By Rich Pollack
Should the oceanfront town of Highland Beach become part of the larger Boca Raton?
At least one of the larger city’s council members thinks it might be a good idea. Highland Beach officials and other residents whom The Coastal S
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The Related Group would demolish Mizner Park Amphitheater and replace it with 400 residential units. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
A major developer has approached city officials about creating a public/private partnership to develop city-owned
By Mary Hladky
Three days after the Boca Raton City Council pressed both sides to reach a compromise in the contentious battle over the proposed Mizner 200 luxury condo, the combatants met at architect Derek Vander Ploeg’s office in late July to s
By Mary Hladky
The first assisted living facility to be built in eastern Boca Raton has won the City Council’s unanimous approval.
But before construction can begin, the developer, Boca Raton-based Penn-Florida Cos., must make design changes r
By Sallie James
Will residents see another pentagram display, or something equally jarring, in Sanborn Square this year during the winter holiday season?
Boca Raton City Council members on Aug. 22 scrapped a plan to ban “unattended, expressive
By Rich Pollack
It has taken more than a year, but Highland Beach finally ended its search for a full-time code compliance officer.
Not everyone on the Town Commission, however, agrees with how the decision to end the search was made.
In a
A worker cuts grooves into the surface of one of the Spanish River interchange’s many spans. All 13 of the project’s bridges have been constructed. Photo courtesy of Florida Department of Transportation
By Steve Plunkett
The Spanish River interch
By Sallie James
An upscale 70-unit condo complex proposed for the southwest corner of South Ocean Boulevard and East Palmetto Park Road will be even more luxurious than originally planned.
Developers tweaked a proposal originally approved in
By Mary Hladky
Miami developers Key International and Integra Investments have purchased a 3-acre waterfront site on Lake Boca Raton for $17.3 million.
The seller is an affiliate of the Blackstone Group, a New York-based private equity firm
By Steve Plunkett
Commissioners of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District and the city’s parks director used unanticipated savings on health care costs and some financial sleight of hand to come up with a fiscal 2018 budget proposal with whi
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s efforts to enhance safety and aesthetics by replacing a 3-mile long walking path and improving the surrounding areas finally gained traction this year with the formation of an Ad Hoc Citizens Streetscape Committee, but
Team Tuppens members Christopher Sprague, 12, Steve Sprague and Mike Folsom show off some of their catch. Christopher’s 6.2-pound dolphin netted him the prize for top junior angler. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Aaron Budney checks one of the hives he keeps at his mother’s home west of Lake Worth. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Catnip bores them.They don’t chirp. Wouldn’t fetch a stick to save your life. And they sometimes kill.
Why in
Underwater photographer Sandra Edwards shows a photo of a goliath grouper nicknamed Wilbur that stays around the M/V Castor wreck off Boynton Beach. She was one of many divers who came to a July 31 Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission meet
K-9 officer Duke of the Boynton Beach Police Department with Dr. Melanie Thomas at Coral Springs Animal Hospital. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
Sometimes, the dangers facing K-9 police dogs can be invisible but still very deadly. But thanks to a par
After 25 years of service as the senior minister and CEO for Unity of Delray Beach, the Rev. Nancy Norman, the face of Unity and a resident of Boynton Beach, retired on Aug. 20.
Norman came from California to serve the spiritual community in Delray B
Tour leader Meridith Hootstein gets the group off to a healthy start with a short session of yoga and relaxation.
By Lona O'Connor
They hunted. They gathered. They tramped the streets of downtown Boca Raton in 85-degree heat. This intrepid group of
Boca Raton Regional Hospital chalked up several honors recently. First, it was named a top-ranked regional hospital in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017–2018 annual review of best hospitals. It’s ranked 16th out of approximately 300 hospitals in Florid
Checks from the Feb. 8 Ride 4 Orphans were awarded to Place of Hope at the Leighan and David Rinker Campus and 4 Kids of South Florida. The annual ride raises money for Spanish River Church’s orphan projects. (l-r) Matheus Macedo, first-place finishe
By Janis Fontaine
Attention local high schools with theater programs:
Applications are being accepted through mid-September from high schools that want to have their theater programs participate in the first-ever Dream Awards, a program sponsor
