By Rich Pollack
Ocean Ridge town leaders will soon receive a recommendation from one of their advisory committees to turn over control of miles of water pipes to Boynton Beach Utilities — but they will have to wait for a suggestion from the team on w
By Jane Smith
When Boynton Beach issued a systemwide precautionary boil water advisory in early October, not all its customers knew about the notice until hours later. In a few cases, it took days.
“I found out about 9 p.m.,” said Marie Chapman, a Co
By Charles Elmore
The latest episode in the managerial saga of Briny Breezes ended faster than a typical pop song.
The seaside mobile home community that not so long ago stood as Palm Beach County’s only municipality without a town manager found itse
Patrick Wollmering walks his dog, Jack, through ankle-deep water in the typically dry parking lot of Sportsman’s Park on the west side of Lantana’s Ocean Avenue Bridge on Oct. 12. Seasonal high tides, also known as king tides, increasingly flood our
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach residents can expect to see some of their former police officers patrolling the town again as deputies by mid-November after they completed five weeks of training with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Maj. Chris
By Jane Smith
A 4.3-mile stretch of Federal Highway from George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach to Murano Bay Drive in Boynton Beach will be redone in the next 18 months.
Murano Bay Drive sits just north of the Boynton Canal.
Work started Oct. 17 just
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach fire station that serves much of Ocean Ridge will be finished in February, said Fire Chief Glenn Joseph.
Firefighters/paramedics will be able to move in the week of Feb. 22, Joseph said.
The new station will sit one b
By Steve Plunkett
The neighbor of the Place Au Soleil eyesore that racked up $1.89 million in code enforcement fines is buying the property with plans to tear down the house and build a larger home on adjoining lots.
Gulf Stream commissioners in Augu
The name is Allen, John Allen. But when the Ocean Ridge man answers his phone, he uses the name of the famous man he impersonates — Bond, James Bond. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
John Allen was having dinner at a local restaurant one
This dead loggerhead ingested more than 100 pieces of plastic it mistook for food. Photo provided by Gumbo Limbo
By Margie Plunkett
The tiny sea turtle, the size of the palm of your hand, had died after being washed back to shore this nesting season.
By Mary Thurwachter
Before the Lantana Nature Preserve was created in 2000, the property’s buyer — who purchased 13.4 acres to build the Carlisle adult congregate living facility next door — agreed to pay $400,000 to design and construct the park. Th
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana is updating its tree ordinance to be consistent with a state law and to create a new designation and regulation for historic trees.
The state law, which went into effect on July 1, bars local municipalities from regulating
DELRAY BEACH — Robert “Bob” Gregor Currie, a proud resident of Delray Beach for 50 years, died Oct. 11 following a lengthy battle with cancer. He had turned 80 in July.An architect by degree, Currie received his bachelor’s from the University of Minn
DELRAY BEACH — Blake Edward Vance of Delray Beach died Oct. 5, surrounded by family, after courageously battling a glioblastoma brain tumor. He was 83.
Mr. Vance was a loving husband, father, brother and friend and will be remembered for his quick, i
About 130 Bahamians displaced by Hurricane Dorian were welcomed by (l-r) chef Brandon Mervil; Jimmy Everett and his wife, Ilia Gonzalez, the Driftwood owners; public relations specialist Sandy Collier; chef Christina Dixon Wells, and volunteer cook J
By Mary Hladky
Palm Beach County residents who use Airbnb and HomeAway to rent out their homes or spare bedrooms now must provide information that will allow county Tax Collector Anne Gannon to make sure they are paying bed taxes.
The requirement is p
By Mary Thurwachter
Water Tower Commons is inching closer to having its first retail businesses — a Wawa filling station with a restaurant and an Aldi grocery store. The Lantana Town Council, during its Oct. 14 meeting, voted to allow the developer
Jacob Kosowsky, shown here just shy of his 18th birthday in 2015, was an outdoorsman who loved the ocean. He died in a car accident last year.
Couple’s $250,000 gift for Gumbo Limbo overlook reflects son’s sunny spirit
By Margie Plunkett
When you s
A developer offered $67.5 million to buy Ocean Strand, which extends across A1A. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District can’t sell the undeveloped Ocean Strand parcel, the district’s lawyers det
By Rich Pollack
The sign proclaiming the large open space at the south end of Highland Beach to be the future location of Cam D. Milani Park is likely to remain there for at least another five years.
What will happen to the 5.6-acre property — and
