By Steve Plunkett
Without any fanfare, Gulf Stream has leapt from being a three-digit hamlet, population-wise, to a robust four-digit seaside burb.
The latest figures from the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, for 2017
Boynton’s CRA voted 4-1 to pay for sailfish logos as part of the state’s upgrade of Federal. Photo illustration provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach will beautify five key intersections along Federal Highway with city logos that feature a sailfish.
LEFT: Professional quality Har-Tru tennis courts are just part of the draw at the Delray Beach Club. Coastal Star file photo
RIGHT: Children are a major part of the summer membership focus at the St. Andrews Club. Photo provided
By Brian
By Dan Moffett
For many years, police in Briny Breezes diplomatically looked the other way when a golf cart zipped down the sidewalk on A1A or drove the wrong way down a one-way street.
Those days are ending — and soon.
The Boynton Beach Police Depar
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Town Council members have given unanimous preliminary approval to an ordinance that will allow police to cite and fine dog owners who take their pets on the beach.
The town already has on its books an ordinance that pr
By Jane Smith and Dan Moffett
The almost 2-acre oceanfront parcel that once housed the Pelican Apartments along the former Dog Beach in the County Pocket will soon be home to Gulf Stream Views.
The property sale for the luxury townhome project is e
By Mary Thurwachter
John Park didn’t appear before the Lantana Town Council on April 9 to squeal about tax increases or garbage pickup. He just wants to keep his mini pig.
Park, who has a home on South 11th Street, said he received a code violation
By Mary Thurwachter
The annual cost of garbage collection in Lantana is jumping from $700,000 to almost a million dollars.
The Town Council last month approved a contract with Republic Services Inc., the same company that has handled the town’s garba
By Jane Smith
The Riverwalk Plaza owner is going through the approval process to donate 5.7 acres of mangroves, promised in March 2017, to Boynton Beach.
To make the donation, Isram Realty of Hallandale submitted a permit application in December to t
Key part of Town Square project on track for January opening
A group of journalists and city employees toured the historic building, which opened in 1927 but has been vacant for a quarter century. It will become a recreation and events center. ABOVE
By Jane Smith
To make way for the ambitious Town Square project, Boynton Beach will operate its library, City Hall, Fire Station 1 and police headquarters out of temporary buildings mostly in Quantum Park, off Gateway Boulevard and west of Interstate
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Sandra Featherman, a leader in the world of higher education and a tireless advocate for the rights of women and children, died April 26. She was 84.The wife of former Highland Beach Mayor Bernard Featherman, Mrs. Fea
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — Kirk Coakley was only 13, a seventh-grader at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Boca Raton, when a van struck him as he waited to cross the street on his bike.At the hospital, a somber doctor told Ruth Coakley that her son
By Emily J. Minor
OCEAN RIDGE — Rayden Jacob Cody, a man of faith and family who in his retirement years picked up the grandkids every day at school in his Cadillac, died April 5 at age 90.
Mr. Cody went into the hospital for appendicitis surgery, wh
Ryan Heavyside (center) raises his hands amid hundred of surfers who joined together in a paddle-out April 29 to celebrate the life of Ron Heavyside, his father. Mr. Heavyside died April 14 in the 50th anniversary year of his Nomad Surf Shop. Photo
By Mary Hladky
City officials are asking owners of downtown private parking garages and surface parking lots if they are willing to allow the public to use their surplus spaces.
This effort is a step toward alleviating the downtown parking crunch, wh
By Mary Hladky
A majority of Boca Raton council members agrees a performing arts center would be a welcome addition to the city, but they continue to debate whether a center should be part of a new downtown government campus.
More than 700 city resid
By Henry Fitzgerald
Boca Raton has joined several other cities in a lawsuit filed against the state, fighting “super penalties” against municipalities and elected officials who push for local gun laws.
Council members at their April 10 meeting voted
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District has abandoned plans to seize four oceanfront parcels by eminent domain after being told the City Council will not pay for the properties.
Arthur Koski, the district’s executive director,
By Steve Plunkett
The city and its consultant will work up a plan to restore the canoe trails and rebuild the boardwalk at Rutherford Park, but will drop an idea to add boat ramps for now.
“There’s universal demand for opening up these canoe trails t
