Open space is key to choice of designer for City Hall area
By Mary Hladky
In selecting a joint venture of Terra and Frisbie Group to redevelop the city’s downtown government campus, Boca Raton City Council members on Feb. 11 threw their support to de
Town Council candidates’ forum March 3 — Incumbent Lantana Town Council Member Lynn “Doc” Moorhouse and newcomer Jesse Rivero will participate in a candidates’ forum sponsored by the Lantana Chamber of Commerce at 5 p.m. March 3 at the Palm Beach Mar
The destroyed Delray Beach fire truck after being hit by a Brightline commuter train Dec. 28. The fire truck's driver, who was cited for failing to use due care, is being investigated by the city in the incident and for another matter a year earlier
Delray Beach is replacing its fire truck with one similar to this one. Other cities in South Florida use these trucks, such as the city of Tamarac in Broward County. Photo provided
Related: Firefighter on leave after Brightline crash previously drove
Tour participants take in the grandeur of the Cloister Inn, part of The Boca Raton resort. The 100-room inn, which opened Feb. 5, 1926, was designed and owned by renowned architect Addison Mizner. Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hla
The new BocaConnect area (in green) provides people on the barrier island access to downtown (red) and from there to within the existing service area (blue). Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
BocaConnect, the electric vehicle shuttle service opera
By Mary Hladky
Now that The Center for Arts and Innovation will not be built on city-owned Mizner Park land, Boca Raton City Council members can no longer push aside the fact that the city’s amphitheater there needs an overhaul.
TCAI planned to incor
Effort to influence city’s planning hits wall, so far
Conceptual ideas for a redesigned East Palmetto Park Road call for a reduction to two travel lanes that could become three to allow for emergency vehicles and evacuations, wide sidewalks and cr
Vincent Denchy, who has lived with his wife on Hypoluxo Island since 1974, holds a patch from his 24-year tenure with the crash rescue team that served Palm Beach International Airport. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Vincent Denchy doesn’t have any rac
With Boca Raton’s centennial celebrations already in full swing, the Boca Raton Historical Society is joining the party.
It has created a glossy coffee-table book titled Dream City: A Pictorial History of Boca Raton that chronicles the city’s evoluti
By Charles Elmore
Delray Beach is requiring new signs on private parking lots within six months to combat what a staff report calls “numerous, ongoing reports of non-transparent and sometimes predatory practices employed by certain operators.”
The ac
This rendering of Milani Park, to be constructed on a 5.6-acre parcel at the south end of Highland Beach, has calmed fears that the park would be an eyesore. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Maggie Chappelear was pleasantly surprised whe
By Steve Plunkett
Palm Beach County has rejected Briny Breezes’ request for a $5 million grant to help pay for the town’s ambitious stormwater and sea wall project.
County Commissioner Marci Woodward’s office delivered the bad news Feb. 5.
“Unfortuna
By Rich Pollack
Navigating Highland Beach’s website these days can be a challenge.
You want to pay your water bill but it could take a few clicks to get to the right place and then there are forms that you’ll need to fill out.
“I find the website c
The interior reflects a recent renovation of the Andrews House. The city has set aside $300,000 toward moving the 117-year-old structure. Photo provided by Tom Warnke
By Tao Woolfe
People hoping to see Boynton Beach’s oldest home preserved and reloca
By Mary Hladky
After years of effort, the rebuilding of the Dixie Manor public housing project will begin soon.
Ashley Whidby, executive director of the Boca Raton Housing Authority, told Boca Raton City Council members in late January that half of D
As the city adds events to bolster its centennial year celebration, Boca Raton City Council members approved spending up to $1.25 million to bring in a headliner and possibly supporting musical artists for a May 24 centennial concert.
The city has hi
City is sued in Little League Park dispute — Boynton Beach may have made peace last year with the East Boynton Beach Little League over operations at the city’s Little League Park, but another party in the long-running saga over facility improvements
Adam Hasner, an executive at private prison company The GEO Group and a former majority leader of the Florida House, became the eighth president of Florida Atlantic University in February.
“Florida Atlantic University is a shining example of what a m
Resort downsizes its expansion plans — The Boca Raton wants to build an eight-story building that would contain 60 condo units on the resort site, according to a proposal submitted to the city. The project would include an underground parking garage.
