City commissioners will select a firm this month to search for a permanent city manager.
Interim City Manager Neal de Jesus told Delray Beach commissioners in early June that he would serve through the upcoming budget cycle. That should give t
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Architect Reggie Cox will serve another four years on the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board.
Three new members will join him: Morris Carstarphen, Annette Gray and Allen “Sandy” Zeller.
It took two meetings to fill the four open s
A public outreach campaign for the Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s multimodal study of the U.S.-1 corridor from Boca Raton to Jupiter continues with a workshop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on July 22 at the Lake Worth Art Center.
By Mary Thurwachter
With an anticipated property tax revenue increase of $182,866 this year, Lantana Town Council members may have thought they’d be able to spend money on “want and wish list” items, including building a 6-foot wall to surround th
When rough seas kicked up by Tropical Storm Cindy made it impossible to offer entry-level instruction
as part of the ‘World’s Largest Swimming Lesson,’ Boynton Beach lifeguards decided to give young swimmers
a chance to try surfing and provided educa
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor James Bonfiglio says he’s spent hours in recent weeks trying to figure out what went wrong with the town’s financial record-keeping last year.
He’s not happy about that. And he’s not happy that Town Mana
By Jane Smith
Two areas of Delray Beach may soon see new grocery stores in their neighborhoods.
In the south side of the city, a type of Whole Foods Market likely will open in late 2018 in Lavers International Plaza.
The Delray Beac
Related story: Two municipalities strengthen group-homes ordinances
By Mary Hladky
New laws and funding are in place to crack down on the addiction treatment industry and fight the opioid crisis in Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott on June 26 signed
Two south county coastal cities are reining in rogue sober homes by strengthening their group homes ordinances.
Boynton Beach will hold a public hearing July 18 on these proposed changes:
• Have at least 300 feet between group homes. In June, c
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s long-awaited Town Square project received a cash infusion in mid-June.
City commissioners began the June 12 meeting in their usual places on the dais.
Midway through the meeting, they adjourned and switched
Lyn Tate with her dachshunds Sir Charles, 12, and Duke, 4, outside her Hypoluxo Island home.
Tate is a community activist for the island and the town of Lantana.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Getting Lyn Tate to sit still for even a short time is
Addison Mizner designed the Boynton Woman’s Club building, which opened 91 years ago.
Woman’s Club members praised the proposed $110,000 sale of the building to the city.
Photo provided
By Jane Smith
The grand old dame will be in good hands
By Rich Pollack
BOCA RATON — Even in retirement, Dr. Pinghui Victor Liu remained a scientist.
A microbiologist, physician, and tenured professor at the University of Louisville, Dr. Liu was a leader in his field and in the 1960s discovered
By Emily J. Minor
GULF STREAM — Walter Helmut Baum, a well-known lifeguard at Delray Beach’s Anchor Park S5 beach lifeguard station for nearly two decades, died June 17 from complications of a stroke he suffered five days earlier. He was 55.
J
By Steven J. Smith
BOCA RATON — Bernell Stein lived a remarkably self-sufficient life marked by successful forays into retail sales, the founding of several businesses and ultimately a devotion to community service, according to her daughter, Elod
Property Matters, a real estate company with an Anglo-American team, has launched its first office
in Boca Raton with plans to expand into locations along the coast from West Palm Beach to Miami Beach.
Property Matters was founded by partners Ted Bro
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
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