By Steve Plunkett
A federal lawsuit filed against Boca Raton has coastal communities scurrying to update their websites before they too wind up in court.
Juan Carlos Gil, a legally blind resident of Miami who has sued roughly 200 governments, stores
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By Jane Smith
When Javaro Sims becomes Delray Beach police chief in May, he will be the city’s first black police chief.
City Manager Mark Lauzier announced his decision at the Feb. 12 City Commission workshop where fellow officers packed the first t
By Dan Moffett
Several dozen condo residents from southern Ocean Ridge jammed Town Hall on Feb. 4 to make their case to the Town Commission for an A1A crosswalk.
They pretty much had the commissioners at hello.
Town Manager Jamie Titcomb told the gro
By Dan Moffett
Three commission candidates in Ocean Ridge found a lot of common ground when they squared off against each other during an hourlong election forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County on Feb. 7.
They all oppose
By Dan Moffett
Besides filling two commission seats in the March 12 municipal election, Ocean Ridge voters will have to decide the fate of four proposed amendments to the town’s charter, the document that dictates government rules and procedures.
Pro
Candidate profiles compiled by Steven J. Smith
Four candidates vie for two open at-large seats, each with a two-year term. The top two vote getters will each win a seat.
Elvadianne Culbertson
(Incumbent)
Personal: Declined to give her age; B.S. in bus
Candidate profiles compiled by Steven J. Smith
Related Story: Commission candidates talk sea rise strategy at forum
One three-year term and a partial one-year term are contested this time around for the Ocean Ridge Town Commission. The top vote get
By Mary Thurwachter
As work at the luxury condo project at 3550 S. Ocean Blvd. reaches its finishing stages, construction hours have been extended. The South Palm Beach Town Council agreed to the added hours during a special town meeting on Feb. 14 a
Three-year-old Luke Howard gets a push from his father, Jake, during the Hypoluxo Island property owners annual picnic at McKinley Park on Feb. 24. They were in town visiting grandparents Diz and Sally Howard of Hypoluxo Island. Jerry Lower/The Coast
By Mary Thurwachter
The Town Council made some revisions to its 12-year-old polices and guidelines, even though the old policy had generally provided good guidance, according to Dave Thatcher, Lantana’s development services director.
“It was incred
By Brian Biggane
GULF STREAM — Alice Dye, a golfing icon who built a strong reputation for her charity work in South Palm Beach County, died Feb. 1. She was 91.
Dye, who with her husband, Pete, formed a legendary golf course architecture team that d
DELRAY BEACH — Linda Bailey Searle died at her home in Delray Beach on Jan. 16. She was 93.
Born March 14, 1925, in East Orange, N.J., to Clifford Sherwood Bailey and Ellen Laird Bailey, she grew up in Darien and New Canaan, Conn., and graduated fro
OCEAN RIDGE — William Andrew Benton of Ocean Ridge and Morristown, N.J., died on Feb. 14 in Boynton Beach. He was 86. Mr. Benton was born Jan. 21, 1933, in South Orange, N.J. He attended high school at Blair Academy in Blairstown, N.J. He graduated f
Patricia Maguire, a painter from Ocean Ridge, sits at home in front of a few of her works with her dog Shiloh, a 9-year-old golden retriever. Maguire also has a studio in downtown Delray Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
Patricia
These new white LED lights at A1A and Atlantic generate significantly less glow than the old lights, but they’ll be replaced with red LED lights for turtles. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The busy beachside intersection of State Road A1
Ned Wehler had to resort to hand watering when the recycled water system went down. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Ned Wehler had to use a hose in early February to water his flowers and plants. The reclaimed water system was down again
The kapok tree to be moved sits just east of the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum on Ocean Avenue. It will be sold or wind up on other city-owned land. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach will save the kapok tree on Ocean Avenue pr
By Rich Pollack
President Donald Trump’s frequent visits to his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Palm Beach have hurt businesses operating out of the Palm Beach County Park Airport, better known as the Lantana Airport.
Now, thanks in large part to U.S. Rep. Lo
Atlantic football players join donors who raised money to put them in new blazers for signing day. Macy’s provided the jackets and most of the funding. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
The issues football coach T.J. Jackson d
Lord & Taylor President Vanessa LeFebvre visits the Mizner Park store last month before hosting a luncheon to outline changes and seek feedback on how the store can improve. She heard no criticisms from the people who spoke. Tim Stepien/The Coastal S
