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Evalyn David, first elected to the Town Commission in 2019, has left the job because of term limits but has been appointed to the town’s Planning Board. Rich Pollack/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack

Evalyn David hadn’t planned on becoming a Highland

By Dan Moffett

In a busy night of changes and decision-making, Ocean Ridge commissioners saw a mayor step down, elected his replacement, removed a construction moratorium, enacted a bundle of new building rules and advanced four proposed charter amen

By Dan Moffett

    South Palm Beach voters will likely get the chance to make some significant changes to their town’s charter when they go to the polls in March.
    At their Nov. 18 meeting, Town Council members gave preliminary approval to four amen

By Dan Moffett

    South Palm Beach council members have come to the conclusion that it doesn’t make much sense to have term limits in a town that has trouble finding candidates willing to serve in the first place.
    “We’re not a very large town,” sa

Mayor Susan Whelchel 

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Steve Plunkett

    If you want to schedule time with Mayor Susan Whelchel, call quick. 

    This month she will be at the Allianz Championship Golf Tournament, which she wooed to the city to bec

Town voters, the few who did vote, overwhelmingly approved a charter change imposing term limits on the mayor and commissioners by a 52-14 margin.
    Elected officials can serve a maximum of three consecutive two-year terms as either mayor or commis

Election Results

Question: Yes - 52, No - 14

By Tim O’Meilia

There’s a revolution on the Manalapan Town Commission.

The mayor and three commissioners are out. Three new commissioners and a familiar face as mayor are in. All without a shot being fire

By Tim O’Meilia

Manalapan voters will have a chance to set term limits on its commissioners and allow the mayor’s presence to count toward getting a quorum for meetings when some commissioners are away.

Those two possible changes in the town charter