The images presented to the city by Terra/Frisbie for the proposed overhaul of the Boca Raton City Hall campus and surrounding area included a community center built into a hill with large sculptures.
By Mary Hladky
Moving into high gear to redevelop
Reciprocity. A word that might be hard to pronounce, but whose definition seems especially appropriate during the holidays. If we understand that the giving of gifts almost always initiates a reaction, and we listen to, or observe, that response, we’
The Hub at Space of Mind educational center in Delray Beach provides a professional-grade kitchen for would-be chefs and food entrepreneurs to learn skills of the trade. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
A new commercial kitchen comes with a plan to train
Renee Basel sings in the parking lot of Gulf Stream Town Hall, where she is clerk. She says her car is a convenient place to sing and send out her image via phone (below). Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Hannah Spence
Renee Basel wears many hats, but
I am in sympathy with the discontent and dismay expressed with regard to the omnipresent use of blowers. This ubiquitous tool can be heard anywhere and everywhere at any time. Its unregulated use has become a public nuisance.
However, the article in
New City Hall talk being put on hold — Although Delray Beach is looking to build a new water treatment plant, a new Pompey Park complex, a new police headquarters and a redo of the municipal golf course, it will not seek to build a new City Hall.
Cit
By Mary Hladky
More than two years after backing an effort to improve a five-block section of East Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton City Council members are no closer to deciding how to make that happen.
After a consultant presented three options on No
By John Pacenti
One of Delray Beach’s top substance abuse recovery advocates said the community is outraged with the City Commission’s decision on how to spend $239,000 in opioid settlement money.
The city has vacillated on a plan since June on how t
By John Pacenti
The Manalapan Town Commission pushed back on a proposal by the Florida Department of Transportation to place markings on State Road A1A to indicate motorists must share the lanes with bicyclists.
Nadir Rodrigues, an FDOT traffic serv
Andrea Virgin, chief executive of The Center for Arts and Innovation, listens with (l-r) Brian Hickey, the group’s attorney; Derek Bellin, its development officer; and board member Glenn Kaufman on Nov. 4 as the City Council considers ending a deal t
All remains the same on the Manalapan Town Commission after it saw quite a shake-up a year ago.
Four seats — including the mayor’s — were up for grabs in 2025 and only the incumbents filed to qualify by the Nov. 19 deadline.
That means Mayor John Dee
By John Pacenti
It seemed like a simple request for a new home under construction in Manalapan: to allow the building of a sports court for pickleball and basketball.
Yet, at their Nov. 22 meeting, Manalapan commissioners heard that pickleball can be
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton has terminated its annual holiday boat parade, a staple of city celebrations since 1975.
City officials decided to bring the tradition to an end this year due to a decrease in participation despite increased promotion of the
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore appeared visibly upset as commissioners failed to approve his request to hire a private firm to investigate his embattled Code Enforcement Division.
The city had already asked Palm Beach County
By Rich Pollack
With construction of the controversial Milani Park no longer in doubt, a spirit of cooperation between Highland Beach and Palm Beach County appears to be gaining traction.
Last month Highland Beach Mayor Natasha Moore and two residen
The town of Ocean Ridge, embarrassed when it forced a resident to unnecessarily trim the hedges on his property’s border, tweaked its ordinance at its Nov. 4 meeting regarding hedges, walls and rights-of-way.
Town Code 66-44 was unanimously amended n
Grant covers most of land purchase cost — At its Nov. 4 meeting, the Ocean Ridge Town Commission approved the use of a $1,054,000 grant to pay itself back most of the money it spent to purchase the Priest property for conservation and preservation.
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By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana’s municipal beach will be the latest to cash in on a grant opportunity.
At the Town Council’s Nov. 18 meeting, members entered into a $150,000 matching grant agreement with the state’s Department of Environmental Protecti
By Rich Pollack
In a hotly contested race for Florida House District 91, which encompasses all of Highland Beach and Boca Raton as well as unincorporated areas west of the city, incumbent Peggy Gossett-Seidman was able to hold on to her seat, deraili
A firefighter who has served 20 years with Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue has thrown his hat into the ring for the Group 1 Town Council seat in Lantana.
Jesse Rivero, a 26-year resident, seeks to unseat veteran Council member Lynn “Doc” Moorhouse, a r
