By Mary Hladky
Efforts to build a downtown parking garage are bolstered by a new study that finds Boca Raton needs more public parking.
The peak demand area around Mizner Park needs 108 more parking spaces now, and that number will grow to as m
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Workers tend to the outside and driveway of the new Customs Office in late July. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
A new U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility will soon be opening its doors at the Boca Raton Airport — just not as
Critics have complained that Mizner 200 is too large and would obstruct sunlight and views for adjacent buildings. Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton City Council members have demanded yet another redesign of the proposed Mizner 200 l
Proponents of a park for the beachfront parcel are happy to see plans being offered, but some critics think this plan proposes too many options. Rendering provided by the City of Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
The verdict for the latest proposal
By Sallie James
Driving an electric car makes sense in so many ways: no gasoline costs, no toxic emissions, and one of the quietest rides around. But access to a charging station is essential if the battery runs low.
For Boca Raton residents, t
ABOVE: The ultra-modern four-story duplex could feature wide open glass exposure on the beach side. BELOW: The side facing A1A would have access to the four-car garage. Renderings provided
By Steve Plunkett
A volunteer group led by a barrier isl
By Sallie James
Property taxes will hold the line if city officials approve the proposed tax rate for 2017-2018.
However, residents could be asked to pay $125 for the city’s fire services fee, up from the current $105.
City Manager Leif Ahnell pro
By Sallie James
The Boca Raton City Council July 25 introduced an ordinance that would ban the practice of allowing private individuals or entities to place “unattended, expressive installations, displays, exhibits and similar objects” in Sanborn
Florida (left) may import sand from the Bahamas for use in beach renourishment. The light blue areas of this satellite image show the shallow bottom around the Bahamas. Photo by NASA
Related Story: Manalapan vows to fight South Palm Beach sand reten
By Steve Plunkett
The short era of the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District’s rubber-stamping the city’s proposed parks budget appears to be over.
Craig Ehrnst, one of the district’s new commissioners, led the first assault. The city
By Emily J. Minor
BOCA RATON — Dr. Samuel S. Stephenson III, who picked up his wife and two small children in 1968 to move to Florida and help lead a fairly new college called Florida Atlantic University, died June 21 in hospice care. He was 93.Bo
Related Story: Will our next beach renourishment use Bahamian sand?
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan is stepping up efforts to block a proposed beach stabilization project that would install concrete groins to capture sand in South Palm Beach.
On
Hudson Holdings
The Delray Beach developer specializes in “bringing history back to life,” according to its website. Here’s a look at its properties outside Florida:
Louisville, Kentucky: Republic Building (built in 1912) — Hudson paid slightly more
By Steve Plunkett
The legal battle between Gulf Stream and town resident Martin O’Boyle dragged on in July as O’Boyle conducted a 90-minute deposition in his home and his son filed a motion seeking a “6-foot pile” of documents in a New Jersey lawy
By Jane Smith
Hudson Holdings had its attorney write a warning letter to a state board, threatening to file an injunction unless it delayed the National Register review of the Old School Square Historic Arts District, said a principal of the Delra
By Jane Smith
The beach promenade work is progressing, evidenced in the tricolor “waves” in the sidewalk on the southern half of the municipal beach.
The street-side wave is tan concrete; the middle wave sports a chocolate brown color. The wave
By Jane Smith
Without seeing a budget, city commissioners agreed to lower the property tax rate slightly for the financial year that begins Oct. 1 while still expecting to take in an estimated $4.6 million more in tax revenues.
Delray Beach fin
By Steve Plunkett
The lawyer in the felony case against former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella has rescheduled depositions of town officials and the police for late August.
Defense attorney Marc Shiner will depose arresting officers Nubia
Recent estimates suggest that as many as half of local arts journalism jobs in America have disappeared over the past decade. In South Florida I’d suggest that proportion is even higher.
Yes, there are a few local bloggers who will tell you ab
By Dan Moffett
Two recent mediation sessions have done little to resolve lawsuits filed by developer William Swaim against the town of Ocean Ridge and Wellington Arms condominium owners.
For the last three years, Swaim has been trying to persua
