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Nearly 60 friends and family members gathered in Ocean Ridge on Aug. 29 for a candlelight vigil for Cassidy Craig. Cassidy’s parents, Johnny and Deborah Craig, are on the right. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
Ocean Ridge police are inves
By Larry Barszewski
A low pressure sewer system may be the best option for getting properties in Manalapan off septic tanks, but Mayor Keith Waters is skeptical residents will agree with the idea.
Consultants studying the town’s sewage needs called t
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream is getting its first-ever assistant town manager and a public works director come Oct. 1 amid other high-level moves in Town Hall.
Assistant Town Attorney Trey Nazzaro will be promoted to assistant town manager/legal, and
Deb and Larry Handler will mark their 30th wedding anniversary this school year at Gulf Stream, where they total 75 years of service as teachers. They also love basketball. Deb played for Keene State College in New Hampshire and Larry is co-athletic
By Rich Pollack
Armed with a unanimous recommendation from a county advisory board, Highland Beach leaders this month will go before the County Commission seeking a much needed certification that helps clear the way for a new town fire department.
La
By Joel Engelhardt
The Aug. 23 primary whittled the field in three state Legislature races critical to residents of coastal South County.
In the closest race, Highland Beach Commissioner Peggy Gossett-Seidman defeated newcomer Christina DuCasse with
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 voted 4-0 on Aug. 8 to hire Ladner after interviewing one other candidate, former Lake County Ma
By Steve Plunkett, Jane Smith and Rich Pollack
Highland Beach and Gulf Stream have struck a deal in which the former will process the latter’s applications for building permits.
“We’re excited about this. We’ve been kind of in a purgatory here,” Gulf
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By Tao Woolfe
The romance between Boynton Beach and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is officially over. Both sides announc
Retired Air Force Col. Ron Standerfer of Gulf Stream keeps an image of the F-100 Super Sabre, an aircraft he flew in Vietnam. In 1969, he was shot down and ejected over Laos. He received the Purple Heart. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
No matter that i
By Jane Smith
The son of a well-known Long Island car dealer was not allowed to rezone parcels in the north end of Delray Beach after nearby Gulf Stream homeowners complained about the adverse effects the proposed car dealership would have on their l
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach leaders were able to trim about $5.6 million from next year’s proposed city budget, mostly because the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency agreed to pay $4.5 million more toward improvements at Pompey Park.
That reduction
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach City Commissioners evaluating City Manager Terrence Moore gave him mixed reviews Aug. 9, then postponed any raise for six months to give Moore the opportunity to improve.Moore received high marks all around from Vice Mayor
By Joe Capozzi
As town officials embark on ambitious plans to protect Briny Breezes from sea level rise, they’re looking for creative ways to help pay for the expensive ongoing project.
Town Council members took one such step Aug. 25 when they voted
By Joe Capozzi
A record rise in taxable values across South Palm Beach would allow the town to lower the tax rate next year to $3.45 per $1,000 of assessed value and still pay for a proposed budget, town accountant Beatrice Good said at a budget work
John ‘J.T.’ Swiderski was honored with a town STAR award for rescuing a swimmer in distress on July 15 in South Palm Beach. A 59-year-old man was visiting a town resident when a rip current pulled him out to sea. J.T. was on the beach with some of hi
South Palm Beach Mayor Bonnie Fischer looks at a sample of a structural insulated panel, which she introduced as an option as the town researches plans for constructing a new Town Hall. Joe Capozzi/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
Plans for a new Town
By Mary Thurwachter
Vocal residents crowded the council chambers for the Aug. 8 Lantana town meeting and got what they asked for — a unanimous vote to deny a proposal to build 231 apartments on the former Kmart property.
The project, called Lantana Vi
By Mary Hladky
BOCA RATON — Susan Whelchel, a force in city politics for nearly 20 years whose vision was to transform Boca Raton into a world-class city, died at age 77 on Aug. 5 surrounded by her family after battling Alzheimer’s disease.“Former Ma
