I am writing to address a common misconception that has repeatedly stalled progress on much-needed pedestrian safety measures in our community: the notion that crosswalks require sidewalks on both sides of the road. This claim is not only incorrect b
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Did you ever think you really knew something, something vitally important? Only to find out the things you thought you knew were not only out of date, but also bordered on dead wrong?
I took a basic lifesaving class when I was in college and thought
Laurie Arsenault, one of 10 children, was always told by her father: “The world is not a trash can. Pick up after yourself.”
Now she is known as the Angel of Beachway for picking up 540 pounds of trash in the last two years from Ocean Ridge beaches.
By John Pacenti
Manalpan’s great sand transfer plant war of 2025 ended not with a bang but a whimper.
“I feel tapped out of what I can potentially do to shut [the plant] down or do anything on that matter,” Town Manager Eric Marmer said at the Beach
Tim Sharp works in Boca Raton teaching students in the Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy, one of his several volunteer missions. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Hannah Spence
Many people aspire to spend their golden years at the beac
By Rich Pollack
The cost of Delray Beach’s new water treatment plant could more than double from an estimate a few years ago — due largely to new federal EPA regulations — and that could result in another increase in customers’ water bills down the r
By John Pacenti
Tiger Woods’ PopStroke in Delray Beach — which combines dining with putting — appears to be thriving, with crowds on the greens at the back of the restaurant visible from outside.
While it may be fun for customers, it’s not so fun for
By Henry Fitzgerald
The Delray Beach Police Department is seeking state money to pay for technology in public places, which would include cameras to be installed on the barrier island to help fight crime.
In a letter sent to residents early in Februa
Volunteers come out in large numbers to turn tiny Briny’s big flea market into a true community affair
Briny Breezes’ annual flea market on Feb. 8 required dozens of volunteers, pictured, and countless hours to pull off, from storing the donations t
By John Pacenti
Under the guise of protocol and civility, Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney and Commissioner Angela Burns are seeking to curtail Vice Mayor Juli Casale’s public criticism of City Manager Terrence Moore.
Burns suggested a gag order to kee
Beach renourishment will take place on Hammock Park beach starting in mid-March and ending April 30.
Palm Beach County will be dredging beach-quality sand in the vicinity of the Boynton Inlet and piping it to an area of the shoreline that is exposed
By Steve Plunkett
Town commissioners and staff fretted that substantial work on Phase 2 of Gulf Stream’s big water main, drainage and road project would not begin early — or even by the originally scheduled mid-March start.
Town Manager Greg Dunham g
The Gulf Stream Civic Association held a 100th anniversary celebration and dinner at the Little Club to commemorate the community’s founding in 1925. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
After five meetings as an alternate member of the Architectural Review and Planning Board, Katherine Orthwein now sits as a full voting member of the panel, following in the public service footsteps of her mother, longtime Town Comm
By Henry Fitzgerald
Writers for The Coastal Star won awards announced in January in the 2023-24 Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Competition.
Jane Musgrave received a first-place award in environmental reporting for her story, Sargassum,
Artist Serge Strosberg (left) and J. Turner Moore’s grandson Cameron Charles pose with the new portrait of Moore at the Manalapan library. Photo provided by Michelle Donahue
By Hannah Spence
It’s like a piece of Manalapan’s library has gone from Kans
Price could reach up to $3.5 million for two projects
Highland Beach Officer James Thornton (at wheel) and Officer Stephen Salach patrol the Intracoastal Waterway. Residents say the number of speeding boats has diminished since the patrol launched i
In a move to modernize its amenities, the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa has announced plans to remove its existing pool and beach cabanas in favor of sleek, cantilever umbrellas.
Oracle Software billionaire Larry Ellison bought the Eau last summer thro
By John Pacenti
The Manalapan Town Commission voted to proceed with the foreclosure of an office building at State Road A1A and East Ocean Avenue. The office at 131 S. Ocean Blvd. sits at the northeast corner of the Plaza del Mar property.
A lien of
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana Mayor Karen Lythgoe carved out a half hour of the Feb. 10 Town Council meeting to tout the town’s achievements during the past year.
Typically, the end-of-year report is made available to news media and published on the t
