By Mary Thurwachter
Although town staffers were able to clear enough of the mess Hurricane Irma made at the Nature Preserve to hold an annual Halloween party, the park remains closed. Only the front portion of the park was opened to the public for
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The Coastal Star collected six first-, three second- and six third-place awards in the 66th annual Excellence in Journalism Competition sponsored by the Florida Press Club.
The awards were handed out at the Press Club’s banquet Nov. 4 in Sarasota
Construction will begin soon on two basketball courts for Lantana’s sports complex on North Eighth Street. On Nov. 27, the town awarded a contract to ARZ Builders of Boca Raton to do the work for $323,255.
The town will use Community Block Grant
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream will wait at least 18 months to repave six streets in its core area after the paving contractor realized there was almost twice as much work to do.
In February, paving firm Anzco Inc. of Boca Raton estimated the ne
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach police chief used a modern method to announce his new position.
Tuesday before Thanksgiving, Chief Jeffrey Katz turned to social media to say he will retire from Boynton Beach at the end of December to lead t
By Jane Smith
The city will begin design work at its marina for a new sea wall, drainage system, docks and wheelchair-accessible sidewalks.
In early November, the Delray Beach City Commission awarded a $99,494 design- and construction-administr
By Jane Smith
The beach master plan work is almost finished, according to Delray Beach staff. The project should be completed before Christmas, said Missie Barletto, deputy director of program and project management.
The $3.1 million upgrade is
By Dan Moffett
BRINY BREEZES — John “Jack” Lee arrived in Briny Breezes back in 1958 as an 8-year-old from Central Illinois and instantly forged what would be an enduring relationship with the mobile home park on the ocean. Mr. Lee would visit
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — As mayor of Highland Beach from 1989 to 1993, Joseph Boulay made it a point to have an open-door policy and to try his best to solve any problem residents brought to him. “You could go to him with anything,” hi
By Ron Hayes
BRINY BREEZES — Bev Williams was partial to bright red colors, sweet desserts and simple acts of kindness.
She was made for Christmas, and for 15 years residents of Briny Breezes seldom thought of one without the other. “I started
By Dan Moffett
MANALAPAN — Louis DeStefano served two terms as an elected official on the Manalapan Town Commission, but perhaps his greatest public service was as the community’s unofficial spiritual counselor. When illness struck friends and
By Willie Howard
COUNTY POCKET — Robert “Smitty” Smith, an accomplished craftsman and a member of a pioneering wave of surfers who helped popularize the sport in Palm Beach County during the 1960s, died Oct. 31 of heart failure at his apartment i
Workers have been removing the windows and doors from the old high school as they prepare to renovate the historic building. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach wants to zip into the 21st century by creating a bustling d
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach administrators want to combine the library with a new city hall in the ambitious Town Square development.
To do so, they are determining whether the Boynton Woman’s Club, recently purchased by the city’s Community R
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council approved the final plat for Water Tower Commons, the 72-acre retail and residential project on the site of the former A.G. Holley tuberculosis hospital east of Interstate 95. But some council members ex
By Mary Thurwachter
Poker Night, a benefit card-playing event planned by the Lantana Chamber of Commerce and scheduled for Nov. 10, didn’t have a chance to unfold.
Chamber members received word via email from Chamber Executive Director Lyn
Sandra Featherman of Highland Beach has spent much of her life as an educator, including 11 years as president of the University of New England in southern Maine. She recently wrote a book about solving problems in higher education in this country.
Nancy Steiner sits at one of the Sanctuary recovery homes. The Crossroads at Antigua Foundation board plans to close the Delray Beach operation as Steiner retires. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
After 35 years in the addictions treatm
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach council members have cut their list of candidates for the vacant town manager position down to three, and Mayor Bonnie Fischer hopes to offer one of them a contract before the end of the year.
“We want to get th
