpours
By Dan Moffett
After the furor over the Red Cross plan for a Designers’ Show House on Point Manalapan, town commissioners are working to draft a new ordinance that would prohibit large, multiday special events.
“This is the result of the recent
By Dan Moffett
Decades of dealing with the world’s worst calamities could not have prepared the Red Cross for the unnatural disaster that was waiting on Point Manalapan.
In June, representatives of Palm Beach County’s chapter won the Town Co
The aging Audubon Causeway bridge must be replaced or repaired.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Commissioners will have to dig deeper than expected into town reserves to replace or repair the aging Audubon Causeway bridge on Point M
