By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan is giving its town employees unexpected 5% raises, hoping to keep them happy with their jobs and to reduce the chances they will start looking for more lucrative employment elsewhere.
When Town Manager Linda Stumpf broac
Highland Beach Police Officers Dwayne Fernandes and Paul Shersty
helped rescue four people in a sinking boat on one of their days off.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
A tow boat arrives to haul in a boat that took on water about a mile off the Boynton I
Boats jam Lake Boca Raton on April 30 during the sixth annual Boca Bash.
Police patrolled access points to limit non-boating traffic.
Among thousands of boaters, authorities reported only two
who were taken to a hospital and a typical number of cuts
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Hal Hutchins says he’s finishing up the last details of his investigation into the Richard Lucibella incident and expects to have a report ready soon.
“I anticipate making a recommendation to the town ma
By Rich Pollack
Thinking of crossing Atlantic Avenue or State Road A1A in the middle of the block or of riding your bicycle in traffic with earphones on?
If so, you may want to think again, because police officers in Delray Beach will be out in
Officer Gerry Ricco demonstrates
the body cameras that Delray Beach Police will be using.
Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
When Capt. Tom Mitchell started in law enforcement close to three decades ago, the only cameras available to help police do t
By Jane Smith
Twenty city police officers will soon sport body cameras in a pilot program.
The Delray Beach City Commission approved spending $34,260 for 20 Tasers, 20 body cameras and cloud storage of the cameras’ audio/video.
The Taser
By Sallie James
Boca Raton police officers will receive annual 2 percent raises for the next three years under a three-year contract that also requires police personnel to contribute more to their pension plan.
Similarly, city firefighters w
Delray Beach has reached agreement with its police officers on a three-year contract that gives retroactive salary increases for the five years that wages were frozen.
The contract approved by city commissioners on Dec. 22 also reinstates meri
