By Joe Capozzi
South Palm Beach is basking in South Florida’s “extremely hot” real estate market, with robust condominium sales last year promising a significant boost in tax revenue in the coming budget year, Town Manager Robert Kellogg said.
A “who
(l-r) Chamber president and moderator Dave Arm at the Feb. 24 forum with candidates John Raymer, Lynn Moorhouse, Joe Farrell, Media Beverly, Ed Schropshire and Kem Mason. Mary Thurwachter/The Coastal Star
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Gregory Dirr’s sculpture REcycled REef will be installed this month at the entrance to South Beach Pavilion. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Gregory Dirr’s REcycled REef sculpture was a tangle of curved rebar coated with concrete and
Malcolm Balfour gets a smooch from Karen Lythgoe at Balfour’s last meeting. Mary Thurwachter/The Coastal Star
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By Mary Thurwachter
There was no c
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Lantana will hold a general election March 8 for Town Council members in Group 1 and Group 2. Both are for three-yea
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Incumbent helps himself to opponent’s stash of chocolates
By Joe Capozzi
The pile of free chocolate bars would have been an enticing sight for most anyone passing through the lobby of the Du
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Four candidates are vying for two at-large seats on the Town Council, each with a four-year term. There are no term limits. The top two vote getters will each wi
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
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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
