By John Pacenti
Ocean Ridge commissioners passed the town’s new $14.8 million operating budget smoothly — a contrast to recent years, when elected officials clashed with the town manager and the math didn’t add up.
Now Ocean Ridge is in the era of Mi
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach Vice Mayor Rob Long proposed a charter amendment that would restore a four-vote supermajority requirement for removing the city manager, potentially returning to a governance model the city abandoned years ago.
Long argue
Summer construction anticipated as county, town end long feud
By Rich Pollack
The decades-long battle between Highland Beach and Palm Beach County over development of Milani Park could be ending thanks to a compromise reducing the initial number of p
Delray Beach Vice Mayor Rob Long has proposed allowing community groups to post “Know Your Rights” flyers on city bulletin boards, providing Constitutional information for residents potentially confronted by federal immigration officers.
Long, discus
Related: Along the Coast: Scenes from big surge
By Rich Pollack and Mary Hladky
More than 7 inches of rain soaked Palm Beach County’s southern coast in just four hours overnight Oct. 26, stranding motorists, flooding the lobby of The Boca Raton lux
By Patrick Sherry
Bicentennial Park will be closed for eight months starting next year after the Lantana Town Council approved entering into a grant agreement to improve the sea wall there.
The council at its Oct. 27 meeting pushed forward with the a
The Delray Beach City Commission, at its Oct. 14 meeting, approved a $28.5 million contract with NMP Golf Construction Corporation to renovate the city’s historic municipal golf course, originally opened in 1926.
The course is one of few in the count
Delray Beach is warning that an email scam targeting residents, developers and others looking to get on the agenda of the Planning & Zoning Board has been detected.
Anthea Gianniotes, Development Services director, revealed during the Oct. 20 board m
Police seek volunteers — The Delray Beach Police Department is encouraging residents to become members of one of its volunteer patrol teams. The teams act as goodwill ambassadors by welcoming visitors and residents alike and answering questions peopl
The Pride intersection in Delray Beach in August, before it was painted over by FDOT. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
After Gov. Ron DeSantis declared war on painted intersections and crosswalks statewide, Delray Beach began exploring w
The Coastal Star has moved to our new office on A1A, 4600 N. Ocean Blvd., Suite 102, Boynton Beach, FL 33435. The entrance is to the right, at the building's north end.
A couple of months ago, I was bemoaning the fact that we were going to have to mo
Show your support for Delray Beach’s first responders this season by joining Chuck Halberg and friends for the 11th annual Delray Beach Citizens Thanksgiving Day Dinner Distribution for Fire & Police.
Halberg, president of Delray Citizens for Delray
Gail Speckamp of South Palm Beach holds a photo of her late husband, Rudy, a Vietnam veteran, alongside a table of her creations. Speckamp bakes for hospitalized veterans on an almost daily basis as her way of showing appreciation for their sacrifice
Town challenges state’s sand transfer plant plan — When it comes to the sand transfer plant in Manalapan, it might as well be a four-letter word. Many in town blame the plant at the Boynton Inlet for depleting the town’s beaches as it sends sand sout
I live on the barrier island in Delray Beach and recently experienced 19-minute police response time (18:49 to be exact) after calling 911, confirmed by my phone records and surveillance footage.
At a recent City Commission meeting, a commissioner a
When I joined the commission in 2020, we were talking about the aging waterlines, constant water main breaks and the rising cost to Ocean Ridge of owning the waterlines.
A comprehensive plan was discussed to:
A) Get money from Boynton Beach to addr
By Patrick Sherry
Lantana Town Council members like the idea of holding more town-sponsored food truck events as long as local restaurants aren’t hurt by the competition.
At their Oct. 10 workshop, council members discussed potential revisions to th
Tall privacy wall earns support on Hypoluxo Island — The Lantana Planning Commission recommended approval of an application to build an 11-foot wall on a nearly $8 million property near the Ocean Avenue bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway.
Ana Davi
Downtown Delray Beach hosted the 14th annual Witches of Delray bike ride on Oct. 25. The event, a fundraiser for the Achievement Centers for Children & Families, has become one of the area’s most whimsical and beloved traditions, blending Halloween
Nearly six years after developers secured Boca Raton City Council approval for the first phase of the Camino Square project at 171 W. Camino Real, they now want to proceed with the second phase at the site of a former shopping center anchored by a Wi
