Related: Voters to decide on adding fourth year to council terms
By Mary Hladky
City Council candidate Christen Ritchey has withdrawn from the race, allowing Marc Wigder to win election to Seat B without opposition.
As a result, all three contests t
By Mary Hladky
With few residents voicing opposition, City Council members have approved amending the city charter to increase their terms of office from three years to four.
But voters will have the final say. The change will take effect only if a ma
By Joe Capozzi
The Town Council will hold a special meeting Jan. 6 to review options for finding a new town manager to replace Robert Kellogg, who plans to resign at the end of March.
A representative with the International City/County Management As
By Mary Hladky
The city’s building recertification program will not need major changes to be consistent with state legislation approved by lawmakers in May.
Boca Raton enacted an ordinance requiring buildings to be inspected to determine if they are s
By Tao Woolfe
The Boynton Beach City Commission has approved a settlement agreement with JKM BTS Capital, LLC, the developer of the long-stalled public/private Town Square project that city officials had hoped would revitalize the downtown area. Here
A new zoning district, allowing Boynton Beach to set height restrictions on mixed-use downtown buildings without angering current developers, has been approved by the City Commission.
The zoning code amendment will exempt any existing or in-progress d
The boat ramp renovation at Boynton Beach’s Harvey E. Oyer Jr. Park has been completed and the docks and the park have reopened.
“They look great,” Kacy Young, the city’s parks and recreation director, said of the three ramps. The site also has “new s
Sports agent Phil Terrano, who played at the park as a kid, proposes to upgrade it and build a sports training facility there in partnership with the city. Tao Woolfe/The Coastal Star
By Tao Woolfe
As far back as Phil Terrano can remember, he’s wante
Dr. Maria Chadam checks the eyes of one of the 12 Kemp’s ridley turtles that were flown from Cape Cod for treatment at Gumbo Limbo. Andrea Jelaska, a sea turtle rehab technician, holds the turtle.
By Tao Woolfe
Dr. Maria Chadam peered into the eye
A Manalapan house bought by singer Billy Joel for $22.1 million in 2015 is now on the market through Christian Angle Real Estate for $64.9 million. Photo provided by Realtor.com
By Christine Davis
Piano man Billy Joel has listed his ocean-to-lake est
HIGHLAND BEACH — On Dec. 20, 2022, Robert Boehm Ressler’s journey concluded. At age 99, he passed away in a warm and loving senior home.
Bob was born in Pittsburgh on May 5, 1923, the second son to Florence and Elmer. As a boy, he enjoyed hunting and
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
Highland Beach leaders think a state law requiring many condos to stash sizable sums of dollars in reserves following the 2021 high-rise collapse in Surfside is at best unnecessary and at worst an astounding stretch of authority.
Now
By Mary Hladky
The City Council agreed to lend the Boca Raton Housing Authority $640,000 that will make it possible to compete for a Florida Housing Finance Corp. grant to help pay for the planned reconstruction of the Dixie Manor public housing comp
By Steve Plunkett
The new Ocean Strand Park, scheduled for most of 2022 to open by the end of December, will open no sooner than next month.
“We are only waiting on some of the benches, fencing and signage to be delivered and installed,” said Briann H
Hundreds of European starlings, known as a murmuration, take flight at sunset at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge west of Boynton Beach. Photo by Susan Wasserman BELOW RIGHT: Five young gallinules huddle near the shore of Lake
Feb. 14-16: The Wayside House fundraiser, supporting addiction-treatment services for women, will feature dozens of vendors from throughout the United States selling upscale merchandise. Time is 5-7 p.m. Feb. 14 for a preview party and 9 a.m. to 4 p.
OPAL awards chairs and honorees include (l-r) Neil Saffer, Amy and Mike Kazma, Terry Fedele, Greg Hazle, Jan Savarick, Christine Lynn, Pia Giannone and Spencer Siegel. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
Whether a billionaire philanthropist or a public-schoo
Florida Atlantic University has kicked off the public phase of its first comprehensive campaign in more than 20 years.
“Transcend Tomorrow: The Campaign for Florida Atlantic University” is an ambitious plan to raise $600 million for the school and wi
The Ocean Ridge Garden Club kicked off the holiday season with a hat-wearing event that put all who attended in the spirit. Members reflected on the season and everything they accomplished, including raising money for the Ann Cody Camp Wekiva Scholar
