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By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District is considering dusting off its power of eminent domain
By Jane Smith
Hurricane Irma’s winds delayed the beach promenade construction in Delray Beach by at least two weeks, according to the project manager. The new expected completion is by Thanksgiving.
The contractor removed construction equip
Eugene and Maureen Garrett found refuge and a card game at the Highland Beach Library. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
In the days after Hurricane Irma left air conditioners silent, reading lamps dark and cellphones feeble, refugees fro
By Noreen Marcus
A developer sued The Coastal Star alleging libel and then abruptly dropped the lawsuit a month later.
The suit filed Aug. 30 in Palm Beach Circuit Court by Hudson Holdings and its principal Steven Michael claimed the newspaper
By Jane Smith
The Community Redevelopment Agency board members agreed in late September to purchase the 91-year-old Boynton Woman’s Club building even after hearing the inspection results: The building has termites and needs a new roof.
The $1
By Jane Smith
Medical marijuana dispensaries are banned from opening in the city limits, Delray Beach city commissioners decided at the end of September.
Acknowledging Florida voters who overwhelmingly approved the state ballot question on
By Jane Smith
Marine Way residents in Delray Beach are bracing for more seasonal flooding from the autumn king tides. Water can be knee-deep in some areas.
The Delray Beach streets prone to flooding sit next to the Intracoastal Waterway. The ki
Working day and night Sept. 11-17
ABOVE: Linemen work to restore power at the intersection of A1A and Ridge Boulevard in Ocean Ridge. Many crews worked 12 to 16 hours a day to restore power.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
BELOW: These linemen from To
By Steve Plunkett
Interstate 95’s new northbound exit ramp to Spanish River Boulevard is open.
The ramp, which begins after vehicles have passed under Spanish River Boulevard and then loops south, brings drivers to new signals at the entrance o
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners hope to voice their objections to the South Palm Beach groin project during a scheduled meeting with county officials on Oct. 24.
The commissioners expect the project’s managers to attend the town’s regula
Gulf Stream resident Charles Carlino styled Sole Surfer on a friend and fellow Marine with post-traumatic stress disorder. The play will be staged on Veterans Day. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Charles Carlino met Joseph Giann
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Police Department has moved to new headquarters at 901 N. Eighth St., off Lantana Road next to the new sports complex.
The new digs are in a state-owned building once home to the Department of Juvenile Justice an
By Jane Smith
Commissioners in late September selected three candidates to interview to become their next city manager. One dropped out the next day.
A public reception will be held on Oct. 9 where community members can meet the two candida
By Jane Smith
The iPic luxury theater owner took on a joint venture developer partner back in May but never announced it. Some city leaders say the partnership makes sense because iPic is a theater owner and not a mixed-use developer. Others see i
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes moved a step closer to hiring the first town manager in its history when the Town Council on Sept. 28 gave preliminary approval to an ordinance creating the position.
“We’re in desperate need of administrative help,
By Dan Moffett
Those rusted and ragged shade sails lining the parking lot at Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park are soon to give way to aluminum solar canopies as part of Florida Power & Light’s growing campaign to promote clean energy across the stat
Apartments and town homes would be part of a development that extends between Third Street and the railroad tracks.
SOURCE: City of Boynton Beach
By Jane Smith
The Villages at East Ocean Avenue project has finally been approved after two year
SEPT. 15: On the morning of his release, a loggerhead turtle, named George Bush by his rescuers, swims in a holding tank at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On the Friday after Hurricane Irma’s assault on
By Dan Moffett
Brad Biggs’ 11-year relationship with South Palm Beach ended abruptly Sept. 25 when the town attorney submitted his resignation, saying he had lost the support of some council members.
“Some council persons now do not believe tha
By Steve Plunkett
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will sue the town and at least one of the officers who arrested him in an October 2016 shooting incident at his home, one of his lawyers told a Palm Beach County circuit judge.
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