Lantana Town Manager Debbie Manzo gets a group hug Oct. 19 after reading the book Quackers by Liz Wong to kindergartners at Lantana Elementary School during the annual Read for the Record competition coordinated by The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beac
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By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach Town Manager Bob Vitas returned from a vacation in Europe thinking he would resolve the last details of his new contract at the Oct. 24 council meeting.
Instead it turned out to be his last council meeting.In a swift
Edward Siedle has made a career investigating flawed and mismanaged retirement assets. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
He’s been called the “Sam Spade of money management” and “pension detective.”
Ocean Ridge resident Edward Si
By Steve Plunkett
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella’s trial will start no sooner than February.
His defense attorney, Marc Shiner, and Assistant State Attorney Danielle Grundt both agreed last month to the postponement — the trial
Ocean Ridge police secure an area in the 6000 block of Old Ocean Boulevard on Oct. 20 after the body of Amantay Brown, 21, was found on the beach. The Coast Guard, sheriff’s office and other agencies had searched for Brown, who was reported missing s
Karen Ronald says the library is ‘not just books and materials.’ Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Karen Ronald brings everything you would expect to her new job as director of the Delray Beach Public Library.
She has a master’s d
By Jane Smith
Major construction work at the municipal beach promenade was finished in late October. Smaller items, such as landscaping, remain to be finished by Thanksgiving.
The $3.1 million Delray Beach project includes solar-powered smart meters
Ocean Ridge resident Digby Bridges will become the newest member of the United States Croquet Hall of Fame this month. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Digby Bridges has been playing croquet since he was 16 and still enjoys the game.
“It is a thinkin
By Mary Thurwachter
Local greenmarket aficionados won’t have to wait for the weekend to shop for homegrown veggies, fruits and flowers. Beginning in November, Lantana’s Bicentennial Park will be home to the newest greenmarket in the county.
The
It’s that time of year again, when full and new moon phases combine with the moon’s position to give us higher than usual tides and flooding.
Oct. 6: Driving down Brooks Lane in Delray Beach was a challenge.
Oct. 6: A school of mullet reaches grass
King tides create more than 8 inches of water at the base of Clara Caldwell’s driveway on Oct. 20. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
The Inlet Cay community in Ocean Ridge started off in the late 1960s as a collaboration between enginee
By Jane Smith
A primary entrance to Boynton Beach will be more inviting after Boynton Beach Boulevard undergoes a makeover.
City commissioners, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, selected a plan that includes 9-foot-wide sidewalks b
A cruise to educate the public about king tides took place on the same day seating areas and the dock at Veterans Park flooded, as happens with king tides. Michelle Quigley/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
In Delray Beach, most residents know that
By Jane Smith
Boat owners will have to pay about 6 percent extra each month to rent a slip at the Boynton Harbor Marina.
Boynton Beach city commissioners, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, approved the increase 4-1 at their Octobe
DELRAY BEACH — William “Bill” Lawrence Sherman, 95, an American patriot, died of natural causes at his home in Delray Beach on Oct. 19. Mr. Sherman is survived by his loving wife of 73 years, Adlyn Foster Sherman, their four children, Lynda S
Oct. 6: Lake Boca Raton crested over a seawall, flooding the Por La Mar neighborhood in Boca Raton and allowing mullet and other marine life to swim into the streets and yards of homes.
By Rich Pollack
With king tides, Hurricane Irma and torre
By Willie Howard
Nearly six weeks after Hurricane Irma roared through Florida, Lantana residents said in late October that they were still grappling with an unsightly reminder of the storm: piles of vegetation and construction debris stacked in th
Hannah Kostizen and Jamie Vermeersch are employees at Periwinkle, 339 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority invites visitors and residents to “shop small” on Small Busin
By Jane Smith
Settling to save taxpayers’ money, state Rep. Al Jacquet agreed to pay $300 in fines and receive a letter of reprimand over a $35 parking ticket he received while serving as vice mayor of Delray Beach.
His attorney, J.C. Pl
By Sallie James
IBM is often credited with cementing the place on the map for this little city on the south end of Palm Beach County. And the company and an initial group of 12 engineers then went on to change the world.
“We were given the
