By Patrick Sherry
Big community events in Lantana could face new requirements from the town if they impact public safety or nearby streets.
The Lantana Town Council on April 13 gave an initial OK to a proposed ordinance that would create a new approv
The days are numbered for this massive banyan tree at the Delray Beach municipal golf course, despite the city's desire to save it. The Lake Worth Drainage District Board rejected the city's request and said the city must remove the tree by June 1 be
By Patrick Sherry
Briny Breezes has a new alderman who is continuing his family’s legacy of service to the town.
The Town Council appointed John Taylor to Seat 5, which was previously held by Bill Birch before he was appointed mayor in March. The ma
The new guardhouse, at 248 square feet, is larger than the current one, which was built in 1968. Rendering provided
By John Pacenti
Architects scaled back the once opulent design of a new Point Manalapan guardhouse, presenting an updated, more gover
How much is one life worth?
For Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney, $676,000 in state funding is a bargain for the city’s beach rescue drone initiative. Other coastal municipalities, such as Ocean Ridge, already have one.
The Florida Legislature has yet
This red couch, pictured while on display at the Cornell Art Museum, was once owned by Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen’s drummer. The city tossed the couch when the museum closed for a year. The Coastal Star/2021 file photo
By John Pacenti
It’s a
By John Pacenti
Gregg Brian Weiss — a well-known figure in Delray Beach’s civic, business and nonprofit sectors — is facing felony fraud charges for allegedly bilking a senior of $30,000, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
Weiss, 58
Highland Beach Mayor Natasha Moore, 55, is the youngest member of the Town Commission. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Natasha Moore had been on the Highland Beach Town Commission for just two years when her role switched overnight from
By Brian Biggane
Aiming to make a clear break between itself and the previous administration, South Palm Beach’s new Town Council made “accelerate” the watchword of its April meeting, pushing forward two initiatives that had long been awaiting action
Town Hall update — The future of the South Palm Beach Town Hall remains in limbo, but Town Manager Jamie Titcomb shed some light on its status after the April Town Council meeting.
Titcomb said the last time the council received a report on the statu
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach is advancing a multiagency effort to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety at the busy East Atlantic Avenue and Swinton Avenue intersection.
If adopted, officials say the measures are intended to reduce pedestrian conflic
Dick Cohen of coastal Delray Beach, a classic car collector and retired professor, is surrounded by models but still covets the real thing: a 1969 Shelby GT350 convertible. He says it’s fun to drive. His shirt is a remembrance of a famous race car h
Hundreds of boats with thousands of people jammed into Lake Boca Raton for the unsanctioned Boca Bash, held annually on the last Sunday in April. Boca Raton police charged one person with boating under the influence. Officers with the Florida Fish an
One source of cats was this building, which had been covered in brush. The owners plan to build a new home. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream is moving to ease a feral cat problem after North County Road residents complained
By Rich Pollack
Palm Beach County is quickly moving forward with the development of Milani Park, filing permit applications and a massive compliance package with the town of Highland Beach in mid-April.
Once the permits are approved, the constructio
Staff report
While Florida is prohibiting its towns and cities from banning gas-powered leaf blowers, Delray Beach officials hope they’ve got another way of giving residents a break from the roar of those machines.
Instead of banning the blowers them
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Rental spaces in the former dairy farm called Briny Breezes were going for $3 a week when Dorothy McNeice’s father first parked his travel trailer there in October 1938. She was 10.
In 1958, when winter residents bought t
LANTANA — Jackson Hill Payne, 33, of Palm Beach, passed away on Feb. 1, leaving behind a profound sense of loss for all who knew and loved him.
Jackson graduated from the college-preparatory boarding program at The Frederick Gunn School in Washington
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Joan Nicholls lived a double life on Facebook.
She was Joan Nicholls on her personal page, and she was Joan Briny Nicholls on the page reserved for the countless photographs she took of her town and its people.
“She had h
Although expected, it is now official: The three candidates in Boca Raton’s mayoral race raised the astonishing total of just over $1.4 million.
City and state records show that winner Andy Thomson, who squeaked to victory by a mere five votes in the
