After rising from firefighter to fire chief for the city of Boca Raton, Kerry Koen has returned to his first calling, photography.
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By Margie Plunkett
The autumn colors are at full peak in Boca Raton, displayed in fore
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Bobby Campbell (in front) with (l-r) Michael Walstrom, Terry and Jerry Fedele and Dyana Kenney. Photo provided by Gina Fontana
The red carpet was rolled out for Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton’s fashion-forward countdown to the fifth-annual Boca Rat
A few of the decorations at Death or Glory are not for the faint of heart. Bloody Mary mix served from an IV is intended to chill your soul. Photo provided
By Jan Norris
They’re getting spirited in more ways than one at Death or Glory in Delray Bea
By Steve Plunkett
Developer Robert Comparato is offering $67.5 million to buy Ocean Strand, 15 undeveloped acres straddling State Road A1A from the ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway.
In an unsolicited proposal to the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Par
By Mary Hladky
Suspended Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie’s trial on public corruption charges will start on March 23.
Bruce Zimet, Haynie’s criminal defense attorney, and Assistant State Attorney Brian Fernandes requested the trial date at a Sept. 10 h
Delray Beach ended contract negotiations on Sept. 6 with Michael Cernech as the new city manager.
“From the start, it was important that we come to terms that were acceptable to both parties. Unfortunately, in this case we simply could not get there
The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County has issued a countywide precautionary swim advisory for all public beaches. At this time, swimming is not recommended.
Tests will be conducted, when possible, to determine the water quality at pub
Coastal communities breathe collective sigh of relief
Debris washed up onto A1A in Manalapan as wind and rain from Hurricane Dorian exacerbated king tide effects. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Hamid Hashemi called delays in Delray Beach an important factor in iPic’s financial trouble. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Related Information: Delray Beach iPic incentives
By Jane Smith and Mary Hladky
One week after iPic Entertainment filed for Ch
Oh, Abaco. Beautiful, friendly, carefree Abaco. I’m sure there will still be sunrises and sunsets, but now there will be very little in between. Even the sandy beaches and crystal clear waters are holding horrors — the remnants of homes and dreams an
Compiled by Jane Smith
The iPic movie theater sits just south of Atlantic Avenue, between Southeast Fourth and Fifth avenues. The downtown Delray Beach movie theater has received incentives from the city and its Community Redevelopment Agency.
Decemb
By Rich Pollack
Along the barrier island, leaders in Ocean Ridge are trying to determine if it’s time to seriously consider hooking up to the regional wastewater treatment facility, through neighboring Boynton Beach.
Most of the homes in town are ei
Tana Callahan, who works with Howe Inc., the property manager at the Crown Colony Club in Ocean Ridge, checks on the package plant on the west side of the community. The treatment plant also serves Colonial Ridge and Ocean Manor. Jerry Lower/The Coas
Part Three: Rising seas threaten wastewater systems | Gulf Stream: Town wants to know price of putting in sewers
Part One: Cities rush to fix aging sewer systems | How sewage flows | Boca Raton's multi-year project targets older underground pipes | E
Debra Boyle, Ocean Ridge’s first dedicated community policing officer, talks with Susan Ezekiel while on patrol. Ezekiel’s dogs are Cody and Jessie. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Margie Plunkett
The Ocean Ridge Police Department sent an SUV full o
Officials hope to raze this Place Au Soleil house and sell the land. Photo by Town of Gulf Stream
By Steve Plunkett
A Place Au Soleil house that rang up $1.89 million in code enforcement violations over the past 10 years is now the target of a forec
By Steve Plunkett
The water main along State Road A1A north of Golfview Drive can be replaced close to its current route without endangering Gulf Stream’s signature Australian pines, engineers have decided.
Sira Prinyavivatkul, the project manager a
By Mary Hladky
City officials need more detailed information from Virgin Trains USA before negotiations can begin on building a new station in Boca Raton.
City staff and Virgin Trains officials have held two meetings since the company notified the cit
By Dan Moffett
With the help of next-door neighbor Palm Beach, the town of South Palm Beach has a chance to begin a beach renourishment project by early next year.
“I would imagine we’d probably plan on the month of April,” Robert Weber, Palm Beach’s
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge officially doesn’t take over policing in Briny Breezes until Oct. 1, but already there are signs of change.
Chief Hal Hutchins told the Briny Breezes Town Council on Aug. 22 that residents would see his officers and Ocean R
