INSET BELOW: Kathleen Weiser
By Rich Pollack
Despite early concerns expressed by one commissioner, Highland Beach town leaders agreed unanimously this month to renew the contract of Town Manager Kathleen Weiser and to give her a salary increase.
INSET BELOW: Kathleen Weiser
By Rich Pollack
Despite early concerns expressed by one commissioner, Highland Beach town leaders agreed unanimously this month to renew the contract of Town Manager Kathleen Weiser and to give her a salary increase.
By Rich Pollack
While Delray Beach considers whether to have Palm Beach County Fire Rescue provide its fire service, the town of Highland Beach is hedging its bets and planning discussions to determine the feasibility of having Boca Raton replace
By Dan Moffett
Joan Orthwein spent the last two years in the crosshairs of Gulf Stream’s legal battles, serving as the town’s mayor during the stormiest period in its history.
At the Town Commission’s April 11 meeting, she told a chamber cro
Editor's Note: Confusion about beach access abounds
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge residents will get their chance to weigh in on a number of contentious public beach access issues at a much-anticipated workshop scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on May 6
Highland Beach Town Clerk Beverly Brown swears in Commissioner Dennis J. Sheridan
during a special commission meeting March 12.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Incumbent Highland Beach Town Commissioner Dennis Sheridan narrowly
By Dan Moffett
Unhappy with the engineering advice they got for a street paving project two years ago, Manalapan town commissioners don’t want to make the same mistake again when they tackle the Audubon Causeway bridge project.
So, commission
Three candidates are competing for two open seats after Ed Brookes and Zoanne Hennigan decided against running for re-relection on March 11.
Personal: 60; bachelor’s degrees in political science and history, 1975, University
Three uncontested races have left the Manalapan Town Commission with two new faces.
Clark Appleby, a member of the town’s zoning commission, claims the at-large seat vacated by John Murphy, and Ronald Barsanti, an alternate on the architectur
Incumbent commissioner Dennis Sheridan faces newcomer Rhoda Zelniker for a three-year term; incumbent Bernard Featherman (who serves as mayor) is unopposed.
Also on the ballot is a charter amendment proposal to change the makeup of the canva
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners, who have struggled for months trying to decide how to manage access to their public beaches, got some free legal advice from a resident who also happens to be a Palm Beach County circuit judge.
Lucy C
Two of Gulf Stream’s harshest and loudest critics have picked up campaign packets from the town clerk and are considering a run for the Town Commission in the March 11 municipal election.
Martin O’Boyle, who took the town to court last year i
Three residents of Point Manalapan have received campaign packets from the town clerk and could compete for two of the three open Town Commission seats in the March 11 municipal election.
The potential candidates include: Kelly Gottlieb, who
In Highland Beach, three residents have expressed interest in running for two open seats.
Incumbent Mayor Bernard Featherman has taken out papers necessary to qualify for re-election as has incumbent Town Commissioner Dennis Sheridan.
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Signs that read ‘PRIVATE NO TRESPASSING’ flank both sides
of the town’s beach walkover at Old Ocean and Beachway Drive.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Town commissioners are poised to make another attempt at striking the right bala
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream commissioners have given preliminary approval to a proposal that would put staggered commission terms on the ballot for the March election.
But the go-ahead comes with a stipulation that the town’s civic association
The aging Audubon Causeway bridge must be replaced or repaired.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Commissioners will have to dig deeper than expected into town reserves to replace or repair the aging Audubon Causeway bridge on Point M
Garrett Dering
No matter how Gulf Stream decides to run its elections, Commissioner Garrett Dering says his days as a town commissioner are numbered.
“I have no intention of running for election this time,” he told commissioners. So, if you
This sign was placed near the Beachway Drive dune cross-over for a few days.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Two signs reading “private beach” have been removed by Ocean Ridge town workers after complaints that they discouraged pe
By Tim O’Meilia
The owners of Ocean Ridge’s five-store business district agreed to pay for a planning study that may forestall its demise, but not before clashing with town commissioners.
After requiring an engineering study of the property a
By Tim O’Meilia
Oceanfront Manalapan residents made crystal clear they want no part of the regional beach management program designed to make approval of new renourishment projects smoother and quicker.
In an email and snail mail survey of th