Aviation enthusiasts watch air traffic at the Boca Raton Airport from the new observation area. ABOVE (l-r): Jordan Cohen, his father, Cliff Cohen, and FAU student Victoria Czyszczon watch a Global 7500 take off to the north. With a 104-foot wingspan
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Main city center proposal story: Proposals present four visions for redeveloped city center
Other city center proposals: Namdar Group, Related Ross, RocaPoint Partners
Boca Raton City Center, Joint venture of Coconut Grove-based Terra and Frisbie Gr
Main city center proposal story: Proposals present four visions for redeveloped city center
Other city center proposals: Related Ross, RocaPoint Partners, Boca Raton City Center
Namdar Group, Great Neck, New York, with a Miami office, Real estate inv
Main city center proposal story: Proposals present four visions for redeveloped city center
Other city center proposals: RocaPoint Partners, Namdar Group, Boca Raton City Center
Related Ross, West Palm Beach, Real estate developer
Related Ross was on
Editor’s note: No one can say our readers aren’t creative, as can be seen in this double tribute to The Coastal Star and retired Editor Mary Kate Leming. It’s to be read all the way across, top to bottom.— Bob Schwartz
Delray Beach
Main city center proposal story: Proposals present four visions for redeveloped city center
Other city center proposals: Boca Raton City Center, Namdar Group, Related Ross
RocaPoint Partners, Atlanta, Real estate investment and development firm
Roca
I am writing to emphasize the urgent need for blinking lights at pedestrian crossings along A1A in Ocean Ridge. This busy stretch of road, with its limited visibility, presents a significant danger to pedestrians.
Whether residents are out walking th
While I can appreciate the artistic and educational value in the recycling of the bottle caps picked up along the beach (Coastal Star, January 2025: Beach walker turns bottle caps into art), it should not escape acknowledgment that these are the resu
By Mary Hladky
Brightline soon will “reintroduce” a commuter pass after it discontinued one in June, a move that angered South Floridians who used that monthly pass to get reduced fares.
In a Jan. 10 announcement, the rail service said it expects to
A pair of up-and-coming Americans coming off impressive showings at the Australian Open will attempt to battle their way through qualifying to reach the main draw of the 2025 Delray Beach Open. Qualifying is Feb. 8-9 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Ten
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach commissioners appeared to be ready to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water, a practice that has been in place for 36 years but is now facing scrutiny amid concerns about potential health risks, such as lowering
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach has launched a mobile app feature to help drivers find available parking spots downtown. The “My Delray Beach” app allows users to see a map of the city’s paid parking areas and view which spaces are currently open.
The p
New Manalapan Police Chief Jeff Rasor’s wife, Kimberly, pins his new badge to his uniform. Rasor previously served with Delray Beach police. John Pacenti/The Coastal Star
By John Pacenti
Manalapan celebrated the retirement of long-serving Police Chie
City center proposals: Boca Raton City Center, Namdar Group, Related Ross, RocaPoint Partners
By Mary Hladky
Four developers vying to redevelop 30 city-owned acres around City Hall presented their proposals to Boca Raton City Council members on Jan.
By John Pacenti
A homeowner asked the Manalapan Town Commission to stop a neighbor from tunneling under State Road A1A during the height of the tourist season, but to no avail.
Mary and Ralph Gesualdo said the tunneling work for the properties at 189
Madson chosen for Planning Commission — Although the Planning Commission had two openings for alternate members, only one person applied. The Town Council appointed that man, Steven J. Madson, to a three-year term ending Jan. 27, 2028.
Alternate memb
By Steve Plunkett
The last part of the first phase of Gulf Stream’s massive road, water main and drainage project got its first layer of asphalt on Jan. 10, and work began almost immediately — four to eight weeks ahead of schedule — on Phase 2.
Town
‘Reflections of Time,’ a sculpture welcoming people to Sanborn Square, is evidence that Boca Raton’s centennial celebration is underway. Larry Barszewski/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton’s centennial year has begun, and the city celebrati
Bicyclists head north on State Road A1A in Gulf Stream on Jan. 4 near the site of a crash with an SUV that injured six riders a year earlier. Florida Highway Patrol escorted the cyclists, who rode in remembrance of the crash. Jim Rassol/The Coastal S
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach town commissioners in January shied away from regulating “floating vessel platforms” — floating extensions of a dock used to keep boats out of the water when not in use — despite concerns from the owner of one home who
