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By Jane Smith
Property values continue to increase by double-digit percentages in Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency area.
When the county property appraiser released its 2016 taxable value estimates on May 27, the numbers showed a 13.2
Susan Oyer stands on Ocean Avenue where her father had a real estate/insurance office.
The plaque honors Charles Pierce, the Barefoot Mailman.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lucy Lazarony
Boca Raton Community Middle School teacher Susan Oyer t
This is when they come. During these early summer months, the females labor up the sand on primordial missions to find safe locations to bury their eggs. They have been doing this on our shore long before air-conditioning was invented and condos
By Dan Moffett
Developer Gary Cohen and two of his lawyers spent more than an hour trying to persuade the South Palm Beach Town Council to vote on a charter amendment measure that might allow him to build his condo project 5 feet higher on the old
Miami Herald columnist and novelist Carl Hiaasen gave students
at Gulf Stream School advice on how best to become a writer.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
“The job of a writer is to entertain,” the writer began. “If you can’t tell a st
By Rich Pollack
Plans to sprinkle license plate recognition cameras throughout the barrier island, derailed more than a year ago when the state refused to allow them on its rights of way, are getting new life thanks to advanced technology.
Now
By Jane Smith
The legal bills continue to mount in the Atlantic Crossing case while the downtown project remains on hold during federal litigation.
In mid-May, the developers filed their fourth amended complaint in their federal lawsuit against
Lantana Cub Scout Alex Beardsley holds back a tear while remembering his grandfather,
Ed Beardsley, who served in the Army in Panama. Alex was part of a group
of Delray Beach Scouts that replaced a worn American flag at the intersection of A1A and At
By Dan Moffett
New Yorker Allen “Chick” Behringer started coming to Briny Breezes for visits in 2002 and then bought a residence here in 2008.
When he heard about the recent opening on the Town Council created by the resignation of Ira Friedman,
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach’s city manager received a 10 percent raise even though most of his bosses rated his performance during the past year as average.
Don Cooper, a longtime Port St. Lucie city manager who most recently served as chief
By Jane Smith
Visitors who went on the Delray Beach website during the third weekend in May saw a photo of a beach with a pier.
But the photo wasn’t of the city beach.
The image was a stock photo holding a place until city staff could post
By Jane Smith
A Fort Lauderdale engineering firm will translate conceptual drawings into biddable documents and oversee construction for Delray Beach’s redo of sidewalks and furnishings along its public beach.
EDSA Inc. initially had a not-to-e
By Jane Smith
A small but vocal group of beach property owners persuaded the City Commission to revisit a December resolution supporting the East Coast Greenway.
They reached out to state Rep. Bill Hager, who sent a letter to the Delray Beach m
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic luxury movie theater in downtown Delray Beach received a sixth extension to its contract to allow the firm time to work out a parking agreement with the city.
The deadline is now Oct. 31, instead of
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners unanimously approved a minor change to their sign code that could have a major impact on business development in the town.
The commission voted to allow commercial tenants with more than 15,000 square f
By Mary Thurwachter
The Town Council turned its focus toward kids at its May 23 meeting, giving thumbs-up to a proposal to bring new playground equipment to Lantana Municipal Beach and to the town’s recreation center.
The equipment for the beac
The developers envision 237 units ranging from studio to two-bedroom apartments.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach city staff can begin reviewing plans for the Ocean One project after its Community Redevelopment Agency board gave the
A tree-trimming crew removes Norfolk Island pines in Briny Breezes.
Town residents decided to take out the fragile trees well ahead of hurricane season.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
As we head into the 2016 hurricane season, it’s not too early
By Steve Plunkett
State wildlife officials are calling cellphones the “new 21st century hazard” to nesting sea turtles and reminding people not to take photos with their phones. Someone snapping a flash photo with the handy device could frighten o
