By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach commissioners last month approved a $30.5 million budget, which is 31% higher than last year while at the same time holds the overall tax rate steady.
Bloated largely by the town’s decision to create its own fire rescu
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By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge commissioners will hire a professional recruiter to find a new town manager after scrapping an initial “flawed” search process that started in July and saw four of six finalists withdraw, including three just days before
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge town commissioners have narrowed their search for a new town manager to six candidates, including interim town manager Lynne Ladner.
The others, chosen from a field of 15 applicants, are Michelle Berger, Raymond Boss
By Joe Capozzi
Lynne Ladner, a former interim town manager in Pinellas County, will take over as interim town manager in Ocean Ridge.
Town commissioners Aug. 8 voted 4-0 to hire Ladner after interviewing one other candidate, former Lake County Manag
By Joe Capozzi
Town Manager Tracey Stevens is leaving Ocean Ridge in September, a departure town commissioners will discuss Monday, July 25 at an 11:30 a.m. special meeting at Town Hall.
Stevens, who replaced Jamie Titcomb in March 2019, submitted h
By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan is giving its town employees unexpected 5% raises, hoping to keep them happy with their jobs and to reduce the chances they will start looking for more lucrative employment elsewhere.
When Town Manager Linda Stumpf broac
By Mary Thurwachter
After narrowing its search to four candidates, the Lantana Town Council chose Brian Raducci, assistant city manager of Aventura, to become the next town manager.
He will fill the position vacated by Deborah Manzo, who left in June
The Lantana Town Council has scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, at town hall to approve a contract for the new town manager, Brian Raducci.
Raducci, assistant manager of Aventura, was selected from four finalists interviewed by
Lantana Police Chief Sean Scheller presents Deborah Manzo with an Achievement Award at her last town meeting as manager. She left to become the administrator of Okeechobee County. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
As Highland Beach leaders methodically move toward starting a town-operated fire department, they know that some skeptics believe they might be in over their heads.
Their message back: Don’t underestimate us.
“I think people will be s
By Mary Thurwachter
With Town Manager Deborah Manzo’s imminent departure, the Lantana Town Council has begun its search for her successor. Manzo, who began working for the town in 2012, announced in March she had accepted a position as administrator
By Mary Thurwachter
There were cheers as Lantana’s new mayor was sworn in on March 22, later followed by tears as the announcement was made that Deborah Manzo, the town’s manager, was resigning to become the administrator of Okeechobee County.
Some
By Dan Moffett
In March, South Palm Beach voters overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment that gave the mayor the power to declare emergencies.
When the Town Council debated putting the referendum on the ballot late last year, the thinking was the
By Dan Moffett
A month into the new year and a new decade, Briny Breezes has a new administrative staff in place at Town Hall.
Council members approved resolutions appointing William Thrasher as town manager and Sandi DuBose as deputy clerk during th
By Dan Moffett
The Briny Breezes Town Council spent the holidays examining the résumés of candidates for the open part-time positions of manager and deputy clerk.
During a special meeting on Dec. 19, the council interviewed three candidates for manag
By Dan Moffett
The town manager and deputy clerk of Briny Breezes are resigning their part-time positions, effective the end of the year, saying their workloads are too great and their pay too small.
“Part-time work, part-time wages but full-time res
By Charles Elmore
The latest episode in the managerial saga of Briny Breezes ended faster than a typical pop song.
The seaside mobile home community that not so long ago stood as Palm Beach County’s only municipality without a town manager found itse
By Dan Moffett
The South Palm Beach Town Council has rewarded Town Manager Robert Kellogg with a one-year contract that lifts the interim status he has worked under since taking the job in December.
“I think that with services the town have received f
Goal is to stop clashing messages, redundant legal fees
By Rich Pollack
In an effort to reduce confusion and communicate more efficiently, the Highland Beach Town Commission in February established a list of rules that govern its interactions with
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Town Manager Jamie Titcomb is resigning his position in March to become the first manager in the upstart town of Loxahatchee Groves.
For Titcomb, the change is a return engagement of sorts. Thirteen years ago, when he was w
