The Delray Beach Utilities Department will grow by four people under a unanimous budget amendment approved Nov. 17 by the City Commission.
Finance Director Marie Kalka explained the $491,000 would come from the city’s Water and Sewer Fund.
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After Eta’s deluges, Floridians looking for all the help they can get
ABOVE: North Atlantic Drive looked more like a lake than a road on Hypoluxo Island after Tropical Storm Eta blew through Nov. 8-9. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
BELOW: Boca Raton res
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach city commissioners finally fired their city manager on Nov. 20, after waiting a tumultuous five months.
The vote was 3-2, with Mayor Shelly Petrolia, Deputy Vice Mayor Shirley Johnson and Commissioner Juli Casale voting to
Tina VaLant of Boca Raton, who rescued HERbert, changed the spelling of the name when she found out the crab was female. The severed legs may grow back as part of HERbert’s molting process. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On the afternoon o
By Rich Pollack
Acting on orders from the state health department, Delray Beach will continue testing its drinking water for the presence of cancer-linked “forever chemicals,” even as the city reinforces its contention that the water doesn’t pose a h
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town officials have been busy huddling with engineers to try to figure out how to respond to newly released flood elevation standards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Town Manager Linda Stumpf said the new requi
By Steve Plunkett
Four former owners of timeshare weeks and the Delray South Shore Club have ended their courtroom battle over selling the beachfront resort to make way for condominiums.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Howard Coates Jr. dismissed the
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach still needs to provide answers to the county Department of Health to close out the investigation of the city’s reclaimed water system, according to late November emails.
“The Department has requested and is waiting for more
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream resident Joan Orthwein first took a seat on the Town Commission May 4, 1995.
Last month the Florida League of Cities officially praised her for 25 years of “unselfish leadership.”
In a resolution, the league’s board of
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge is looking for ways to rein in nuisance construction projects.
During a three-hour joint workshop on Oct. 19, the Town Commission and the Planning & Zoning panel considered code changes that would tighten building rules.
To
Paulette Dale of Highland Beach says she made President Donald Trump blush when she complimented his smile. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Paulette Dale wasn’t planning to tell the president of the United States he had a great smile — not in person a
Mayor Bonnie Fischer wears the model of mask selected for distribution to residents. A secure fit and easy breathing fabric make it her favorite.
The ones given to residents will have the town seal.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
The Sou
South Palm Beach holds an in-person Town Council meeting late last month, but with social distancing measures in place and a thermometer to screen attendees. The town also has allowed residents and council members to attend via phone. Jerry Lower/The
By Rich Pollack
In what may be more a shot across the bow than a serious salvo, Highland Beach is again signaling it does not want sand off its coast used for another city’s beach restoration project — even though it has no legal claim to the sand.
I
By Larry Barszewski
The lead developer of Boynton Beach Town Square wants to put its mark on a second city-owned property critical to downtown revitalization.
E2L Real Estate Solutions LLC would create a destination spot with walkways running throug
By Steve Plunkett
State Rep. Mike Caruso easily won re-election to his District 89 seat, buoyed by in-person votes both early and on Election Day.
The final margin was 56% for the Republican incumbent to 44% for Democrat Jim Bonfiglio.
With 98% of th
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach wants a circuit court judge to declare the city has met its obligations to the private developer in the city’s public/private Town Square development project, according to a Nov. 19 lawsuit.
At issue are three items the dev
By Rich Pollack
Change may soon be coming to the processes many pilots use as they arrive and depart the airspace surrounding the Boca Raton Airport, but chances are they’ll hardly be noticeable to most residents.
For months, the Federal Aviation Admi
By Mary Hladky
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down as unconstitutional Boca Raton’s and Palm Beach County’s bans on the controversial practice of conversion therapy.
The 2-1 ruling on Nov. 20 held that the bans vio
Dave Stewart, who has been Lantana’s mayor for 20 years, received a 20 Years of Service Award from the Florida League of Cities during a meeting of the Town Council. Stewart was president of the Palm Beach County League of Cities in 2007-2008. His as
