By John Pacenti
Not all noise is equal in Delray Beach.
For people on the barrier island, the roar of gas-powered leaf blowers is the chief concern. For those who live near downtown, it’s the establishments that blast music late into the night or rev
By John Pacenti
No civic amenity in Delray Beach stands as more of a war wound from the 2021 ouster of the nonprofit that ran Old School Square than the historic Crest Theatre. Five years later, the Crest remains at a critical crossroads as the city
By John Pacenti
The City of Delray Beach has suspended the permit for Coco Market, a popular wellness and community event, following a “serious incident” involving a dog attack that left a teenager with severe facial injuries.
City Manager Terrence M
By Jane Musgrave
A leaky stormwater drain pipe that went undetected for nearly 30 years has erupted into a court battle between a Delray Beach homeowner and the city.
In a lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court in February, Mary Anne Wood a
Emergency work has begun to repair a failing sea wall at the southeastern end of Southeast Wavecrest Way in Boca Raton’s Por La Mar neighborhood south of East Palmetto Park Road.
The work will also include stormwater infrastructure improvements, incl
Police employee of the year — At the Feb. 23 Lantana Town Council meeting, Police Chief Sean Scheller presented his department’s employee of the year award to executive assistant Karen Dipolito.
Dipolito has worked for the Police Department for 27 y
Dogs and their human pals enjoy the sand and sea at Boca Raton’s Bark Beach. The beach, between lifeguard towers 18 and 20, is now open from 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to sunset (5 p.m. to sunset during daylight saving time) seven days a week, up from tw
The huge tree sits near the golf course clubhouse (at left). John Pacenti/The Coastal Star
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.”
— Joyce Kilmer
“The canal shall remain clear of all construction. There shall
By Mary Hladky
The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency has consented to the transfer of long-term commercial ground leases in Mizner Park to four entities led by CP Group, the owner of the Boca Raton Innovation Campus.
Brookfield Properties, the cu
By Rich Pollack
With an eye to the future, Highland Beach leaders are finalizing a strategic priorities plan that puts an emphasis on continuing to maintain the town’s brand as “three miles of paradise.”
“The strategic priority process allows us to c
Caroline Baker overlooks the severely eroded beach at South Inlet Park in Boca Raton. Baker, of Pittsburgh, was visiting her parents in Boca Raton and spent mornings journaling at the park. Weather fronts and high tides carved out 12-foot sand cliffs
A second, final layer of asphalt to roads in Gulf Stream’s Core area is “right around the corner,” according to Town Manager Trey Nazzaro.
Roadway Construction LLC had tentatively scheduled the asphalt work for Feb. 23, but Baxter & Woodman Consultin
By Michael Cook
Boynton Beach wants to change the perception that it has three “nothing-to-see-there” exits on Interstate 95 by rebuilding its downtown and waterfront as destinations — places people will exit the highway to visit.
Officials are think
By Rich Pollack
Driving through Highland Beach on State Road A1A has gotten easier thanks to the near-conclusion of the Florida Department of Transportation’s $8.3 million resurfacing and improvement project.
It’s not quite a perfectly uninterrupted
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By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton has received initial city approval to build a luxury residential building on the resort property.
The most recent planned change to the resort comes as i
JJ McDonough, here at his Leeward Staffing office in Boynton Beach, runs luxury hospitality businesses. He and his family, temporarily in Boynton Beach, are awaiting completion of a new home on Hypoluxo Island, where he has lived for almost 15 years
This proposed Mr. C Residences for downtown Boca would be the third Mr. C Residences in South Florida, joining those in West Palm Beach and Coconut Grove. Rendering provided
Yet another luxury condominium is coming to downtown Boca Raton.
Key Interna
By Rich Pollack
When Delray Beach needed water, lots of it and in a hurry, it turned to those it knew it could count on — its neighbors.
Those neighbors came through, providing the city with more than 30 million gallons of drinking water in all — and
The Boca Raton City Council approved plans for a hotel in Royal Palm Place after the plans were revised from underground parking to building a seven-story parking garage, in addition to reducing the number of rooms from 144 to 137. Rendering provided
By Steve Plunkett
A ban on leaving any type of hurricane shutters up year-round in Gulf Stream is coming.
The town already prohibited leaving plywood shutters up outside of hurricane season or when there is no unseasonal named storm threatening.
But
