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Along the Coast: Crosswalk Confusion

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A couple crosses A1A without using a crosswalk to get to Atlantic Dunes Park in Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

13541533083?profile=RESIZE_192XBy Rich Pollack

The close call came as

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By Brian Biggane

South Palm Beach Vice Mayor Monte Berendes is the kind of legislator who typically sticks to his convictions: Once he takes a stance, he holds onto it. So, the fact Berendes has flip-flopped on a key issue regarding the new Town Hall

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South Palm Beach: News Briefs

Lift station approved — At a special meeting on April 16, the South Palm Beach Town Council adopted an agreement to have Mock Roos & Associates design and oversee construction of a new lift station, to be built on the site of the existing one-story l

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By Brian Biggane

The South Palm Beach Town Council heard 30-minute presentations March 13 from a pair of engineering firms regarding the long-awaited construction of a new lift station.

As Mayor Bonnie Fischer put it after the vote at the special mee

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Meet Your Neighbor: Robert D’Amelio

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Robert D’Amelio, a seasonal South Palm Beach resident and Vietnam-era veteran, visits with his 2-year-old grand-daughter, Siena. D’Amelio was one of thousands of workers who cleaned up the World Trade Center site after the September 2001 terrorist a

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13436286262?profile=RESIZE_710xProtecting beaches from erosion is difficult enough, but extra steps are needed when man-made structures, such as the Boynton Inlet, block the natural southerly flow of sand. On the inlet’s Ocean Ridge side, rock groins have been placed to slow erosi

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By Brian Biggane

The possibility that South Palm Beach could end its trash pickup agreement with contractor Waste Management brought three representatives of the company to the Town Council meeting in January.

Council members engaged in a discussion

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Reports are first step toward recertification

By Rich Pollack

Time is running out for several dozen remaining area condo associations that are required to file state-mandated inspection reports by the end of the year.

Under a state law passed in the

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By Brian Biggane

After working for nearly a year with only four members, the South Palm Beach Town Council completed its roster by appointing Sandra Beckett to the council at its November meeting.

13236477058?profile=RESIZE_180x180A resident of Palmsea Condominiums since 2018, Becket

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13085949679?profile=RESIZE_710xAfter Hurricane Milton exited Florida late Oct. 10, it left behind optimal surf conditions south of the Boca Raton Inlet. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Related: Carlisle and Eau open doors to Tampa evacuees from storm; Briny Breezes: County orders eva

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By Brian Biggane

The South Palm Beach Town Council voted at its October meeting to solicit applications for its vacant fifth seat, conduct interviews among applicants at its Nov. 12 meeting and make an appointment by the end of the meeting.

Applicant

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