Overflow crowd welcomes new council as incoming mayor lays out his agenda
Council members (l-r) Adrian Burcet and Sandra Beckett, Mayor Rafael Pineiro and members Fran Attardi and Ray McMillan attend the first council meeting after an election in wh
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By Mary Hladky
Save Boca’s endorsed candidates trounced the opposition in the city’s March 10 election, sweeping three City Council races.
Boca Raton voters also soundly defeated the city’s efforts to red
New mayor, manager see a way forward after voters’ veto
Voters wait in line at Grace Community Church in Boca Raton. Citywide, more than 19,000 people cast ballots, while a typical election draws about 12,000. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Two maxims stand out from South County’s March 10 municipal races: Elections have consequences and every vote counts. Those maxims were true in one of the area’s smallest towns and in its biggest city.
Boca Raton voters squashed plans for a major pr
Peyton Presson, 18, here wearing Inter Miami colors, realized his dream of becoming a professional soccer player when he signed recently with LASK of the Austrian league. Photo provided
By Brian Biggane
Steven Presson says his son Peyton told him —
The owner of this retail center has been in a dispute with Lantana over code enforcement at the site. Photo provided
By Jane Musgrave
What began as disputes over white rocks and mahogany trees has morphed into lawsuits that call into question the l
By Jane Musgrave
After looking at dozens of places to live in South Florida, Leah Mills said she and her husband settled on Hypoluxo Island because they fell in love with what she described as a “quintessential whimsical Florida Keys-style home.”
Tha
Mayor ousted as three newcomers win seats; incumbent ’did not expect this at all’
Related: Overflow crowd welcomes new council as incoming mayor lays out his agenda
By Brian Biggane
In a surprising vote that all but ended the effort in South Palm Bea
The huge tree sits near the golf course clubhouse (at left). John Pacenti/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
The giant banyan tree on the Delray Beach municipal golf course that has become a cause célèbre in recent months has weathered hurricanes and p
Ever since The Coastal Star was first published, I have found it an excellent local newspaper that I have always looked forward to reading. The publication has consistently covered southern coastal Palm Beach County news extremely well, with many int
As a resident and Briny author, I was pleasantly surprised to see a front-page article about Briny’s library and Briny authors (“Tiny Briny library has an abundance of local authors,” March 2026).
I was equally disappointed to see that the one sente
By Larry Barszewski
Widening the Boynton Inlet and replacing its fixed-span bridge on State Road A1A with one that opens should be a goal of Boynton Beach and neighboring coastal communities, city commissioners suggested during a March 26 workshop on
Brave walkers and shell collectors brace themselves as large waves crash and erode parts of Delray's beach — even as more sand is being dredged up and placed on the beach. The gray sand is from the ongoing beach renourishment project. High-energy wav
By John Pacenti
You’ve heard of the luck of the Irish? Well, could there also be the curse of the Carney?
Real estate broker Judy Mollica, a familiar face in local civic circles, defeated well-funded political newcomer Andrea Keiser on March 10 in a
Gulf Stream Commissioners (l-r) Joan Orthwein, Scott Morgan, Tom Stanley and Michael Greene are sworn in March 13 at the first meeting after they were reelected. Robert Canfield was unable to attend the meeting. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Steve Plunkett
Mere months after raising the rates that residents pay for drinking water — with many paying up to 36% more — Gulf Stream town commissioners have scaled back the level of the increases.
After hearing complaints about “almost shockin
A coastal Palm Beach County special election to fill a vacant statehouse seat attracted national attention when the Democratic candidate defeated her Republican rival in a district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
Democrat Emil
By John Pacenti
Manalapan’s ambitious Town Hall project hit a snag when the owner of a former bank on a corner of Plaza del Mar failed to respond to the town’s overture to purchase the property.
The Town Commission at its March 10 meeting authorized
By John Pacenti
You gotta spend money to make money — or something like that.
The Manalapan Town Commission at its March 10 meeting approved $71,700 for an engineering firm to obtain a low-interest loan for the town’s $20 million septic-to-sewer proj
The Taj Mahal of guardhouses will, alas, remain on the drawing board.
Manalapan’s Architectural Commission severely cut back on the ambitious plan originally proposed, Town Manager Eric Marmer said.
The new plan scales what could have been a $340,000
