Phil Wotton, Delray Beach’s Ocean Rescue division chief, was riding with his wife, Elaine, on their tandem bicycle when they stopped to assist an unconscious cyclist in March. Photo provided
By Jan Engoren
Philip “Phil” Wotton is an unassuming fellow
A new law requires cyclists to ride in a single file on sections of A1A with no designated bike lane. A surveillance camera captures a pack of riders taking up most of a travel lane while riding north near the Eau Palm Beach in Manalapan. Photo provi
By Rich Pollack
For almost four decades, officers and managers of condos east of Federal Highway in Boca Raton and Highland Beach met regularly to share information and to listen to key speakers on topics that affect them all.
Now, with the collapse
More than 5 inches of rain and annual king tides combined to make November a soggy month.
ABOVE: Workers from a condo construction site across the street from Briny Breezes remove sod from Briny Breezes Boulevard on Nov. 5. Earlier in the week worke
In your June/July article about bicycling on A1A, you only made a short statement referencing large groups of bikers. I find it very disturbing that I have observed over the past 10 years large groups of bicycles — 30 to 90 bikers — who ride in the m
One of the provisions in the new law is that bicyclists riding on substandard-width roads, ones without designated bike lanes, must ride single file except when passing each other. Renderings provided by Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency
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The path runs the length of Highland Beach on the west side of A1A and needs repairs. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s aging 3-mile walking path could become safer, more attractive and even more durable if town commis
By Rich Pollack
After months of lobbying by town officials and at least one persistent resident, Highland Beach’s efforts to improve pedestrian safety at crosswalks have prompted a Florida Department of Transportation decision to implement enhance
May and early June have been a busy time for driving obstacles.
In Ocean Ridge there have been lane restrictions because of painting and repairs on both the Woolbright and Ocean Avenue bridges, combined with stop-and-start traffic caused by F
By Rich Pollack
Town commissioners are hoping a few qualified residents can help them determine the look and scope of a long-discussed enhancement to Highland Beach’s walking path, which is more than 3 miles long.
For years, town leaders have
Delray brings new license plate
scanners to barrier island
Delray Beach officer Anthony Sala speaks with a driver pulled over when a license plate recognition camera
(shown below) alerted him to an expired tag.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Po
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach Town Commissioner Carl Feldman wants to make sure a large chunk of county-owned property at the south end of town known as Milani Park doesn’t become Milani parking lot.
Feldman, who is running for mayor in March
By Rich Pollack
Efforts by at least one Highland Beach resident and town leaders to improve pedestrian safety at crosswalks on State Road A1A appear to be paying off.
Last month, consultants hired by the Florida Department of Transportation co
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
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes residents will look back on 2016 as the year their town strengthened its ties with Boynton Beach.
In June, the Briny Breezes Town Council approved a 12-year fire-rescue contract with Boynton Beach, extending a lon
The Police Department’s new message board cost about $16,000 and was paid for by the nonprofit
Highland Beach Police Foundation. Besides its message capabilities, the unit can measure
vehicle numbers and speeds at various times, helping the departme
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach residents living on one of the town’s six publicly owned side streets off State Road A1A are welcome to attend a public information forum on the upcoming water main replacement project that will impact their neighbor
By Dan Moffett
Recent advances in technology could enable Ocean Ridge to move forward with a plan to install license plate recognition cameras along State Road A1A without the blessing of the Florida Department of Transportation.
Ocean Ridge Po
By Rich Pollack
Plans to sprinkle license plate recognition cameras throughout the barrier island, derailed more than a year ago when the state refused to allow them on its rights of way, are getting new life thanks to advanced technology.
Now
By Dan Moffett
Prospects dimmed for a barrier island fire district as officials from six coastal communities dug deeper into a consultant’s feasibility study last month.
The preliminary report from Robert Finn, a manager with Texas-based Matrix
