By Steve Plunkett
Ocean Strand, 15 acres on State Road A1A that the public has owned for decades but not been able to enjoy, will open in six months as a limited-use park.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which paid $11.9 million for t
Six 40-foot-tall wooden posts have stood since last spring at the site of the tower project. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The estimated price of installing an inclined elevator at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center to make a long-awaite
Palmetto Park Road between A1A and Intracoastal Waterway
is possible location
By Mary Hladky
The City Council has cleared the way for medical marijuana dispensaries to open on the barrier island and other sites in Boca Raton.
Ending years of resist
By Rich Pollack
They were almost two years in the making, but Highland Beach finally has clear rules for parking on its six side streets.
For decades the rules for parking on residential streets — lined with single-family homes and multifamily townhom
Boca Raton police investigate the beginnings of a hole that the suspect intended to use as a grave for his father’s body, according to the police report. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
A 26-year-old man is being held without bond in the Palm Beach Cou
Place of Hope’s second recognition ceremony on Jan. 28 at St. Lucy Catholic Church honored local leaders in law enforcement as well as elected officials. Keynote speaker Liza Smoker discussed human trafficking, one of the nonprofit’s focus areas. Smo
By Mary Hladky
Any hopes that suspended Mayor Susan Haynie might have had of reclaiming her elected office ended Feb. 27 when both her defense lawyer and the prosecutor asked that her trial on public corruption charges be delayed.In a four-minute hea
By Margie Plunkett
The Junior League’s Community Garden, located along the Florida East Coast Railway tracks east of the Downtown Library, closed its eastern half in late February to make room for construction of the new Virgin Trains station.
The g
Deal with Virgin Trains, ‘innovative’ policing highlight past year
By Mary Hladky
“We have got great news to share,” said Mayor Scott Singer. “The state of our city is strong.”
Singer’s assessment of how the city is doing was delivered in a Feb. 18 S
By Rich Pollack
After months of negotiating with state officials, Highland Beach finally has the green light to go ahead with long-awaited safety improvements to eight crosswalks on State Road A1A.
The town already has engineering reports and even ha
By Charles Elmore
The 2020 Census arrives a decade after 1.4 million folks in Florida were left out of the nation’s last official head count, according to a federal review.
Up and down the coast, communities are scrambling to avoid undercounts as cen
Update: Town cancels Spring Fling event
By Rich Pollack
The environment will be in the spotlight during the town’s annual Spring Fling community event, which will also feature food, a fire department demonstration and live music.
Set for 11 a.m. to
Two nuns named Elizabeth spark joy at St. Vincent Ferrer
Sister Elizabeth Halaj and Sister Elizabeth Kulesa attend St. Vincent Ferrer Church and School’s Parish Festival in Delray Beach. Halaj, nicknamed ‘Sister Happy,’ and Kulesa, known as ‘Sister K
March 17 is an election day. Are you excited? OK, maybe not. I realize only some will be able to vote in the presidential preference primary (it is a closed primary, open to only registered Democrats or Republicans), but everyone who is registered to
My previous letter on the topic of artificial turf provoked a vocal awakening of the taxpayers of Ocean Ridge — which in most instances should have been an awakening for the Town Commission.
In the case of Steve Coz and Phil Besler, they listened to
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are moving forward with a new ordinance that would allow docks to be built on vacant properties before home construction begins.
Mayor Keith Waters said during the commission’s Feb. 25 meeting that the ordinance
By Rich Pollack
If and when Ocean Ridge’s Septic to Sewer Citizens Advisory Committee recommends the town convert to a centralize sewage treatment system, it is likely to suggest using vacuum technology rather than a traditional gravity and force-mai
Rochelle LeCavalier of Boca Raton is executive director of luxury sales, sports and entertainment for Douglas Elliman Florida. Now she’s chairing the Monopoly fundraiser for Boca Helping Hands. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Thirty firefighter units responded to the blaze at the vacant station near Atlantic Avenue and I-95. The force of the blaze knocked over and burned one firefighter. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The four Atlantic High School teens who co
By Steve Plunkett
March 7 is when early voting begins and is also the deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot online for the presidential primary and local contests in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Briny Breezes, South Palm Beach and Lantana.
This year
