Spacious homes with large lots and mature trees, like this single-family home in Manalapan being shown by Realtors Angelo and Antonio Liguori, continue to bring high prices. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Mary Hladky
After soaring for two years, taxable values of Palm Beach County properties are now heading back to earth.
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By Anne Geggis
From now on, State Road A1A will be dedicated to the man who drove home how changes in latitudes can change one’s attitude.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 27 signed a bill that passed unanimously in both chambers of the state Legislature de
The roof of this home on Harbour Drive North has been in need of repair for years. Coastal Star photo
By Anne Geggis
A house in disrepair — for years now — is among the reasons that Ocean Ridge town leaders plan to consider dedicating a new position
By Brian Biggane
After four months of fruitless negotiations, the South Palm Beach Town Council decided at its June meeting not to hire Moonlight Architecture to oversee the design and building of its new Town Hall and has moved on to its second choi
New vice mayor appointed — South Palm Beach Mayor Bonnie Fischer nominated Council member Monte Berendes at the council’s June meeting to serve as vice mayor, succeeding Bill LeRoy, who resigned in April, citing health concerns. Berendes was voted in
By Brian Biggane
Contract negotiations to build a new South Palm Beach Town Hall have come to a standstill over how much the architects will receive for project design and oversight, Town Attorney Ben Saver told the Town Council at its May meeting.
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Natalie Gauthier and Michael Crouteau from Quebec lounge by a cliff of sand in May just north of Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park. The erosion and dead vegetation reflect past storm damage. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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New crosswalk is still just talk — Mayor Bonnie Fischer gave an update on the status of building a State Road A1A crosswalk at the north end of Lantana’s beach parking lot, insisting that while the crosswalk would more benefit South Palm Beach reside
In response to a letter in the April issue of The Coastal Star calling for the installation of crosswalks in South Palm Beach, I would ask the following questions: Placed where? And leading where?
Unlike the west side of A1A, there is no shared path
By Brian Biggane
Even as it works toward the construction of a new Town Hall and community center, the South Palm Beach Town Council finds itself in a period of upheaval.
Following the resignation of longtime member Robert Gottlieb in December, the c
By Brian Biggane
The woman charged in the November hit-and-run death of a South Palm Beach woman has multiple DUI offenses and has been driving without a valid license for the past seven years, according to court documents.
Amneris Ramos, 43, listed
The body of a 32-year-old man found March 17 on the South Palm Beach shore has been identified and an autopsy report shows that he died of natural causes — an asthma attack.
The body of Maximiliano Lujan-Rodriguez, 32, of Palm Springs, clad in a shir
Legislative wrap-up — State Rep. Mike Caruso and Sen. Bobby Powell, both of whose constituencies include the town, gave a 40-minute report on the recently concluded legislative session at the Town Council meeting in April. While their work was signif
By Brian Biggane
Long after being identified by authorities, the driver of the car involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in South Palm Beach was booked into the Palm Beach County jail Tuesday morning.
Amneris Ramos, 43, of Boynton Beach was charged w
A recent incident on A1A in South Palm Beach has cast a spotlight on a grave issue that demands our immediate attention. An elderly citizen was struck and killed by a vehicle, a tragedy compounded by the driver’s decision to flee the scene. The subse
By Anne Geggis
Palm Beach County will continue to put out Manalapan’s fires and provide emergency hospital rides via ambulance, the Town Commission decided.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue won the 10-year contract to provide service to South County’s s
By Brian Biggane
Ever since a pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing State Road A1A near the Barclay condominium in November, South Palm Beach residents have actively pursued new safety measures ranging from crosswalk
