By Jane Smith
Delray Beach property owners may have to pay a fire assessment fee in the next budget year under a proposal the City Commission approved by a 3-2 vote on Dec. 11.
The assessment amount depends on the type of property.
Single-family home
Highland Beach residents meet at a workshop to see proposed improvements along State Road A1A and to provide input. The ambitious plan would cost the town as much as $45 million. Voters must approve the expenditure. Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
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By Steve Plunkett
The town may reroute its main water line from alongside State Road A1A to Gulfstream Road or Polo Drive to make sure its treasured Australian pines do not run afoul of state restrictions.
The pipe will be enlarged to 12 inches in di
For one Saturday morning, dogs were allowed to play off leash on the beach at Oceanfront Park. ABOVE: Buddy, 4 months, runs from the incoming tide. BELOW: 3-year-old Duke (front) and Moose, 2, greet each other before running off. Photos by Rachel O’H
By Mary Hladky
After the developer of the luxury Alina Residences Boca Raton condo and nearby residents reached a compromise in November, it appeared as if the developer’s request to build the project in two phases was on a glide path to approval.
Bu
By Sallie James
The beloved community hospital once known as “The Miracle on Meadows Road” is another step closer to a merger with Baptist Health South Florida.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Baptist Health South Florida agreed in December on a let
ABOVE: Briny Breezes residents watch as contractors lay a perimeter of decorative memorial bricks around the renovated fountain at the main entrance to the community.
The fountain features a bronze leaping sailfish statue by artist John W. Townsend.
By Steve Plunkett
The city is spending upwards of $465,000 to improve pedestrian safety downtown.
Projects include installing a low pedestrian fence to keep people from cutting across Palmetto Park Road to get to Mizner Boulevard, putting in-road lig
Dozens of truckloads of fill are waiting to be leveled for the townhouse project. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Neighbors in Briny Breezes and the County Pocket have watched with growing unease as the pile of fill dirt between them has
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District started the new year with an interim executive director and was set to advertise for a replacement.
District commissioners reassigned Executive Director Art Koski to be construction manage
By Dan Moffett
It took South Palm Beach only three weeks to fill its vacant town manager’s position — at least for the short term.
During a hastily called special meeting on Dec. 19, the Town Council unanimously voted to hire on an interim basis form
Mayor served town he loved
By Rich Pollack
For Highland Beach Mayor Carl Feldman, serving as the leader of the commission was the culmination of a love for the town that started when he moved here in 2000.
He died Dec. 24, following an illness, while
The Boca Raton Inlet bridge was briefly closed six times in late November because of electrical problems. The closures caused traffic delays for thousands of drivers.
By Henry Fitzgerald
They’re often called arteries — the streets and roads that car
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will request proposals in January to redo its marina along the Intracoastal Waterway.
The city marina, just south of Atlantic Avenue and on the west side of the waterway, has 23 slips with eight designated for boats with li
By Jane Smith
Motorists will continue to face construction delays at the Woolbright and Hypoluxo road Interstate 95 interchanges.
The contractor is now saying it will be the end of January for most of the work to be finished, according to Andi Pacini
By Steve Plunkett
Barring any last-minute motions, the often-postponed felony trial of former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will begin Jan. 28 in Circuit Judge Daliah Weiss’ courtroom.
Lucibella, 65, is charged with battery on a law enforc
By Mary Thurwachter
This month, Lantana residents can look forward to several roads being repaved, including Southeast Atlantic Drive on Hypoluxo Island.
Town Council members agreed during the Dec. 10 meeting to have M&M Asphalt Maintenance Inc. repa
Jan Mosley of Boca Raton buys orchids from Estela’s at the Boca Raton GreenMarket last month at its new spot north of City Hall. Alfonso Funkhouser, owner Maria Estela’s grandson, gives help. Mosley says she’s a 20-year customer of Estela’s. Photos b
FAU honored Barbara and Richard Schmidt, whose 1998 gift helped launch the Schmidt College of Medicine. Barbara Schmidt stands between her husband and her daughter, Michelle Maros. Also (l-r): Phillip Boiselle, college dean; FAU President John Kelly;
Enrique Zuanetto, executive director of the Soup Kitchen of Boynton Beach, and his team of volunteers feed needy people. The Coastal Star file photo
By Janis Fontaine
You’ll never hear Enrique Zuanetto sound like the Seinfeld character known for spo
