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
No more dog ban — The first official action initiated by newly elected South Palm Beach Vice Mayor Fran Attardi was a proposal to remove the ban on dogs on Town Hall property, including signage. The ban had been in place since 2023.
Attardi said earl
Delray Beach commissioners denied a waiver that would have allowed this three-story, 7,330-square-foot house at 1006 Brooks Lane. The house would have exceeded the maximum square footage for the property. Image provided
By John Pacenti
The Delray Be
This image highlights a proposed multimillion-dollar renovation for Lantana Beach Park. Council members are mulling over the project, but some residents say they don’t want it to wind up like local beachfronts they consider overdeveloped. The number
L-R: Alicia Taylor, Alan Hoover and Cindy Demma sing ‘Hey, Baby (I Wanna Know If You‘ll Be My Girl).‘ Photos by Jerry Lower/The Costal Star
By Ron Hayes
“Live from Briny Breezes, it’s … !”
Tuesday night, actually.
Tuesday night, March 17.
This is no
By John Pacenti
The Florida Legislature’s war on home rule has now left municipalities paralyzed on — of all things — synthetic turf.
The result for residents: install at your own risk.
The problem is a Tallahassee two-step that left the Ocean Ridge
The new seal keeps the leaping sailfish and incorporates other artistic elements. Images provided
By Michael Cook
From a vintage logo made of cut-out lettering and a hand-painted sailfish, Briny Breezes’ Town Hall is now getting a brand-spanking-ne
By Michael Cook
Voters in Briny Breezes didn’t have an election in March, leaving most of the work of deciding the town’s “elected officials” to the Town Council.
Only one candidate met the qualifying deadline in November — incumbent Alderman Jeff D
By Patrick Sherry
The Lantana Town Council says the way food trucks operate has changed, so they need stricter rules.
“Food trucks were not the thing that they are now, so we need to get a handle on what’s allowed [and] what’s not allowed,” Mayor Ka
Council members begin new terms — Lantana Town Council members Chris Castle and Mark Zeitler were sworn in to new terms in March after winning election without opposition. Zeitler took his oath of office at the March 23 council meeting, while Castle
By Steve Plunkett
A Gulf Stream resident is charged with aggravated battery on a person 65 years or older, battery of the man’s wife and animal cruelty after confronting two former neighbors at the beach and allegedly kicking their dog.
Mika Michael
Manager given used police SUV to take home — Catching up to his peers, new Gulf Stream Town Manager Trey Nazzaro will have a take-home police vehicle instead of a monthly fuel allowance.
The vehicle already has 100,000 miles on the odometer but “is c
Highland Beach resident and recording artist Deborah Silver at home with her Morkie, Sugar. Silver attended the 2026 Grammy Awards as a nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for her collaborative Basie Rocks! Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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DELRAY BEACH — Devoted family man Leon Oliver Surles Sr. died Feb. 4. He was 72.
Mr. Surles was born in West Palm Beach to Mina Surles and Leonard L. Surles Sr. and was a lifelong resident of Delray Beach, where his family’s roots extend back generat
GULF STREAM — Longtime resident Georgie Williams Lewis died here Feb. 26. She was 103.
Born in 1922, she started coming to the area as a child in the 1920s and 1930s, when her parents, Eugene F. Williams and Marie Wight Williams of St. Louis, had a h
The Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce presents the 64th Delray Affair from April 10 to 12. Last year’s event (above) attracted tens of thousands of attendees. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
Discover the Palm Beaches, the tourism marketing
By Mary Hladky
New Boca Raton City Manager Mark Sohaney has revamped the city’s leadership in a massive executive-team shake-out.
Gone are Police Chief Michele Miuccio and Deputy City Managers Chrissy Gibson and Jorge Camejo, the city announced on Ma
