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South Palm Beach Town Manager Robert Kellogg says his goodbyes to (l-r) Maj. Christopher Keane, Lt. Christopher Caris, Sgt. Mark Garrison and Deputy Donna Korb of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. In 2019, Kellogg and attorney Glen Torcivia neg

After contentious municipal elections concluded in March, there was celebration in our coastal cities and towns. One side won, one side lost. Now we’re watching as winning candidates are rushing to fulfill campaign promises and reward supporters.

Ret

By Joe Capozzi

Jamie Titcomb has been hired as South Palm Beach’s new town manager under an unusual arrangement that will make him a part-time town employee. 

Titcomb will start June 5, replacing retiring manager Robert Kellogg, who since 2019 has he

By Joe Capozzi

Former Ocean Ridge Town Manager Jamie Titcomb has emerged as the Town Council’s choice to be South Palm Beach’s next manager. Now the council must decide whether to allow him to serve as an independent contractor or a full-time employe

By Joe Capozzi

The town’s 27 condominiums will get reminders from town officials that Airbnbs, Vrbos and other short-term rentals are not allowed in South Palm Beach. 
Unlike many other Florida municipalities, including nearby Lake Worth Beach, South

By Joe Capozzi

At a special meeting to discuss the process of finding a new town manager, South Palm Beach council members reached a consensus Jan. 30: They’d like the current town manager to stick around a little longer.
It could take at least four

By Joe Capozzi

The second half of the town’s dune restoration project has been postponed until 2024 because of damage from Hurricane Nicole. 
“We are basically out of luck for anything for dune restoration for another whole year and let’s hope we don

By Joe Capozzi

The Town Council will hold a special meeting Jan. 6 to review options for finding a new town manager to replace Robert Kellogg, who plans to resign at the end of March. 
A representative with the International City/County Management As

By Joel Engelhardt

Ron DeSantis reached a plateau in Palm Beach County on Nov. 8 that no Republican candidate for governor had reached in 36 years: He tallied more votes than the Democrat.
And on his coattails rode Republicans Peggy Gossett-Seidman t

By Joe Capozzi

South Palm Beach Town Manager Robert Kellogg said he plans to resign at the end of March, a decision he made a day after a town councilman called for his termination. 
At the Nov. 15 Town Council meeting, Ray McMillan didn’t offer a pu

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Ladda carries the American flag into the Town Council chambers, where more than 25 people gathered to honor Veterans Day. The event was postponed from a week earlier because of Hurricane Nicole. In addition

Michael Spencer of South Palm Beach does an inventory of plants in the nursery at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach. Since 2016 he has amassed more than 2,000 volunteer hours. He creates succulent and cacti arrangements to be sold at the Gif

Hurricane Nicole produced days of turbulent waves along the coast in advance of and after landfall. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Larry Barszewski and staff reports

Hurricane Nicole delivered only a glancing blow to Palm Beach County, but the rare

By Joel Engelhardt

Ron DeSantis reached a plateau Tuesday that no Republican candidate for governor in Palm Beach County had reached in 36 years: He tallied more votes than the Democrat.

And on his coattails rode Peggy Gossett-Seidman to victory over

Max Chiorean, of Boynton Beach, walked across the exposed rocks on Gulf Stream Beach with his surfboard on Nov. 10. Rachel S. O’Hara/The Coastal Star

By Larry Barszewski and Joe Capozzi and staff reports

A rare November hurricane combined with king

Ed Scalone, a Korean War veteran and cartoonist, calls himself ‘the governor’ of the Carlisle in Lantana, where he lives. He moved from South Palm Beach two years ago after the death of his wife, Pat. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Walk into the dining

By Joe Capozzi

Just in time for the return of winter snowbirds on wheels, town officials are rolling out two safety initiatives to protect residents walking along South Palm Beach’s popular sidewalk next to busy State Road A1A. 
Palm Beach County she

By Joe Capozzi

South Palm Beach officials in late October announced two special Town Council meetings for early November to interview architects interested in designing a new Town Hall with structural insulated panels — a cost-efficient construction

By Joe Capozzi

Town commissioners Sept. 19 approved a tax rate of $5.50 per $1,000 of assessed value, the same as the current rate, to pay for a $10,087,221 budget for the year that starts Oct. 1. 
Homeowners will still see a rise in their town tax b