By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge commissioners finally chose a new full-time town manager Jan. 31, capping a difficult six-month selection process marked by complications right up to the very end.
Lynne Ladner, who has held the post on an interim basis
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By Mary Hladky
The City Council has shot down an ordinance proposed by Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke that was aimed at preventing controversies like the one that enveloped a planned automated parking garage in the downtown.
The ordinance would have est
By Mary Hladky
In an effort to end protracted litigation over a now-repealed ordinance and a blocked effort by a landowner to build a single-family home on the beach, the City Council has authorized their attorneys to attempt to resolve the cases.
Cou
By Rich Pollack
It has been the target of town leaders for more than a decade, with commission after commission taking aim but never being able to shoot down Highland Beach’s notorious spending cap.
Now the commission’s $350,000 spending limit on any
By Rich Pollack
Voters will weigh in on five proposed changes to the town’s charter March 8, all of which could impact the way Highland Beach operates for many years to come.
“The charter is a road map forward for the town similar to the Constitution
By Rich Pollack
As Highland Beach residents prepare to vote on five recommended Town Charter revisions, much of the focus has been on one change that would significantly modify the town’s spending cap from $350,000 to slightly over $1 million.
During
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach voters will have a chance to learn more about five proposed charter changes — all of which could have a long-term impact on how the town operates — prior to casting their ballots on March 8.
A food truck event at Town H
By Rich Pollack
For at least two decades, Highland Beach town leaders have raised concerns about being handcuffed by a spending cap that requires voter approval for any project over $350,000.
First imposed in 1991, the limitation has caused hand-wri
Highland Beach residents showing up to vote on Nov. 2 were greeted by Commissioner John Shoemaker (in T-shirt), former Mayor Bernard Featherman and John Ross (red shirt), founder of The Committee to Save Highland Beach.
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By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum in the March 9 municipal election that gives the town its first formal charter.
The vote was 96 to 8, a 92.3% endorsement of the new rules for governance.
The approval is the cu
By Mary Hladky
Two proposed City Charter amendments on the March 9 ballot would change requirements for those seeking election to the City Council.
One would lengthen the time a person must have lived in the city from 30 days to one year before he or
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners finally fired their city manager on Nov. 20, after waiting a tumultuous five months.
The vote was 3-2, with Mayor Shelly Petrolia, Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Johnson and Commissioner Juli Casale voting to
March 17 is an election day. Are you excited? OK, maybe not. I realize only some will be able to vote in the presidential preference primary (it is a closed primary, open to only registered Democrats or Republicans), but everyone who is registered to
By Steve Plunkett
Lawyers for the owner of an undeveloped lot at 2500 N. Ocean Blvd. made another unsuccessful attempt July 23 to win permission to build on the beach.
The City Council voted 5-0 not to grant a variance allowing construction east of t
Audience members listen before the Boca Council makes its final vote to reject the variance for the duplex. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Living up to promises they gave voters and concerned residents for years, Boca Raton City Cou
If you are just returning from your summer in cooler climes, welcome back.
There are a few things you should know as you return:
We’ve had massive amounts of seaweed wash up on our beaches most of the summer. No one is sure where it’s coming from, bu
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach Oct. 2 delayed its controversial vote to settle a lawsuit by carving the contested properties from its reduced height district on East Atlantic Avenue.
City commissioners voted 3-1 to push the vote to Oct. 16 when all five
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town commissioners say they’re looking forward to Publix’s opening a supermarket at Plaza del Mar this summer.
But they’re not so excited about that long-awaiting arrival that they’re willing to allow Publix to open a wine an
By Rich Pollack
With Highland Beach voters rejecting a proposal to allocate $2.1 million for a streetscape plan, town commissioners are going back to the drawing board to ensure a 3-mile stretch of asphalt on the west side of State Road A1A is not a
Monica Mayotte takes the oath of office. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The new City Council’s first vote may have been a harbinger of decisions to come — members split 2 to 3 against keeping Jeremy Rodgers as deputy mayor.
At the co
