The new owners of the century-old estate known as Miradero, once owned by Lila Vanderbilt Webb, are attempting to remodel it. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
A new property owner’s stubborn second attempt to win a variance to remodel a century-old
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By Brian Biggane
Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore said he is hiring a consultant to come up with recommendations for decades-old issues at the city’s cemetery that have been resurrected in recent months by irate city residents concerned about
In an effort to make growth pay for itself, new developments in Delray Beach will have to contribute more to cover the costs the city expects to incur for the equipment and facilities needed to serve those new homes.
In addition to increasing the exi
Storm water study planned; rate increase approved — Delray Beach is getting set to update its Stormwater Master Plan, with the City Commission approving a $300,000 grant agreement with the Florida Division of Emergency Management at its Aug. 11 meet
Jeff John at one of his restaurants, Warren American Whiskey Kitchen in Delray Beach. John, who lives in Boca Raton, is the 2026 recipient of the Gregory J. Malfitano Distinguished Alumni Award from Lynn University, where he earned two degrees. Tim
By Larry Barszewski
Mike Caruso, Palm Beach County’s clerk of courts and comptroller — and a former state representative for South County’s island communities — was arrested Aug. 18 on multiple child sex-abuse charges.
Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended him
Police starting salary raised — With Ocean Ridge Police Chief Scott McClure having trouble hiring officers, town commissioners in August agreed to hike the annual salary for new hires to $75,000.
Town Manager Michelle Heiser said the decision had imm
By Steve Plunkett
While a new ban on license plate reader systems on state roads appears to threaten the cameras being used by area police as essential crime-fighting tools along State Road A1A, those agencies are optimistic they can keep theirs oper
Lantana police are searching for those who vandalized markers for fallen police officers at a memorial near Town Hall on Aug. 14. The spray-painting spree also targeted a historic church.
The lawbreakers defaced the fallen officers’ memorial on Greyn
The Lantana Town Council is discussing plans to renovate the aging boardwalk and pavilion at Lantana Beach Park. The work will be done in phases to control costs. Photo provided
By Patrick Sherry
The Lantana Town Council agrees Lantana Beach Park’s
By Mary Hladky
One of Boca Raton residents’ unrelenting complaints is that many streets are unsafe.
Speaking up at City Council meetings, residents frequently cite East Palmetto Park Road, Federal Highway and State Road A1A.
They say drivers speed, a
The portion of the Federal Highway construction project between Camino Real and Southeast Fifth Street/Mizner Boulevard will remove one travel lane in each direction, create buffered bike lanes, and widen the sidewalks. Rendering provided and Staff
A Boca Raton police officer keeps bystanders away as a Sea Tow vessel works to move the twin-engine plane that splash-landed on Aug. 22. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
A 23-year-old pilot who landed her failing twin-engine plane in the
Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach are exploring the idea of creating an independent water authority to control and operate the city’s drinking water facilities. The separate utility could also include other current and future communities receiving Boynto
By Rich Pollack
Following in the footsteps of leaders in other local municipalities, Highland Beach town commissioners preliminarily agreed to a ban of electric vehicles on the town’s 3-mile-long walking path along State Road A1A.
Under a proposed pl
By Robert Haughn
South Palm Beach, which just months ago was planning to spend $7 million or more to replace its aging Town Hall, is now moving forward with a makeover officials say will do the job for around $1 million.
The Town Council voted unani
MANALAPAN — Sharon Allen Kirkland, a frequent volunteer in town, died Aug. 7. She was 84.
Born Nov. 12, 1941, to Joe and Lillian Allen (née Corinth) in Wilmington, Delaware, Mrs. Kirkland grew up in Westport, Connecticut, where she graduated from St
Five months after voters resoundingly rejected the city’s plan to redevelop its downtown campus in partnership with developers, officials are starting over to determine how the property should be re-envisioned.
Boca Raton City Council members on July
VILLAGE OF GOLF — Howard “Chip” Emerson Nestor Wilson, a distinguished, healthy and fit husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, was struck and killed Aug. 9 as he returned to his car after dinner with his beloved wife, Patti, in Pols
Ragtime, a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle, crawls into the ocean on the shores of the Beach Club at The Boca Raton. The turtle spent months recovering under the care of sea turtle specialists Whitney Crowder (far right) and Samantha Clark at t
