The Mandarin Oriental hotel and condominiums on Aug. 31. Not much has changed in its exterior appearance in the past two years. The attorney for the developer says the condo units continue to attract buyers. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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Besides restricting EV charging, the condo is supporting use of maintainers, such as the one condo President David Stern is holding. They keep batteries in gas-powered cars from overcharging. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
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An officer working at the Sandbar heard shots just before midnight. Damage was reported to the south, with gunfire striking a window at Dover House and leaving bullet casings scattered at Miramar Drive. The Coastal Star/Google Maps image
By John Pace
The Eau Palm Beach sale price was recorded at $277.4 million. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Musgrave
With the purchase of the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, the largest landowner in Manalapan has increased his sizable footprint in the small coas
Oops, ouch, mea culpa.
Mistakes happen. As hard as we try, there are times when our publication doesn’t catch a date-error, typo or misspelling. Sometimes an item simply needs more explanation to make sense to readers. And much to our chagrin, there
Boca’s Ballroom Battle contestant Jacqui Moroco practices with her dance partner, Jan Clancy, at Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Boca Raton. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
For two minutes this month, dental professional Jacqui Moroco will
Key West, synonymous with Margaritaville, received the first sign designating State Road A1A in Florida as the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway. Eventually, the new markers should be erected statewide, including along A1A in Palm Beach County.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released new flood zone maps, putting thousands more Palm Beach County residents into high-risk flood zones.
The new maps are effective Dec. 20, requiring property owners’ immediate attention, particularly
By John Pacenti
After proposing deep cuts to support a rolled-back property tax rate, Delray Beach City Manager Terrence Moore found the needed money in the city’s couch cushions — though the new budget won’t be completely without pain.
Under the rol
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream will bump up its starting salary for police officers $4,000, to $70,000, and give its veteran officers a $4,000 across-the-board raise.
Town commissioners agreed to the higher pay at their Aug. 9 meeting.
“Everybody’s co
One idea to improve bike safety on sections of State Road A1A where there are no road shoulders is to install sharrows, which are already in use in Delray Beach near City Hall. The pavement symbols indicate cyclists may use the full lane. Photo provi
By Steve Plunkett
The first of Bluewater Cove’s two Intracoastal Waterway lots will be home to a single-story 6,343-square-foot Georgian-style residence.
Gulf Stream town commissioners approved the site plan for the house at their Aug. 9 meeting afte
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream’s road and drainage improvement project continues to be plagued by unexpected conditions — the latest by underground utilities being buried less deep than usual.
“Typically, utilities of power, Comcast, things like that
‘Radical’ solution to quorum issue saves budget from loss
By Jane Musgrave
Manalapan has a new town commissioner and she’s the same as the old one.
Commissioner Cindy McMackin was sworn in at the town’s Aug. 9 meeting, replacing, well, herself.
A con
By Anne Geggis
When she steps down as Manalapan’s town manager at the end of this month, Linda Stumpf will go out in much the same way she’s led the smallest of the South County coastal municipalities: efficiently and without much fanfare.
The two-de
By Jane Musgrave
The town of Manalapan could be getting a refurbished fire station and possibly a revamped Town Hall.
A tentative plan to launch what would be one of the most expensive projects in town history was spurred by changes in fire rules, su
By John Pacenti
Ocean Ridge commissioners and Town Manager Lynne Ladner wrestled over her proposed salary increases for staff, with the manager saying the employees had been left behind while raises were given to police officers over the last two yea
By John Pacenti
Ocean Ridge Town Manager Lynne Ladner made the same mistake this year in preparing the budget as the one that led to the town’s inadvertently violating state law last year, Commissioner Carolyn Cassidy said at the Aug. 5 commission bu
By Mary Thurwachter
Some good news on the beach front. The long-awaited project to add sand could begin as soon as January. South Palm Beach Mayor Bonnie Fischer made that announcement during a Town Council meeting on Aug. 13.
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Town manager reviewed — Town Manager Jamie Titcomb received positive remarks from Town Council members as part of his annual evaluation on Aug. 12. Unlike previous managers, Titcomb, who earns $82 per hour, is part-time and limited to 25 hours a week
