Deal with Virgin Trains, ‘innovative’ policing highlight past year
By Mary Hladky
“We have got great news to share,” said Mayor Scott Singer. “The state of our city is strong.”
Singer’s assessment of how the city is doing was delivered in a Feb. 18 S
By Rich Pollack
After months of negotiating with state officials, Highland Beach finally has the green light to go ahead with long-awaited safety improvements to eight crosswalks on State Road A1A.
The town already has engineering reports and even ha
By Charles Elmore
The 2020 Census arrives a decade after 1.4 million folks in Florida were left out of the nation’s last official head count, according to a federal review.
Up and down the coast, communities are scrambling to avoid undercounts as cen
Update: Town cancels Spring Fling event
By Rich Pollack
The environment will be in the spotlight during the town’s annual Spring Fling community event, which will also feature food, a fire department demonstration and live music.
Set for 11 a.m. to
Two nuns named Elizabeth spark joy at St. Vincent Ferrer
Sister Elizabeth Halaj and Sister Elizabeth Kulesa attend St. Vincent Ferrer Church and School’s Parish Festival in Delray Beach. Halaj, nicknamed ‘Sister Happy,’ and Kulesa, known as ‘Sister K
March 17 is an election day. Are you excited? OK, maybe not. I realize only some will be able to vote in the presidential preference primary (it is a closed primary, open to only registered Democrats or Republicans), but everyone who is registered to
My previous letter on the topic of artificial turf provoked a vocal awakening of the taxpayers of Ocean Ridge — which in most instances should have been an awakening for the Town Commission.
In the case of Steve Coz and Phil Besler, they listened to
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are moving forward with a new ordinance that would allow docks to be built on vacant properties before home construction begins.
Mayor Keith Waters said during the commission’s Feb. 25 meeting that the ordinance
By Rich Pollack
If and when Ocean Ridge’s Septic to Sewer Citizens Advisory Committee recommends the town convert to a centralize sewage treatment system, it is likely to suggest using vacuum technology rather than a traditional gravity and force-mai
Rochelle LeCavalier of Boca Raton is executive director of luxury sales, sports and entertainment for Douglas Elliman Florida. Now she’s chairing the Monopoly fundraiser for Boca Helping Hands. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Thirty firefighter units responded to the blaze at the vacant station near Atlantic Avenue and I-95. The force of the blaze knocked over and burned one firefighter. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The four Atlantic High School teens who co
By Steve Plunkett
March 7 is when early voting begins and is also the deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot online for the presidential primary and local contests in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Briny Breezes, South Palm Beach and Lantana.
This year
Each City Commission term is three years and commissioners may retain their seats for no longer than two full consecutive terms. Additionally, voters will be asked whether to eliminate a six-month waiting period before any ordinance proposing salary
By Jane Smith
Developers continue to dominate Delray Beach election coffers with contributions to sitting city commissioners.
Voters will decide March 17 who sits in two City Commission seats. Two incumbents, running for re-election, have raised the
The mayor is elected for a three-year term. A mayor who has served two full consecutive terms is not eligible to run for that office for the succeeding term. — Steven J. Smith
By Dan Moffett
Don MaGruder’s last night as an Ocean Ridge commissioner appears likely to have a lasting impact on the town’s future. Or anyway, an impact on its lawns.
MaGruder cast the final and deciding vote that approved by a 3-2 margin an ordina
The boat used to transport the four men and four women caught in Gulf Stream. Photo provided by Gulf Stream Police
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream police called in help from Ocean Ridge, Delray Beach, the U.S. Border Patrol and the Palm Beach County Sh
Voters will choose who sits in two council seats. Lantana has no term limits, and each term is three years.
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Executive Director Charlene Farrington and the museum honored longtime board member Mark Reingold after he retired. The museum sits in the former home of the late Solomon D. Spady. Farrington is founder Vera Farrington’s daughter. Tim Stepien/The Coa
Three candidates are on the March 17 ballot for two seats on the Town Council. The top two vote-getters will claim them. Town Clerk Yude Alvarez said the ballot also will ask voters whether council terms should be lengthened to four years instead of
