The City of Boca Raton invited the public to welcome the USA National Miss Scholarship Pageant contestants during a Parade of States at Mizner Park on July 12. More than 200 delegates competed for more than $300,000 in scholarships. Tim Stepien/The C
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Make a short drive up A1A next month to cash in on specials offered at 14 Palm Beach restaurants during September’s Flavor Palm Beach. The restaurants will serve three-course lunch menus starting at $20 and/or three-course dinner menus from $30.
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Workers from Office Depot enjoy lunch at Deck 84, Delray Beach, which offers $10 lunch deals. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
With winter
residents away
and crowds thinned,
reservations are a piece of cake at some of our
favorite restaurants. To sw
The proposed site plan for the revamped Plaza del Mar.
The proposed facade of the new anchor grocery.
Watch a video walk-through at www.thecoastalstar.com.
Renderings and video provided by Cuhaci & Peterson
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners g
By Jane Smith
Rogue sober homes are so overwhelming south county coastal communities that leaders of the three largest cities are grasping at anything that holds promise to protect their neighborhoods.
They all want a seat on the Palm Beach Cou
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‘The accomplishments are not generated by the manager but by the commissioners,᾿
says William Thrasher, Gulf Stream town manager.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream ranks high on a short list of South Florida communities th
By Dan Moffett
A strong economic tailwind is assisting Manalapan commissioners as they begin a series of budget workshops.
Property values in the town continue to climb — up 9.9 percent over last year, nearly 3 percent above the Palm Beach Coun
By Mary Thurwachter
A weeklong effort by police and the Hypoluxo Island Property Owners Association to slow traffic on South Atlantic Drive was successful, Lantana council members learned at a June 13 town meeting.
Lyn Tate, treasurer of HIPOA
As O’Boyle, O’Hare ponder next moves,
mayor says effort exposed records abuse
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream’s RICO suit against residents Martin O’Boyle and Chris O’Hare was laid to rest in a Miami federal appeals court June 21 when a three-judge p
By Jane Smith
The Florida Association of Recovery Residences is struggling to pay for its sober home certification program after it did not receive state money.
Starting July 1, Florida-licensed drug and alcohol treatment centers can no lon
Town attorney Keith W. Davis and Mayor David Cheifetz congratulate
newly appointed commissioner Keith Waters (center).
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan Mayor David Cheifetz says he’s “done a 180” on a proposal to sell the t
By Rich Pollack
Crime in the small coastal communities of south Palm Beach County remained relatively low in 2015, although a rash of car break-ins and auto thefts carrying over from surrounding larger communities may have been responsible for wha
By Mary Thurwachter
As developers prepare to build Water Tower Commons, a 72-acre retail and residential project on the site of the former A.G. Holley tuberculosis hospital east of Interstate 95 on Lantana Road, hundreds of trees need to be moved
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach might be the first city in Florida to have a sidewalk policy.
The program, approved unanimously June 7 by the City Commission, went into effect on June 8. It promotes the health and safety of residents, ensures modes
By Jane Smith
A former Delray Beach city employee has pleaded guilty for his role in using a company that charged the city for goods that were never delivered, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Orlando Serrano, 47, pleaded guilty on
Delray Beach has renewed its parking agreement with the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach for 39 spaces on Gleason Street, near the beach. The parking spaces do not have meters, said John Morgan, environmental services director.
Under
By Jane Smith
The city’s policy of just one big event per month during high season will be retested July 5.
That’s when Garlic Fest founder and organizer Nancy Stewart-Franczak will return to appeal the city’s denial of her holding the 18-y
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach Vice Mayor Al Jacquet will step down from his City Commission seat on Nov. 8.
The resignation is non-revocable. He is one of four candidates who qualified to run for the open state House District 88 seat. Qualifying
By Jane Smith
The stalled Atlantic Crossing project sold in mid-June to partner Edwards Cos., of Ohio, for $38.5 million.
The nearly 9-acre property, which sits at the prominent corner of Federal Highway and Atlantic Avenue in downtown Del
