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By John Pacenti

After months of contentious negotiations, the Delray Beach City Commission has reached a tentative agreement with the Police Benevolent Association, addressing key issues of wages, pensions and working conditions for the city’s police

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By John Pacenti

In the last year, Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore once again became embroiled in drama, clashed repeatedly with some commissioners and set out to bore elected officials to death by presentation.

Despite it all, Moore lives to

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By John Pacenti

Delray Beach Fire Chief Ronald Martin was investigated in August after an anonymous complaint revealed he had installed a Ring surveillance camera in his office, citing security concerns and harassment he faced following a controversi

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Delray Beach: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

Lifeguards reflect on secrets to success after fourth rowing title

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John Livingstone, in the bow, and Justin Cattan crash through a large breaking wave during the 2025 U.S. Lifesaving Association National Lifeguard Championships in Huntington Beach,

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By Mary Hladky

Boca Raton City Council member Yvette Drucker has dropped her bid for a state Senate seat to run for Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller in the November 2026 election.

13704227077?profile=RESIZE_400xDrucker’s Aug. 21 announcement came shortl

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By Rich Pollack

DELRAY BEACH — Tony Allerton lived a good life — and helped thousands of others do the same. 

13704226901?profile=RESIZE_180x180Best known in Delray Beach as the longtime executive director of The Crossroads Club, Mr. Allerton shepherded the organization for decades a

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By Henry Fitzgerald

The Coastal Star won nine first-place awards at the recent Florida Press Association ceremony, including the top award for general excellence at the highest level — Division A — for weekly and monthly newspapers with circulations

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By Hannah Spence

While South Palm Beach executed a professional agreement with consulting engineering and surveying company Mock Roos & Associates in April to build a new lift station, the project isn’t expected to be finished until 2028.

Officials s

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Meet Your Neighbor: Michelle Hagerty

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Michelle Hagerty practices with her dance partner, Jan Clancy, at Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Boca Raton for the 18th annual Boca’s Ballroom Battle. She’ll be competing against seven other community leaders and their dance partners for the coveted

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By Steve Plunkett

A review of pay in neighboring municipalities that Mayor Scott Morgan found “disturbing” is leading to hefty raises for Gulf Stream’s town manager, assistant town attorney and police chief.

“Our town manager salary is not only last

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By John Pacenti

Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney has certainly been a summer pugilist.

He took on the police union over its contract demands in June, his fellow commissioners over the budget in July, and then the city’s Downtown Development Authority in

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By John Pacenti

Delray Beach city commissioners voted to deny a controversial renovation proposal for a historic home in the Marina Historic District, dealing a significant blow to a property owner who had spent years and millions of dollars attempti

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A burrowing owl perches on a sign at Florida Atlantic University. Students say the school’s expansion is taking habitat away from the threatened birds, which happen to be its official mascot. Photo provided by Jose Camacho

By Janis Fontaine 

Resilie

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ABOVE: The founders of Paradise Bank were (l-r) Bill Burke, founding president, vice chairman and chief operating officer; David Englert, founding chief business development officer and executive vice president;  Ward Kellogg, founding chairman and

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