By Mary Hladky
Brightline’s parent company is scrapping a “strategic partnership” with British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Enterprises, and its Miami-to-West Palm Beach rail service once again will be known as Brightline.
The company announce
A new gate at the entrance to Ocean Strand will give pedestrians access to a 6-foot-wide mulch trail leading to the Intracoastal. Bicyclists can coast down the park’s old asphalt road. The current gate will continue to keep cars out. Kayakers can pad
Written in the Wind, a 41-foot sailboat, became disabled in rough weather, challenging its live-aboard owner and state and local officials who struggled to have it removed. Because of its size and disrepair, along with the cost of getting it back in
By Rich Pollack
While some communities are facing financial shortfalls and need to increase revenue for the coming budget year, Highland Beach will hold the line on its tax rate while anticipating only a small tap into reserve funds.
Faced with a bud
By Rich Pollack
It has taken more than 3½ years but it now appears Highland Beach will get pedestrian-activated signals at all of its crosswalks on State Road A1A.
“The day has finally come when we’ll be able to put in some type of crosswalk improvem
By Mary Hladky
The city soon will be making available to residents federal funding it will receive to help those who have fallen behind on their mortgages or rent because of COVID-19.
The state allocated Boca Raton $317,332 that it received through th
By Mary Hladky
Former Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie’s trial on public corruption charges has been pushed back for the third time.
The new trial start date is Oct. 26, but there is no certainty it will begin then.Palm Beach County Chief Circuit Court J
By Mary Hladky
City Council members appointed Andrea O’Rourke to be deputy mayor, replacing U.S. Navy reservist Jeremy Rodgers, who has been called to active duty for an overseas deployment.
“It would be my greatest pleasure to serve as deputy mayor,
ABOVE: Fronted by an improved plaza, the renovated amphitheater is shown to the left, adjacent to a new theater building with circular staircases. BELOW: Inside, the 450-seat performance space shows a digital exhibition but could accommodate an array
Boca Raton Beach & Park District Commissioners Steve Engel and Erin Wright were returned to office by
comfortable margins on Aug. 18. Wright, the district’s vice chair, defeated challenger Nancy-Jo Feinberg with 56% to 44% of the vote to gain her sec
A $1 million donation has been made to the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s Keeping the Promise Campaign to support the current and future needs of the medical facility.
The monetary source: Sun Capital Partners Foundation founders Rodger Kr
By Mary Thurwachter
Not long after the coronavirus prompted stay-at-home orders last spring, Michelle Donahue noticed how many people from both the Manalapan and Lantana sides of Hypoluxo Island took advantage of the time to walk, jog or bike around
A car drives along Ocean Avenue in downtown Boynton Beach in 1915. Photos from Boynton Beach City Library collection
The city’s evolution from incorporation in 1920 to a dazzling new $118 million Town Square in 2020
By Ron Hayes
On July 14, 1920, a
By Ron Hayes
BOYNTON BEACH — When Alice Weems Weaver and Curtis Weaver Sr. died five days apart in late June, the city of Boynton Beach lost a treasury of local memories, and their love story found a bittersweet ending.
Alice, known to all since chi
The Butcher and The Bar opened in August and offers takeout and dining inside and out. Table service wasn’t available at first, but customers could place orders at the sandwich bar. The establishment includes a retail butcher shop. Photos provided by
By Christine Davis
COVID-19 vaccine development is in the works across the globe with one Phase 3 trial — the final step before U.S. government approval — in progress locally. Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. — in collaboration with the National I
Carol Ann Keller for years has incorporated gratitude into her meditation sessions, but the practice can be as simple as jotting down thoughts on paper. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Joyce Reingold
Gratitude swept into Carol Ann Keller’s life in “
By Janis Fontaine
Just as the response to the coronavirus varies in different cultural, social and political arenas, the same is true in local churches. The one thing they share is a desire to serve and help, and they are on the front lines when fami
By Janis Fontaine
The Jewish High Holy Days — Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement — both take place in late September.
In Judaism, these are two of the most important holy days, and services featuring special pray
Costa d’Este Beach Resort in Vero Beach offers humans a free stay if an accompanying pet pays a rate starting at $184 a night. Photo provided by Costa d’Este Beach Resort & Spa
By Arden Moore
Raise your paw, er hand, if you are feeling a little stir
