Suspended mayor to fight probable cause finding
from Florida Ethics Commission advocate
By Mary Hladky
The Florida Commission on Ethics has found probable cause that suspended Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie violated state ethics laws in eight instanc
From left, the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel and its adjacent condos will join the existing 101 Via Mizner luxury apartments on Federal Highway north of Camino Real. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
Construction will begin soon on the downtown
Robert Patek left two poles but was forced to remove ropes he put behind his home to block tractors that bury beach debris. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Robert Patek had seen enough.
A Highland Beach resident with a home on the east
By Steve Plunkett
A long-anticipated review of controversial plans to build a four-story duplex on Boca Raton’s beach has been delayed indefinitely.
The city’s Environmental Advisory Board was scheduled to review the proposal for 2600 N. Ocean Blvd.
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Council members are clearly impressed by a cultural group’s ambitious proposal to build a performing arts complex on city-owned land east of the Spanish River Library.
“Very, very compelling,” Deputy Mayor Jeremy Rodge
By Steve Plunkett
The lawyer seeking repayment of a $406,000 business loan from two-time Boca Raton mayoral candidate Al Zucaro subpoenaed Zucaro’s wife, philanthropist Yvonne Boice, for a deposition in October.
Bernard Lebedeker represents hotel own
By Mary Hladky
The developer of the luxury condo now rebranded as Alina Residences Boca Raton has cleared two hurdles in its effort to build the 384-unit downtown project in two phases.
The Community Appearance Board recommended that the Community Red
By Rich Pollack
New York has one. Toronto has one. Even Fort Lauderdale has one.
Now Highland Beach is about to have a film festival of its own. Kind of.
This month, the Highland Beach Library, a hidden gem tucked between the Intracoastal Waterway
By Rich Pollack
The holidays in Highland Beach are about to get a lot brighter with nearly $25,000 worth of lights and displays, including a 25-foot artificial pine Christmas tree and a 12-foot menorah decorating Town Hall.
Residents will also be tre
People who have disabilities can sing, play games and take field trips when they enroll at Twin Palms Center for the Disabled. They recently visited Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Not far from the intersection of Spanish
By Lona O'Connor
During the long hours when Penelope Douglas and her team put together the new Health Channel, she learned a few things she hadn’t expected — including the virtues of eating beans. More on that in a moment.
Douglas was no stranger t
By Mary Hladky
Developer and landowner Crocker Partners filed its promised lawsuit against Boca Raton, seeking $137.6 million in damages on grounds the city failed to adopt regulations that would allow it to build its proposed Midtown project.
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The Toast, by Jan Scramlik (1860-1936). Provided by Christie’s
By Mary Thurwachter
There you are at the head of an elegantly set table, staring down at a big, beautiful roasted turkey with all the fixings. A collection of family and friends, some o
ABOVE: Parks runs the Dreamfinder to shuttle underwater video crews to film goliath groupers at wrecks off Boynton Beach this fall. Photo provided by Mike McKenzie BELOW: Parks is restoring the 25-foot Bertram little by little at his home in Boynton
Kimberlee Duke Marshall takes a selfie with Officer Debra Boyle (on ATV) and volunteers (l-r) Regan Pompeo, Madi Rosenberg and Stella Kolb during the public safety department’s cleanup. Volunteers placed trash into buckets and dumped it into bins on
By Steve Plunkett
In a rare rebuke, the Boca Raton City Council overrode its Community Appearance Board and will allow the 16-story Carlton condominium tower to paint beige accent stripes around the outside edge of its balconies.
The CAB wanted the
By Sallie James
BOCA RATON — Carmella L. Gesner, a devoted Catholic and tireless philanthropist known by her friends as “Mel,” died Oct 3. She was 92.A longtime Boca Raton resident, Mrs. Gesner was an active member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church,
As with past celebrations of ‘Chanukah Under the Stars,’ music will be an important part of the Dec. 7 event, with three choirs performing. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Thanks in part to a Jewish Outreach grant from the Jewish Federation of Sou
By Henry Fitzgerald
BOCA RATON — Sylvia Robinson was always polite and considerate of others. After all, it was the only way for a proper lady to act. She made sure to dress impeccably and always, always put her best face forward. Being a lady was im
Eddie James and Tommy Woodward poke fun at religion as a way to get people involved in church. They will perform Nov. 14 at Cason United Methodist in Delray Beach.
Photo provided
Who says there’s no laughing in church?
Tommy Woodard and Eddie James,
