U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel listens to Water Treatment Plant Manager James T. Lee at the Delray Beach plant. Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
When U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel and Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia toured the city’s water treatment plant Feb. 8,
Nongae Johnson, co-founder of the HERD Foundation, is surrounded by some of the horses used for equine-assisted healing at her ranch in Delray Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Nongae Johnson of Hypoluxo Island has taken a love of horses to a pla
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — When the U.S. Army’s 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment dropped into Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, Ed Manley’s job was to help blow up four Nazi cannons overlooking Omaha Beach.
He was 22 and lived to tell about it.
On
By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan is giving its town employees unexpected 5% raises, hoping to keep them happy with their jobs and to reduce the chances they will start looking for more lucrative employment elsewhere.
When Town Manager Linda Stumpf broac
By Rich Pollack
Residents of a Gulf Stream condominium who have struggled with water pressure issues for more than three years met with Delray Beach officials last month hoping to learn why water mysteriously disappears from their faucets during earl
The three-building Aletto Square as planned has an automated garage with room for 360 vehicles and a rooftop pool. The completed Tower 155 condo is at right. Tower 155 resident Alan Neibauer says people from all over Boca have signed his petition aga
Related Story: Rules revision for automated garages aids proposed tower, making council uneasy
By Mary Hladky
Alan Neibauer first learned that a major development could be built across the street from the Tower 155 condo he has owned since 2020 when
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach won in appellate court the ability to keep its downtown height cap at three stories.
“It’s a big win for the city,” Mayor Shelly Petrolia said Feb. 16, the same day the ruling was announced. The appeals court ruled that the
By Rich Pollack
Voters will weigh in on five proposed changes to the town’s charter March 8, all of which could impact the way Highland Beach operates for many years to come.
“The charter is a road map forward for the town similar to the Constitution
By Jane Smith
A former city manager of Delray Beach had only one month to file his wrongful dismissal lawsuit, not 13 months as he claimed, the city said in its Feb. 14 response to the circuit court lawsuit filed Dec. 30 by George Gretsas.
In late Oc
Police officer Nathania Lai and Lt. Michael Oh hop aboard as Highland Beach launches its new marine patrol vessel on March 1. The 28-foot boat cost the town $164,000 and will patrol mainly the Intracoastal Waterway. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Steve Plunkett
The fifth time was the charm for James and Nadia Davis’ plan to build an 8,699-square-foot home on an oversized lot at the mouth of Polo Cove off the Intracoastal Waterway.
Their proposal was evaluated three times by the town’s Arch
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s building certification program has launched, with the city sending out in late January the first notices to owners that their buildings must be inspected.
The city enacted an ordinance in August requiring safety inspections
By Rich Pollack
As the cost of renovating a bathroom, making improve-ments to a condo building or even building a new home has increased due to skyrocketing material costs, so too has the cost of obtaining most building permits in Highland Beach.
Now
By Mary Hladky
Another adult assisted living facility and a luxury apartment building could be coming to the downtown.
Engel Burman Boca LLC, an affiliate of New York-based developer Engel Burman, has proposed an ALF at 400 S. Dixie Highway where the
By Steve Plunkett
Rising prices for materials and labor and a lack of interest by contractors have forced another delay on the seven-year effort to rebuild the once-popular observation tower at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.
The city asked for bids to bu
Volunteers and staff remove records, furniture and personal items from Old School Square on Feb. 11. Many larger items were sold on site. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Jane Smith
By Mary Hladky
Mayor Scott Singer presented a bright picture of how Boca Raton is faring in the annual “State of the City” address to residents, pointing to accomplishments while also noting challenges ahead.About 120 residents filled the Downtown Li
By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton Police Department has increased its starting salary for officers to $75,216.
That amount is the highest of any police department in the state, according to the most recent salary data available from the Florida Department
By Steve Plunkett
State transportation officials have turned off traffic signals on Interstate 95 entrance ramps at Palmetto Park Road less than a month after activating them.
The signals were turned on at Palmetto Park Road on Jan. 31, making the i
