By Mary Hladky
The taxable values of Palm Beach County properties have jumped higher than Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits forecast in late May.
Countywide, the amount grew by about 8.4 percent from 2015 to 2016, above the earlier estimate of
Officials are still hoping to confirm that the body of a man pulled from the ocean last month in Gulf Stream was one of several Cuban refugees.
Two men were reported missing by a group of six Cuban refugees who were rescued by the U.S. Coast G
Riverwalk developers say they need 10 stories for the project to “break even.”
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board squeezed in an interim meeting in late July and reviewed two-thirds of t
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency picked the highest bidder, The Collage Cos. of Lake Mary, to do the third phase at the city marina.
CRA Assistant Director Michael Simon explained that the three companies were ranke
By Jane Smith
The city will soon ask private firms to submit development plans for its four-block Town Square, the Boynton Beach City Commission decided in July.
Commissioners want the proposals to include the 1927 historic high school, the
By Dan Moffett
Already lagging months behind schedule, Gulf Stream’s project to move its utilities underground faces a new obstacle in a lawsuit filed by the town’s litigious resident Chris O’Hare.
In a complaint to Palm Beach County Circuit
Delray Beach code enforcement officers Joe Lucarelli (left) and Robenson Dejardian (blue shirt in rear)
walk with beach visitors accompanied by their service dog. The visitors — who declined to be identified —
are permitted to bring their service dog
By Jane Smith
Special events will be reviewed — again — this month.
This time, Delray Beach city commissioners will approve a policy that follows directives given last year, while providing flexibility for city staff and promoters. The policy
By Mary Thurwachter
Thanks to a $500,000 state grant, approved by the Florida Legislature earlier this year, plans to renovate the old Juvenile Justice building at 901 N. Eighth St. off Lantana Road are rolling along. The building, on the northeas
By Mary Thurwachter
The economy has had its ups and downs during the past eight years, but one thing hasn’t changed: Lantana’s tax rate. It’s been $3.24 and is projected to stay the same for the ninth consecutive year, 2016-2017.
On July 11,
By Willie Howard
Manalapan needs water customers in Hypoluxo if the town wants to stay in the water business.
Hypoluxo officials understand that, so they’re looking for rate cuts as they consider where to get water after the town’s water contra
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach struggled more than its coastal neighbors to recover from the damage of the real estate crash during the Great Recession. For five years after the 2008 downturn, the town showed virtually no recovery at all.
But
The plan by EDSA Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, which includes new benches,
refillable water bottle stations and paddleboard racks, was praised for its simplicity.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will soon have upgrades to its best asset:
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By Jane Smith
The city’s public safety departments will be able to hire 12 staffers to assist with the growing drug-overdose problems, under a proposed ta
By Jane Smith
With $275,000 in hand from the Florida Legislature, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg led the first meetings of the Sober Homes Task Force in mid-July at the West Palm Beach police station’s community room.
His chief
By Steven J. Smith
A very big 2016 election year offers candidates at nearly every level, and the Aug. 30 primary ballot promises some hot races.
At the federal level, candidates will vie for seats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representat
By Jane Smith
The feds may be coming to the rescue of South County coastal cities beleaguered by the proliferation of sober homes.
Their chief ally is U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel.
In mid-July, she met with one of the original authors of the Amer
Former world-class tennis player Wendy Overton now lives in Gulf Stream
and sells real estate out of Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
The popularity of tennis in the ’70s and ’80s was such that many of its stars were recognized by the
DELRAY BEACH — Kenneth Michael Van Arnem Sr., 65, of Delray Beach (formerly of Detroit) passed away on July 18. Mr. Van Arnem, an early pioneer in the computing industry, attended the University of Detroit and served in the Army from 1970 to
By Emily J. Minor
SOUTH PALM BEACH — Antigone Diane Potonides, a seemingly shy woman with a penchant for outspokenness who delayed her own dreams before launching a career teaching English, died in her sleep at a local nursing home July 2. She was
