By Steve Plunkett
Town Manager Bill Thrasher had bad news and good news about his quest to find a $7.2 million grant with a $7.2 million match to build new sea walls and redo Briny Breezes’ antiquated drainage system.
The bad news: Briny is ranked No
By Anne Geggis
A years-long water contamination saga is over after involving sickened people and pets, city denials and a fired whistleblower.
The Florida Health Department in a Feb. 8 letter agreed the city water system doesn’t need further monitor
By Anne Geggis
If you have a Delray Beach city water account, chances are getting closer to 50-50 that the meter reader that determines how much you’re charged isn’t working right.
As many as 40% of the city’s automatic water meter readers have stop
A mark against gay pride pavers — With Delray Beach’s rainbow-striped crosswalk getting vandalized by burnout tracks for the second time in three years, the City Commission discussed perhaps doing away with the pavers at Northeast First Street and No
By Anne Geggis
The latest Delray Beach police station plan receiving City Commission support would have it expand at its current site and possibly have a fire-rescue station move there.
The new plan is a switch from previous discussions about moving
By Steve Plunkett
Going against the grain of other municipalities across Palm Beach County, Gulf Stream’s town commissioners do not support extending the county’s penny sales tax increase another 10 years.
“I object to it,” Mayor Scott Morgan said. “
Gulf Stream announced two important dates for residents of its Core area west of State Road A1A and north of Golfview Drive.
On April 22, work to widen the Core’s narrow roads and to improve the drainage system and water lines is set to begin.
And on
With a major resurfacing project beginning as early as next month on State Road A1A through Highland Beach and a small portion of Delray Beach, the Florida Department of Transportation will hold an in-person open house and a pair of virtual public me
Boynton Beach residents, city commissioners and city staff join for a symbolic march from city hall to Sarah Sims Park to burn copies of obsolete segregationist policies that once divided the city’s white and Black neighborhoods. Photo provided by Ci
By Steve Plunkett
Police Chief Richard Jones has another letter of commendation for his scrapbook — this time for his lifesaving actions at the horrific Jan. 4 bicycle crash in Gulf Stream.
“It is with deepest gratitude that I write to you to recogni
By Mary Hladky
A former Boca Raton City Council member and a former unsuccessful council candidate will face off in the March 19 city election to fill the seat now held by term-limited Deputy Mayor Monica Mayotte.
Vying for Seat D are Andy Thomson, w
By Mary Hladky
Most Boca Raton City Council candidates facing off in a Feb. 8 candidate forum ahead of the March 19 municipal election advanced similar views on many issues, but the city’s tax rate sparked disagreement.
Brian Stenberg, who is running
By Anne Geggis
With three Town Commission seats coming up for election, Ocean Ridge voters have four candidates to consider with experience ranging from the never-elected to one with nearly two decades on the dais.
The two highest-vote getters on Mar
The Coastal Star received 13 awards from the Florida Press Club at its annual recognition ceremony in January.
“We always appreciate the judges’ recognition of the excellent journalism done by our writers, photographers and designers,” Executive Edit
By Steve Plunkett
In a long-running lawsuit over public records requests made by the owner of an undeveloped beachfront parcel on State Road A1A, a judge has decided that Boca Raton “unlawfully withheld and illegally delayed” turning over 42 document
By Steve Plunkett
The first look at a city consultant’s ideas for reimagining part of Palmetto Park Road was not a good one.
First off, Boca Raton City Council members did not get backup documents for the Feb. 26 presentation by Alta Planning + Desig
By Anne Geggis
Home builders will face stricter rules about how much square footage they can stack on residential lots east of the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach, according to an ordinance heading for final City Commission approval.
The ordina
By Anne Geggis
DELRAY BEACH — A longtime pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church died Feb. 11. The Rev. John Skehan was 96 and died surrounded by loved ones, according to friends.
The native of Ireland was beloved by many parishioners even after
Ocean Ridge Police Officer Jimmy Pilon, a paramedic, trains residents Lisa Ritota and Tim Osborn on CPR and how to use automated external defibrillators and stop bleeding. Twenty residents took part in a program sponsored by the Starbright Civic Coll
Tommy Paul of Boca Raton competes last month at the Delray Beach Open, where he lost to No. 1 seed Taylor Fritz in the final in a matchup of the top-ranked American players. Paul won a tournament the previous week. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
With t
