The legislative branch of the Ocean Ridge town government consists of five commissioners elected at-large, including a mayor selected by the Town Commission. Two seats will be filled March 9, including one currently held by departing Commissioner Phi
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By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream commissioners are poised to begin a year of planning and deliberation to prepare for some significant construction projects aimed at improving the town’s defenses against king tides and storm surges.
The work ahead comes in
By Mary Thurwachter
When it comes to election law, or any law for that matter, the more precise the language, the better. Crystal clear is best.
So says Max Lohman, Lantana’s town attorney, who ought to know.
“I have the dubious distinction of probab
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By Mary Thurwachter
Two prominent Lantana citizens called for a halt in cyberbullying by a group of
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By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach mayor’s race is turning into a battle between the locals and the outsiders.
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Keith Rowling, shown beside his renovated Gulf Stream home, says South Florida is like New York was in the ’60s. ‘It's definitely growing but there's a lot more runway.’ His five-bedroom home was built in 1948. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
If you c
By Dan Moffett
Like other municipalities across the state, South Palm Beach is struggling to strike a balance that prevents government meetings from spreading COVID-19 while also ensuring they allow public access and transparency.
Shortly after the v
By Charles Elmore
An eight-story residential and retail project has won a green light from city commissioners, despite a planning board’s earlier rejection and objections from some neighbors that it will sever part of a downtown street and worsen co
Police Officer Peter Cummings received a lifesaving award for giving emergency aid to Mateo Parker, who had just been delivered by his mom, Daydra Parker, in a car and was not breathing. Mary Thurwachter/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Officer P
Three more properties (above) were added to the scope of the seawall project in Ocean Ridge after approval from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
The large seawall project in Ocean Ri
By Jane Smith
James Stables became chief of the Boynton Beach Fire Department on Jan. 4.
“It’s been a whirlwind for the first two days I’ve been here,” Stables said at the Jan. 5 City Commission meeting. “I’m looking forward to getting busy in this g
By Rich Pollack
Teams from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 25 recovered the body of a 24-year-old pilot from inside a plane that crashed into the ocean south of the Boynton Inlet and settled almost intact on
Police Chief Carmen Mattox honors property manager Andrew Klinginsmith for his ‘bravery and selfless attitude for putting his life in danger in order to save a fellow citizen.’ Klinginsmith rescued a passenger who was ejected from a box truck on Dec.
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan officials are exploring ways to slow down Jet Skis and other recreational vessels in the Intracoastal lagoon.
Residents have complained for years about the high wakes caused by watercraft traveling too fast and too close to d
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By Dan Moffett
Mayor Gene Adams and Town Manager Bill Thrasher have been working to drive down the costs of holding a March 9 special election to consider a ballot referendum that would give Briny Breezes its first real town charte
By Sallie James
POMPANO BEACH — She was a beloved newspaper editor and devoted mother and wife whose legacy of caring will long be remembered by people who loved her. Four years after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Marguerite “Margie” Malandro
OCEAN RIDGE — Eileen Ryan Pettus died on Jan. 17 at the Health First’s Holmes Medical Center in Melbourne, the result of an automobile accident. She was 74 years old.
Born Eileen Ryan in New York City on Oct. 28, 1946, she was an alumna of Convent o
A look, then and now, at the Delray Beach hotel site at the northwest corner of State Road A1A and Atlantic Avenue. LEFT: The Seacrest Hotel, circa 1925, which stood for 57 years. Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society. RIGHT: The newly re
By Christine Davis
Ronald and Cindy McMackin of Pan-Pacific Mechanical have purchased the new six-bedroom, Intracoastal-to-ocean estate — with approximately 21,000 total square feet — at 1660 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan.
The purchase price was record
The gates to Gumbo Limbo have been locked and revenues have dropped significantly in the past year during the coronavirus pandemic. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Pandemic cripples fundraising; no reopening date set
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