Parents and kids can get a close-up view of prehistoric life when they visit the ’Dinosaur Explorer’ exhibit, which opens Sept. 15 at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach. Besides dinosaur displays and actual fossils, visitors will
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By Janis Fontaine
The Judaic holiday Rosh Hashana celebrates the biblical birthday of the world, and it’s a holiday from which everyone could really benefit. The 10 days between Rosh Hashana, which begins Sept. 25, and Yom Kippur, which begins Oct. 4
Melissa Perlman of Delray Beach won gold in the women’s masters half-marathon at the Maccabiah Games and captained the U.S. effort in endurance sports. Photo provided by Melissa Perlman
By Janis Fontaine
Melissa Perlman of Delray Beach has represente
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge police are investigating the death of a Lantana teenager whose body was found Aug. 12 in a vacant lot just east of the Ocean Avenue bridge leading to Boynton Beach.
The body of Cassidy Cra
By Joel Engelhardt
The Aug. 23 primary whittled the field in three races critical to residents of coastal South County.
In the closest race, Highland Beach Commissioner Peggy Gossett-Seidman defeated newcomer Christina DuCasse with 52.6% of the
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge police are investigating the death of a young woman whose body was found Aug. 12 in a vacant lot just east of the Ocean Avenue bridge leading to Boynton Beach.
Although police have identified the body, they are not rele
By Tao Woolfe
Boynton Beach has broken off negotiations with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to take over city policing, according to a statement issued Aug. 15, by Sheriff Ric L. Bradshaw.
The Palm Beach County sheriff said the city cited “a
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 Larry Barszewski
The Coastal Star received five first-place awards and 14 overall in the Florida Press Association 2022 Weekly Newspaper Contest for non-daily newspapers.
The articles receiving first-place recognition covered a variety of topics,
A leatherback hatchling makes its way into the ocean in Boca Raton after a release by Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
Walk along the beach at Red Reef Park in Boca Raton and it’s hard to miss evidence
Town Clerk Erika Petersen chats with a patron at Manalapan’s J. Turner Moore Memorial Library. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Behind the Books: Librarians open up about ever-expanding services to community
By Larry Barszewski
The Manalapan and Gulf
A loggerhead hatchling trapped in a plastic cup nestled in sargassum. Photo provided by Sea Turtle Adventures
Every season has its heroes. In the South Florida fall, public safety and tree removal workers should get medals for cleaning up after the i
Eda and Cliff Viner of Gulf Stream created the nonprofit Eda and Cliff Viner Community Scholars Foundation in 2015. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
Raised by a single mother and working to support her when she became ill, Daniel Bencive
By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan’s newly proposed budget includes a half-million dollars to kick-start its switch from septic tanks to sewers, as well as money for 5% pay raises and a 5% one-time bonus for town employees.
Town commissioners set a tentat
By Joe Capozzi
Developer William Swaim has offered to sell 3.3 acres of submerged land to Ocean Ridge, part of a proposal he says will allow him and the town to “put down their swords’’ and end years of litigation.
Town officials apparently are not
By Joe Capozzi
The tax rate in Ocean Ridge will remain at $5.50 per $1,000 of taxable value next year, commissioners decided in July, but residents can still expect higher bills because of an 18.26% increase in property values across town.
At budget
Hazel Gutierrez celebrates after her daughter Jane was picked as the most patriotic baby during the Independence Day festivities in Lantana. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
For the second time in less than four years, Ocean Ridge commissioners are looking for a new town manager, a search they hope to complete within the next four months.
Town Manager Tracey Stevens is leaving Sept. 11 to become town manag
By Larry Barszewski
A remodeling plan for Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar could lure more restaurants to the shopping center by expanding its covered space for outdoor dining.
The changes would be to five mostly vacant suites on the westernmost portion of
By Steve Plunkett
Highland Beach town commissioners on Aug. 2 postponed discussing whether to have their staff review and approve building permits for Gulf Stream projects after Delray Beach pulled out of a similar arrangement in May.
Because Mayor Do
