Featured in the May edition of The Coastal Star, Heather Bolint and Bryan Galvin have been walking the coast of Florida to document and pick up waste plastic. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
When last we heard from Bryan Galvin and Heather
This red-legged thrush, spotted April 25, was only the second on record in the U.S. Photo provided by Paul Waller
By Mary Thurwachter
If you noticed an onslaught of visitors to the Lantana Nature Preserve in late April, there was good reason. A rare
Featured in the April edition of The Coastal Star, Ray Charley (right) celebrates the end of his cross-country ride with biking partner Roberto Cintron. Photo provided
By Stephen Moore
Part-time Ocean Ridge resident Ray Charley completed the 3,050-m
Related Story: Lantana declines invitation to bid on policing South Palm
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach council members say they’re determined to get their debate over police services back on track after a raucous council meeting raised complaints
Related Story: South Palm Beach: Sheriff’s unscheduled presentation to council brings objections
By Dan Moffett
Lantana Town Council members are very pleased with the state of their Police Department.
So pleased, in fact, that most of them don’t e
Multiple pumps remove water from the site of digging for an underground garage. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Concerned Delray Beach residents are monitoring the massive Atlantic Crossing development underway at the northeast corner of
By Jane Smith
Some barrier island residents said they’ve been waiting 15 years to see sidewalks along George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach.
Their wait is scheduled to end in spring 2021.
That’s when the Florida Department of Transportation wil
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach bakery owner Billy Himmelrich is asking a Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge to reopen his lawsuit against the city.
Himmelrich and business partner David Hosokawa want the judge to reconsider their claim under the Bert
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach is asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit that fired City Manager Mark Lauzier filed in Palm Beach Circuit Court claiming the city violated the state’s Whistleblower Act.
Lauzier sued Delray Beach on April 29, claiming his M
By Jane Smith
The Downtowner open-air vehicle company has officially parted ways with the City of Delray Beach.
The transportation company rankled the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency when it reduced the number of vehicles it would provide for i
Briny Breezes resident Ed Manley, a World War II veteran, received a hero’s welcome from hundreds of well-wishers at Palm Beach International Airport after returning from a daylong trip to Washington D.C. courtesy of Honor Flight volunteers. ‘There m
Residents in the area have given good reviews of the restored Camino Real bridge, which is set to reopen to land traffic on June 20 after more than 14 months of repairs. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
After 14 months of renovations, the Camino Rea
ABOVE: Students of The Harid Conservatory perform a scene from the classical ballet, Raymonda, during a dress rehearsal at Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Spanish River High School. BELOW: Alexis Valdés and Lauren Leb practice the grand pas de deux fr
By Dan Moffett
Problems with building permit processing continue to beleaguer Briny Breezes officials.
Town Manager Dale Sugerman told council members that recent permitting errors by C.A.P. Government Inc., the outside contractor that handles buildi
Hal Stern at the Seagate Beach Club, part of the resort his family visited as snowbirds before buying a house in coastal Delray Beach. In retirement Stern is chairman of the city’s Green Implementation Advancement Board. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Since it opened just about a year ago, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Boca Raton has had close to 7,000 aircraft passengers come through its doors.
They have come on almost 1,500 planes and arrived after departing
By Sallie James
DELRAY BEACH — Delray Beach fashion designer Marjorie Scott Ott, a devoted mother and entrepreneur whose stylish line of resort wear garnered national attention, died on May 3 at home. She was 97.
Mrs. Ott created the Toby of Palm Bea
By Sallie James
BOCA RATON — Jon Randal “Randy” McDonald loved to go barefoot, throw parties, chat up his neighbors and spend time with his beloved sheepdogs. He was also a talented investment professional, recently named one of the top brokers in Fl
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach Public Works staff unveiled the second phase of the beach master plan on May 28.
The work will start July 8 and is scheduled to be finished mostly by Nov. 19, said Aaron Cutler of Mathews Consulting who was hired to monitor
