By Rich Pollack
Time is running out for Highland Beach residents who want to make their mark on the town.
After Feb. 10 town leaders will no longer accept design ideas for gateway signs at each end of the town, all part of a contest meant to encourage
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan can move forward with a plan to improve water delivery to its oceanfront homes after the Town Commission approved two ordinances that will allow an easement for pipeline construction across property owned by Commissioner Hank
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes is hoping there’s strength in numbers of neighbors when it comes to slowing down boaters in the Intracoastal Waterway.
The Town Council voted unanimously on April 23 to adopt a resolution that calls on the Florida Fish a
By Steve Plunkett
Sections of the town’s narrowest roads could be widened at least 2 feet to combat water ponding on the pavement and ruts from vehicles that go off the asphalt.
The widening project, estimated to cost $238,386, could be finished by
By Mary Thurwachter
Plans to make better use of space and add a meeting room and outdoor reading garden to the town library won the approval of the Lantana Town Council on May 11.
The proposal, promoted by the Library Foundation and its chairman, Ro
Second-graders Emma Imperatore and Valentina Autiero presented their request for duck crossing signs to the Town Commission after a duck was killed near Gulf Stream School. “We don’t want that to happen again,” Valentina said. Rachel S. O’Hara/The Co
New Commissioner Karen Lythgoe brought her granddaughter Sadie Smith to the ceremony. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
A couple of political newcomers looking to turn the tide in Lantana will have a chance to do so after ha
Related story: Thrasher returns to public service as interim town manager
By Rich Pollack
By forcing out three town managers in about three years, Highland Beach faces costs — in dollars and in stability — for the high turnover in its top executive
By Steve Plunkett
The kerfuffle over Town Manager Jamie Titcomb’s budget proposal, which prompted Ocean Ridge commissioners to call an unusual 12-day recess of their final public budget hearing, blew over in about 15 minutes when the meeting
By Rich Pollack
The good news is that most local government employees throughout the coastal communities of south Palm Beach County may be seeing raises in the upcoming fiscal year.
The not-so-great news is that for many of them, these raises
Lantana has a public beach, one of the requirements for under-the-radar beach towns in a nationwide survey by realtor.com. Above, the Ellis family of Lake Worth cools off in the water at the beach. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thur
By Mary Thurwachter
Council members in Lantana had a change of heart about installing parking meters in the town-owned parking lot on South Third Street off Lantana Road.
At the Jan. 26 town meeting, the council decided to look into lea
By Mary Thurwachter
Shortly after returning from his Hawaiian vacation, Vice Mayor Lynn Moorhouse went to the beach for brunch at the Dune Deck. The local dentist had no complaints about food, but what he saw in the parking lot had him clenchi
Commissioners Ron Brown, Mayor Bernard Featherman and Dennis J. Sheridan
listen to a presentation on the town’s spending cap.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
In the wake of a finding by the Palm Beach County Inspector General’s Offic
By Ron Hayes
Five hundred years ago, a Spanish explorer named Juan Ponce de Leon set sail from Puerto Rico, in search of new lands to conquer.
On April 2, 1513, he discovered what appeared to be an island, and named it Florida.
It wasn’
While the beauty salon is still there, the Town Hall has replaced the food store at the south end of town. 1954 File photo courtesy Joan Nichols
By Tim O’Meilia
Briny Breezes celebrated its 50th anniversary as a town with a banner and a slide
By Tim O’Meilia
For the first time since the $510 million Ocean Land sale collapsed in 2007, the town of Briny Breezes took a careful first step toward allowing the town to be more than a mobile-home park.
After four public hearings and ques
Briny Breezes Alderman Kathleen Bray resigned April 27, saying her husband’s out-of-state job prevented her from devoting the time necessary to serve the town.
Spending time with her husband, Larry, in Pennsylvania forced Bray to attend several m
By Steve Plunkett
Four lawyers — all representing other municipalities — want to be the town’s next attorney.
Highland Beach commissioners will interview the candidates Dec. 8 for the successor to Tom Sliney, who resigned effective Dec. 31 after Co
