By Mary Hladky
Police Chief Dan Alexander is retiring effective Dec. 1 from the department he has led for the past 13 years and will move into the newly created position of director of school police for the Palm Beach County school district.Alexander
By Steve Plunkett
Downtown’s combined Wildflower-Silver Palm park won’t have a planned floating wetlands area under the Palmetto Park Road bridge when it opens in 2021.
Kona Gray, a principal of consultant EDSA Inc., which is designing the park, told
By Rich Pollack
In what could be seen as a well-crafted end run around the state’s transportation agency, the town is going straight to the Florida Legislature in hopes of getting additional funding for projects along State Road A1A.
Highland Beach o
By Mary Hladky
Crocker Partners has curtailed its contentious legal battle with the city, dropping two lawsuits that sought to compel city officials to allow it to redevelop Midtown.
But Crocker Partners continues to pursue litigation that seeks $137.
By Mary Hladky
Tri-Rail has long hoped to offer commuter rail service on the Florida East Coast Railway tracks that run through downtowns along the coast.
Officials of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which operates Tri-Rail, know
By Rich Pollack
A Delray Beach gun shop owner whose text let a friend who is charged with bilking a Highland Beach widow out of close to $3 million know investigators were looking for related records was charged last month with criminal disclosure of
By Rich Pollack
For months, town residents who read an email from the Committee to Save Highland Beach had to wonder if tap water was safe to drink — or even bathe in.
Now, town officials, the state Department of Health and the U.S. Environmental Pr
During its January visit to Boca Raton, John Bury told children about his World War II missions on a similar B-17. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Over nearly 15 years, John Bury had become very familiar with the Nine-0-Nine, a World W
By Sallie James
HIGHLAND BEACH — E. Donald Morando was a devoted father, a World War II veteran and a mechanical engineer whose life was a tribute to the enduring appeal of chocolate and cherries.
The Highland Beach resident and longtime owner of the
By Steve Plunkett
Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners parted ways — at least temporarily — with Art Koski, their former longtime lawyer and executive director, but said they would negotiate a new contract to keep him on as a cons
By Steve Plunkett
The impasse between the city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District over the planned Boca National golf course showed few signs in October of abating.
Briann Harms, the district’s executive director, told commissioners a
The dome of Boca’s old town hall, now the historical society’s home, gleams after being regilded for the first time since 1997. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Boca Historical Society dome restored to former brilliance
By Ron Hayes
The next time you
Committee members Jorgette and John Smith. Photo provided
Dec. 3: Attendees will kick off the holiday season at the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club’s social, featuring signature spirits, gourmet hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction to help t
Wanda Harrold, Lindy Harvey, Debbie Anderson, Lisa Mulhall, Mark Larkin and Susan Diener attend a reception at Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute to announce the nominees. Photo provided
Nov. 8: Gues
Stephanie Dodge and Marla Garchik are co-chairwomen of the fundraiser. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
The statistics speak for themselves: One out of six residents in the county does not know where the next meal is coming from, and more than 100,000 sc
Veterans toast their 2018 Day of Beauty at NSpa. This year’s event is Nov. 8. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
The Henry Morrison Flagler Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will celebrate Veterans Day by welcoming 10 female veterans of
Honorary Chairs Bill and Mary Donnell, Charles Bender and Kelly and Will Fleming.
The Arscotts with Lisa McDulin. Photos provided by Coastal Click Photography
In anticipation of Hope Bash Boca on Nov. 2, Place of Hope at the Leighan and David Rinker
Club President Judy Mollica, McManus and Stevencia. Photo provided
The Rotary Club of Delray Beach announced the award winners for October: student Stevencia Estime and teacher Darren McManus. Stevencia is a17-year-old senior at Atlantic Community H
Rock Anthony Tate Jr. of Montclair, New Jersey, and Johanna Ovsenek of Toronto were married in Toronto. The bride is the daughter of Peter and Athena Ovsenek of London, Ontario. Parents of the groom are Rock and Lyn Tate of Hypoluxo Island.
The cou
The sale of John G’s in Manalapan puts Doris Di Meglio, left, in charge. Wendy Yarbrough, the founder’s daughter, helped the family choose the Di Meglios. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jan Norris
As John G’s transitions into its new ownership, th
