The developer has begun a limited demolition of the Oceanfront Inn in South Palm Beach.
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By Dan Moffett
Developer Gary Cohen has all the permits in place to tear down the Oceanfront Inn in South Palm Beach, but after
By Dan Moffett
Bob Vitas was the first candidate South Palm Beach council members interviewed in October for their vacant town manager’s job, and he wasted no time convincing them he was right choice.
“He came in and knocked our socks off r
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach has narrowed its list of town manager candidates to six and hopes to interview them all on Oct. 8 at Town Hall.
“You did very well. These are very high-quality candidates,” said Kurt Bressner, the former Boynton Beach
A South Palm Beach police officer faces battery, dating violence and false imprisonment charges stemming from allegations his girlfriend made against him last month.
Mark McKirchy, a senior patrol officer and 22-year veteran of the town’s department,
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By Dan Moffett
Six coastal municipalities are joining forces to explore forming a barrier island fire district that could reduce rising costs, improve response tim
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach is appealing to oceanfront condominium owners to allow the town easement access to the beaches during emergencies and renourishment projects.
Town officials say they have no way of getting vehicles to the bea
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Town Council members are turning to an old friend and neighbor for help in finding a town manager who fits their community.
Kurt Bressner, who from 2000 to 2011 was Boynton Beach’s town manager, now works as a
The June Coastal Star cover story on the infamous Chillingworth murders took me back to my childhood, when I vividly remember reading an account of this horrific crime in “The Justice Story” of the New York Daily News. As an impressionable youngs
By Dan Moffett
Three months after leaving Princeton, N.J., and taking over as the town manager of South Palm Beach, Jim Pascale told residents they should think about whether the town should continue to exist.
Many were caught off guard. The
More than 100 residents joined veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan
for a Memorial Day event at South Palm Beach Town Hall.
ABOVE: Paivi Aholaita, Teresa Pylvas, Linda Aholaita and Rebecca Pylvas
wave flags while a brass band pl
By Dan Moffett
After months of telling South Palm Beach residents he was committed to building an architectural jewel where the dilapidated Oceanfront Inn now stands, developer Gary Cohen has quietly put the site up for sale. Cohen purchased the p
By Dan Moffett
After months of telling South Palm Beach residents he was committed to building an architectural jewel where the dilapidated Oceanfront Inn now stands, developer Gary Cohen has quietly put the site up for sale. Cohen purchased
By Dan Moffett
Four years ago, Bonnie Fischer won a seat on the South Palm Beach Town Council and quickly made beach restoration her priority.
In March, she won the town’s election for mayor. Her priority hasn’t changed and neither have the questi
Woodrow ‘Woody’ Gorbach (above) and Bernice ‘Bonnie’ Fisher (below) are sworn into office.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Town Council members had planned to give final approval to two ordinances that woul
SOUTH PALM BEACH — They say a cat has nine lives, but with all due respect to felines, any cat would have been happy to have lived the many lives of Robert “Bob” Welstein, who died on March 15 at the age of 96. Mr. Welstein lived many lives duri
By Dan Moffett
Just about everyone in South Palm Beach was caught off guard last August when Paragon Acquisition Group got the town’s blessing for a plan to develop the Oceanfront Inn site.
The revised design sailed through the approval proce
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach voters will have plenty to think about when they go to the polls March 10 to elect a mayor and decide the fate of four charter amendments.
Councilwoman Bernice “Bonnie” Fischer gave the town its first contested
On Jan. 31, Alfred Benjamin of South Palm Beach became the 109th veteran
to sign the 384th Bomb Group Association’s commemorative wing panel. The panel
eventually will be housed at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
Tim Stepien
By Dan Moffett
Though their town is built-out, South Palm Beach council members say they want more control over important decisions on development projects.
So they’re moving forward with changes that will shift power from the architecture and
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach’s search for a new town manager drew more than 70 applicants from municipalities across the country — and that included a chauffeur and a bartender.
“I wanted this to be the toughest decision you have to make,
