By Henry Fitzgerald
Municipal elections will take place March 13. Here are the cities and towns in The Coastal Star’s coverage area with seats up for grabs and their respective qualifying periods.
Boca Raton
The city’s qualifying period, when
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The Gulfstream Hotel in Lake Worth has been closed for more than 10 years. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Two partners are vying for control of the historic Gulfstream Hotel in Lake Worth as an April expiration nears on the city’s approvals of
By Jane Smith
The Riverwalk Plaza owner now wants to reverse the order of how the 9.8-acre complex will be developed at Woolbright Road and Federal Highway.
In late August, Isram Realty representatives met with Boynton Beach planning staff to o
By Dan Moffett
Nobody will confuse Manalapan with Hollywood when it comes to movie and video production.
The town’s last brush with show biz came in 2014 when the reluctantly remembered rapper Vanilla Ice, aka Robert Van Winkle, announced pl
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream is holding weekly meetings with Florida Power & Light and the phone and cable companies to regain momentum on its project to bury the utility lines.
Contractor Wilco Electric, which has been placing conduit undergr
The Ocean Ridge Police Department hosted a ‘Beach Sweep’ to help clean the town’s beaches of debris left behind following Hurricane Irma. Volunteers enjoyed hamburgers, hot dogs and refreshments following the cleanup. ABOVE: (l-r) Officer Bob Massimi
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
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
