Sales tax extension — Town Council members expressed their support for a resolution asking Palm Beach County voters to extend the one-cent sales tax for infrastructure projects through Dec. 31, 2036. The current sales surtax sunsets by Dec. 31, 2026
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Witches head south on State Road A1A during the annual charity ride. A stiff breeze kept the more than 350 participants pedalling hard as they shouted greetings to fellow witches along a course that looped between Anchor Park and George Bush Boulevar
The arrows on this sign imply that the private beach extends to the ocean. It does not. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Larry Barszewski
A new Ocean Ridge ordinance regulating beach signs has been in effect for two months, but don’t be surprised if y
Related: Boca Raton: Former Gumbo Limbo employees start new sea turtle care nonprofit
By Steve Plunkett
The city of Boca Raton has a new strategy to regain permission to house sea turtles at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, but there still is no firm d
Related: Boca Raton: City changes tack on who should hold permit to house turtles
By Steve Plunkett
People who want to help endangered and threatened sea turtles survive have a new nonprofit they can support.
Two former Gumbo Limbo Nature Center empl
Emily Gentile, president of the Beach Condo Association of Boca Raton, Highland Beach and Delray Beach. She lives at the Yacht & Racquet Club of Boca Raton and previously lived in Highland Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Emily Gentile gets things
Little League teams, parents, merchants and spectators from Broward and Palm Beach counties arrive at the East Boynton Little League Park on Woolbright Road for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and Stand Up to Cancer event. BELOW: Members of the Panthers, a
By Steve Plunkett
A call to the cavalry didn’t work, so people still irked by the horns on the Camino Real bridge are bringing in the heavy artillery.
State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, herself a boater, is leading the charge against the intrusive no
The new dog park will have a grand opening from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 4. The area at Jaycee Park on South Federal Highway will be divided for dogs of different sizes. Photo provided
A new dog park at Jaycee Park, 2600 S. Federal Highway, officially op
By Rich Pollack
Richard Nixon was in the White House, American soldiers were in Vietnam and the first man was about to walk on the moon just about the same time that many of the sewer pipes buried under the streets of Highland Beach were being instal
By Mary Hladky
Four years after the Boca Raton City Council gave up on having a transit system in the downtown, current council members are pushing to get an on-demand service in place quickly.
City officials will request proposals from interested co
Plans for the Boca Raton Innovation Campus at the former IBM site, west of Interstate 95 on the south side of Yamato Road, include 1,240 residential units, an entertainment venue, a hotel, grocery and more. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
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Temporary window coverings are just one of numerous problems for the house at 2900 Avenue Au Soleil, which the town hopes will be demolished. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
A daily fine of $200 will kick in on Dec. 8 unless the dilapi
Bids produce sticker shock — The lowest bid for road and drainage work in the Core District came in at $13 million, or $2 million more than expected. Jockey Prinyavivatkul of Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers said he would talk to the two bidders
By Larry Barszewski
Moving the headquarters of Delray Beach’s police and fire departments could create new possibilities for redeveloping West Atlantic Avenue between Interstate 95 and Swinton Avenue, officials say, the latest idea in a difficult, de
By Mary Hladky
Long dormant plans to build a new government campus and a pedestrian bridge that Brightline passengers could use to reach the downtown have been revived by the Boca Raton City Council.
Council members added $300,000 to this fiscal year
Walker Design & Construction Co. workers level a portion of the more than 100 cubic yards of concrete foundation that was poured Oct. 11 for bases of a multi-level ramp that will lead to a new observation tower. The ramp will make the top deck access
City manager settlement — The city released details of its settlement with former City Manager George Gretsas, in which it agreed to pay $75,000 to Gretsas to end litigation he filed. Gretsas initially demanded $205,213 to settle, which he later re
Boca Raton’s Office of Sustainability is inviting residents to complete a survey, which is intended to get input that will guide the city’s sustainability initiatives over the next five years.
The survey allows residents to express their priorities,
By Steve Plunkett
A construction company that was given a temporary easement through Ocean Strand Park so its trucks and crews could reach a waterfront job site just north of the park is not living up to its part of the contract.
Georgia-based JJ Mor
