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By Larry Barszewski
Two large undeveloped Federal Highway properties sitting across from each other in downtown Boynton Beach have some city commissioners suggest
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By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes is preparing to hire a special magistrate to resolve code disputes with homeowners when all else fails.
Though cases of noncompliance are rare, they have been troublesome for town officials and staff during the last three
By Rich Pollack
Saying they want to send a message that what they do is a job and not a hobby, Highland Beach town commissioners are moving ahead with plans to increase their salaries by 20% and add an annual cost-of-living increase.
In approving a r
By Jane Smith
A retired deputy fire chief in Boynton Beach has sued the city after her face was altered in a mural displayed briefly last June in the new Town Square fire station.
Latosha Clemons was the city’s first Black woman to be deputy fire ch
HIGHLAND BEACH — Dorothy Jeanne Echeverria, a town resident who co-founded its turtle program, died April 15. She was 96.
Born June 6, 1924, in Utica, New York, the girl known as DJ graduated from New Hartford High School and attended Cornell Univers
OCEAN RIDGE — William “Bill” Poist died April 7. He was 81.
Born on June 11, 1939, in Hanover, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Krug and J.E. Poist, he grew up excelling on both basketball and tennis courts.
But tennis was his lifelong passion, and it was
By Larry Keller
The scope of the criminal health care and wire fraud case against Delray Beach osteopathic doctor Michael Ligotti is so vast that his trial has been set for May 23 of next year — nearly two years after his arrest and seven years after
By Steve Plunkett
Replacement of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s seawater pumps and piping should begin soon following green lights in April from the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the Friends of Gumbo Limbo.
But funding the long-awaited
An overhaul of The Seagate Hotel & Spa in Delray Beach will be completed by late 2022. The redesign is spanning all three local properties, including the Beach Club. Photo provided
By Christine Davis, Jan Norris, Mary Thurwachter and Mary Hladky
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U.S. District Court Judge Sandra Feuerstein, 75, was struck and killed April 9 by a car while walking on the sidewalk along State Road A1A near Spanish River Boulevard in Boca Raton. Photo provided by Cordozo School of Law
By Mary Hladky
A 23-year-ol
The pavilion at South Beach Park is being refurbished partly as a result of a minor accident there more than a year ago. Michael Lesser, then 77, of New Jersey, was pulling into a parking space on Feb. 12, 2020, when his foot ‘got caught between the
Jeremy Rogers thanked city residents in a video from Qatar. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
Former Deputy Mayor Jeremy Rodgers, who was unable to complete his second term in office after his August deployment to Qatar in support of NATO operations in
By Amy Woods
Florence Fuller Child Development Centers had to cancel its Men with Caring Hearts Awards Celebration last year because of the pandemic.
This year, the event returns for its 19th installment — although to an outdoor venue and with a new
By Amy Woods
A Boca Raton resident has made her second seven-figure gift to “Keeping the Promise …The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital.”
Eleanor Baldwin’s pledges now total $7.5 million and join a list of other philanthropic donations that h
Stephen Jara and Steve Miskew. Photo provided
Achievement Centers for Children & Families raised more than $16,000 at its second golf tournament, which included a day on the course, contests, raffles and, of course, ocean views. Proceeds will support
John Fumero and Marti LaTour. Photo provided
The Food Bank, which believes every local resident should have access to healthy, nutritious food, celebrated the opening of its new facility with dozens of community leaders and VIPs at a socially distanc
(l-r) Vice President Susan Hiles, Secretary Eleanor Hoffmann, Treasurer Pat Piller, and co-Presidents Mary Lou Goldberg and Anne Dunn. Photo provided
St. Lucy Catholic Church named new leaders to the Palm Beach Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Th
The Chinese Garden at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach is a perfect place to spend time with Mom, and admission is free. The society says the garden celebrates beauty, harmony and tranquility. Mary Thurwachter/The Coastal Star
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Changes at the Atlantic Grille come ahead of the planned renovation of the adjoining Seagate Hotel. The restaurant’s subdued lighting and massive aquariums are likely to stay. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
A new food and beverage director is on board
Even after receiving COVID-19 vaccines, store manager Tom and Erin Craig, a pharmacist, wear protective masks in their Gulfstream Pharmacy whenever customers are present. The pharmacy has been in the family since 1957. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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