By Joe Capozzi
The election of Carolyn Cassidy as the town’s newest commissioner is just one of several key Ocean Ridge leadership changes in the works.
After Cassidy is sworn in on April 3, the Town Commission will still have three top positions at
By Steve Plunkett
Richard Jones is leaving his job as Ocean Ridge’s police chief to take the same post in nearby Gulf Stream.
Gulf Stream town commissioners approved the new hire on Feb. 10. His month-old contract with Ocean Ridge requires him to giv
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Hal Hutchins is retiring in August after serving as chief since 2015. Hutchins has spent 39 years in law enforcement, having retired from the Palm Beach Police Department in 2005. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
By Jane Smith
When Javaro Sims becomes Delray Beach police chief in May, he will be the city’s first black police chief.
City Manager Mark Lauzier announced his decision at the Feb. 12 City Commission workshop where fellow officers packed the first t
By Dan Moffett
For the fourth time in as many years, South Palm Beach is beginning a search to find a town manager.
But another search just ended before it started. The Town Council thinks it has found the police chief it’s been looking for. And it t
By Jane Smith
The new Boynton Beach police chief, Michael G. Gregory, will start July 9.
Gregory, assistant police chief in Fort Lauderdale, was selected by the Boynton Beach city manager in mid-June from 83 applicants.
He is negotiating the contra
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Police Chief Carl Webb decided to retire from his position in early May, ending a 30-year career with the town.Webb, 64, went on a medical leave of absence in January, and officials said he chose to take the retiremen
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach police chief used a modern method to announce his new position.
Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Chief Jeffrey Katz turned to social media to say he will retire from Boynton Beach at the end of December to lead t
By Steve Plunkett
GULF STREAM — By many retirement standards, Gary Ward was young.
But at age 41, after 21 years as a New York City policeman and 2½ years in the Army, he did retire. In 1988 he packed up his belongings and moved to Boynton Bea
Retiring Delray Beach Police Chief Anthony Strianese (front)
and Assistant Chief Jeffrey Goldman at their Delray Beach headquarters.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
They came up through the ranks together, one joining the Delray Be
