By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton was the fastest-growing city in Palm Beach County last year, adding 2,570 residents.
Boynton Beach and Delray Beach also showed strong population increases from 2015 to 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau statisti
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An adult least tern offers food to a young juvenile on the beach in Boca Raton near the south edge
of Spanish River Park in mid-June. Based on the size and color of feathers, a Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
biologist estimated the youngst
Highland Beach Police Officers Dwayne Fernandes and Paul Shersty
helped rescue four people in a sinking boat on one of their days off.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
A tow boat arrives to haul in a boat that took on water about a mile off the Boynton I
By Mary Hladky
Boca Raton residents and visitors suddenly seem poised to have plenty of alternatives to driving their cars around downtown.
After talking for months about what type of transportation services should be offered to lessen traffic
By Mary Hladky
Years after the Midtown “live, work, play” development was conceived, the project is at an impasse without any of the city approvals needed to move forward.
Angelo Bianco, managing partner of developer Crocker Partners, tried to
By Steve Plunkett
Storm clouds are gathering again between the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District and the city of Boca Raton.
The cause of the renewed friction is the continuing failure of the two governments to hammer out a master in
By Rich Pollack
Small coastal communities in South Palm Beach County continued to have few serious crimes in 2016, with most experiencing crime decreases last year, according to statistics released last month by the Florida Department of Law Enfo
By Steve Plunkett
It’s no secret Boca Raton loves its longtime city manager. Ditto for the city attorney.
City Manager Leif Ahnell presented the City Council a four-page list detailing 150 projects and activities he oversaw the last fiscal y
By Rich Pollack
Completion of a new luxury condominium complex as well as several large new homes has helped push property values in Highland Beach to record levels, surpassing those set prior to the economic downturn that began in 2008.
The P
Caitlin Bovery, sea turtle rehabilitation assistant coordinator, records a video of Gumbo Limbo senior aquarist Keith Herman
and manager Leanne Welch as they dump plastic bottles into the center’s near-shore reef aquarium.
The bottles, 70 pounds’ wor
By Steve Plunkett
The year 2017 ushered in a new era of goal-setting for the City Council.
For the first time, officials posted video of the sessions on Boca Raton’s website, and actions were given completion dates.
Also, the council did
By Steve Plunkett
The city-owned Wildflower parcel on the Intracoastal Waterway now has the papers to prove it’s a park.
City Council members changed the site’s designation on Boca Raton’s comprehensive land-use plan to “recreation and open
Delray Beach’s team wore pirate costumes during its presentation as the city earned an All-America City award
for the third time. From left are Mayor Cary Glickstein, Education Coordinator Janet Meeks and Joe Gillie,
retired president of the city’s O
Critters in crisis discover
cops are friends — and saviors
Gulf Stream Police Chief Edward Allen holds Chief, a kitten rescued from construction debris.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Resident Peter Klein heard the kitten’s meowing for help from under
By Steve Plunkett
Officer Nubia Plesnik, part of the police team that charged former Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella with resisting arrest last fall, has filed a lawsuit against him claiming battery and negligence.
Lucibella “committed a batter
By Lona O'Connor
Please don’t call Stanley Althof a sexologist, even though he is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award named for Masters and Johnson, two of the most famous names in sex research.
“I’m a psychologist specializing in se
By Christine Davis
Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Marcus Neuroscience Institute has initiated a phase-two clinical trial of the immunotoxin MDNA55 in the treatment of patients with recurrent malignant brain tumors.
Highly toxic to brain tumor
The Delray Summer Sing Experience camp runs each week through July 21 at Church of the Palms.
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By Janis Fontaine
The Delray Summer Sing Experience is a summer music camp for kids that introduces a variety of styles from the music o
David McNamara, assistant pro at the Gulf Stream B&T for the past four years, blew past
the top seeds to claim the USTA National Men’s 40 Clay Court Championship.
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By Brian Biggane
Gulf Stream Bath & Tennis Club assistant tennis pro
At the Boca Raton Library downtown, children are treated to a special program on Friday afternoons.
Here, Bookworm Suzy Hammer of the Suzy Hammer Show entertains Maggie Dandrade
and other children.
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Amber Prinkey, Palm Beach Zoo educati
