Retired Lt. Col. Mel Pollack at home in Boca Raton with a replica of the F-4 Phantom he flew in Vietnam. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
Although retired Air Force Lt. Col. Mel Pollack’s military service ended decades ago, his commitment
By Mary Thurwachter
The Florida Commission on Ethics has found probable cause that Lantana Mayor David Stewart misused his position to attempt to obtain a sexual benefit for himself. Probable cause also was found to believe he solicited sex from a co
For health and safety and money for the Town of Ocean Ridge, the county and the state, and as an owner at Ocean Park Manor, adjacent to the proposed Swain project, I would like to lodge my strongest objection to this permit.
Among the factors that t
A story in the October issue incorrectly reported the number of people attending meetings at Delray Beach’s Crossroads Club. An estimated 750 people attend a meeting every day.
More than 35 firefighters with 14 trucks from Delray Beach and elsewhere in the county responded to a fire at the Gulf Stream estate of Anthony Pugliese on Oct. 29. They contained the fire to the multi-car garage and guest quarters, preserving the ma
By Mary Kate Leming
Ten years. Who’d a thunk it? Not me, that’s for sure. I was convinced print would be so crippled by digital that we’d get only five years out of our startup publication at most.
Wow, was I wrong.
I knew there was a serious risk of
Arthur Remillard funded the $3 million facility that enabled Boca Helping Hands to expand its food services. Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
Arthur Remillard is a generous man.
At 87, Remillard cringes when he sees people on television, both in the U
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream’s new CodeRED emergency alert system is up and running.
“It is fully activated and ready to go,” Town Manager Greg Dunham told town commissioners at their Oct. 12 meeting.
The system allows town officials to send residen
By Steve Plunkett
Palm Beach County Commissioner Steven Abrams, who leaves office Nov. 20, will spend only a few weeks unemployed before tackling his next job — as executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.His former c
Residents along the coast had to deal with the effects of red tide for more than a week. ABOVE: Dead reef fish lie south of the Boynton Inlet in early October. RIGHT: Lifeguard Lange Jacobs put up traffic cones and double red flags to war
Like its predecessor, the year-old 100-foot tree dominates the Delray Beach skyline. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
The 100-foot Christmas tree went up before Halloween this year, but it’s the same time as last year, said Stephanie Immel
By Dan Moffett
Confronted with threats posed by rising seas and overly aggressive builders, Ocean Ridge commissioners are grappling with tough decisions about how much to tighten the town’s building rules.
At their Nov. 5 meeting, the commissioners wi
By Mary Thurwachter
A zoning request that would allow the offices of the Old Key Lime House on Ocean Avenue to be moved next door to a historic home at 110 S. Lake Drive failed to win over the Lantana Town Council.
The home’s owner, Wayne Cordero, als
Marine Way resident Jerry Spivey tiptoes through rising water Oct. 9 to reach his vehicle during the annual king tides. Many residents along the coast were relieved that the effects of the seasonal high tides were not as bad as in some previous years
By Mary Thurwachter
A year after Hurricane Irma left the trail at the Nature Preserve in shambles, the Lantana Town Council is still grappling with the best way to restore it. Only the front portion of the path is accessible.
In May, the council talk
Incentive program planned to retain building heights
By Jane Smith
Some rule changes are coming to downtown Delray Beach after city commissioners finished a required review of the central business district’s land development regulations.
The rules r
By Steve Plunkett
Municipal leaders are taking a cautious approach to the possibility that constitutional Amendment 1 will be approved on Election Day.
“If it passes then local governments, which are the ones that tax by property taxes, will see a d
By Dan Moffett
For the third time, Publix tried to persuade the Manalapan Town Commission to allow a free-standing wine and liquor store near the company’s new supermarket in Plaza del Mar.
And for a third time, commissioners politely said thank you
By Steve Plunkett
The race for District 89 in the Florida House may well come down to which party gets more voters to the polls Nov. 6.
The ballot features two barrier island residents: Ocean Ridge Mayor and lawyer Jim Bonfiglio, the Democrat, and De
Patty Jones is chairwoman of the Palm Beach County Food Bank’s Empty Bowls fundraiser. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
Patty Jones was in her 20s when her father suffered an aneurysm at the age of 44 and went on disability.
“He was in
