Construction at Silver Palm Park means boat ramps remain unavailable until sometime this summer. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Silver Palm Park’s boat ramps, which closed in September and were supposed to reopen in March, will stay o
Flooding during autumnal high tides and major rainstorms in December 2021 created nearly impassable standing water on North Atlantic Drive in Hypoluxo Island. Photo provided
By Mary Thurwachter
In its effort to mitigate flooding on Hypoluxo Island —
One of Lantana’s 10 water production wells tested positive for fecal coliform (E. coli) bacteria on March 13, according to a public notice.
The presence of E. coli bacteria indicates the well may have been contaminated with human or animal waste.
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A hand-size hole in the parking garage. Photo provided
By Joe Capozzi
A South Palm Beach condo has been cited for code violations related to an eroding sea wall, including holes that allow ocean water to spray into the ground-floor parking garage dur
No offers came to move the Cramer House, which was built in 1925, about one block east of the present-day Sanborn Square. Photo provided by the Boca Raton Historical Society
By Mary Hladky
With no one coming forward to save it, the historic Cramer Ho
Top vote-getter Monte Berendes follows a long-standing town tradition and is sworn into office by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Joe Capozzi
Mayor Bonnie Fischer and council members Bill LeRoy and Monte
By Larry Barszewski
Don’t expect a downtown medley of shops, restaurants, apartments and offices that is planned for city-owned land along the west side of Federal Highway in Boynton Beach to rise anytime soon.
Even if Affiliated Development’s propos
By Tao Woolfe
Thomas Turkin, the final candidate to emerge victorious from Boynton Beach’s complicated March elections, would like to see the city strictly enforce a moratorium on tall buildings.
The newly elected city commissioner for District 3 sai
GULF STREAM — Shirley Coulter Cleveland, 86, of Gulf Stream, Florida, and formerly of Houston, Texas, passed away suddenly on March 6, 2022. There are a lot of trios now looking for a fourth for bridge.
A blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty, Shirley was
BRINY BREEZES — Patricia M. Barnes, the valentine of her mulitgenerational family, died Feb. 14 after a two-month illness. She was 103.
Born Tressa May Gorham on May 25, 1918, she and her twin brother, Charles, were among the eight children of Tressa
Whole Foods plans to open a store as part of a development called the Boynton Beach Marketplace at Boynton Beach Boulevard and Hagen Ranch Road. Rendering provided
By Christine Davis
Good news for Whole Foods fans in Boynton Beach. A store will soon
By Mary Hladky
The Florida Elections Commission has found that Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke did not act improperly or illegally when she sent an email to residents announcing her candidate endorsements in last year’s city election.
The commission clos
The Innovation and Education Center, part of a $130 million performing arts complex planned for Boca Raton’s Mizner Park, would include a rooftop terrace, two studios, other performance space and headquarters for the complex. Renderings provided
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By Mary Hladky
After months of entreaties by residents of the Dixie Manor public housing complex, the City Council has unanimously voted to expand the size of the Boca Raton Housing Authority’s board from five to seven members.
Council members did not
By Rich Pollack
Armed with a green light from voters last fall to spend up to $10 million for a new fire department, Highland Beach commissioners in March agreed to earmark up to $4 million in reserves for the project.
At the same time, town leaders a
By Rich Pollack
Following the refusal of residents to approve four out of five proposed charter changes, Highland Beach commissioners set out in March to identify lessons learned that could be applied to future ballot initiatives.
In what turned out
By Mary Hladky
A dispute between the Boca Raton City Council and City Manager Leif Ahnell spilled into public view last month — an incident that was notable because such disagreements are exceedingly rare.It was fueled by Ahnell’s decision to stop se
By Mary Hladky
City officials and residents have talked for more than a decade about improving Palmetto Park Road. But so far, little has been accomplished.
Now, a new ad hoc group that includes Deputy Mayor Andrea O’Rourke and prominent land use att
By Mary Hladky
More parking meters soon will be installed in downtown Boca Raton.
The City Council on March 7 gave staff the go-ahead to install 86 meters on portions of four streets that currently don’t have them.
Fifty-two of the metered spaces will
Crowds are expected to return by the thousands for the Delray Affair as it resumes along Atlantic Avenue. Photos provided
After a 2-year hiatus, the Delray Affair is returning — and so are the gladiolus bulbs
By Rich Pollack
For the thousands of peop
