By Jane Smith
City commissioners kept the property tax rate the same, but most property owners will likely pay more in taxes because taxable values increased by 7.9 percent in Boynton Beach, according to Assistant City Manager Tim Howard. Home
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Rob Steele, who is one year into his job as president and chief executive officer of Old School Square
in Delray Beach, stands with ‘Field of Blue’ at the square. The sculpture, unveiled in 1996,
is of a boy holding a U.S. flag and honors people in u
By Jane Smith
City homeowners will enjoy a slight reduction in next year’s property tax rate under a $110 million budget passed on Sept. 20.
A Delray Beach owner of a home valued at $550,000 with a $50,000 homestead exemption will pay $50 less
By Jane Smith
When Delray Beach passed the final version of its special events policy, no residents tried to sway the City Commission to vote for or against it.
“You won’t get a lot of people coming out to speak about it,” said Commissioner Sh
By Jane Smith
City leaders and railroad officials want to prevent another pedestrian from dying while illegally cutting across the tracks in downtown Delray Beach.
In early August, a woman left Johnny Brown’s on Atlantic and took a well-used sh
A complex of 14 three-story townhomes is being proposed for the vacant 1.5-acre parcel
on the south side of Briny Breezes Boulevard.
Photo from Google Maps
By Jane Smith
The small oceanfront parcel that once housed the Pelican Apartments alon
By Dan Moffett
Two coastally iconic Manalapan businesses that were headed for the wrecking ball to make way for a new Publix at Plaza del Mar are planning to relocate soon in larger spaces at the center.
Manalapan Italian Cuisine, with its B
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach residents are going to have to wait longer for their long-awaited beach stabilization project to begin.
Mayor Bonnie Fischer said county project planners have told her work on the town’s beaches won’t begin be
By Jane Smith
The head of the Community Redevelopment Agency was handed her walking papers when its board members voted 3-2 to not renew her annual contract.
A small, loyal group of Boynton Beach residents spoke in support of Vivian Brooks’
By Dan Moffett
During a contentious three-hour budget meeting, South Palm Beach council members decided to give residents a small dose of tax relief — roughly $40 per homeowner next year.
But the decision comes with consequences. The town runs
By Mary Thurwachter
For the fifth time this year, Lantana’s Municipal Beach was slapped with a no-swimming advisory because of high bacteria levels.
In tests administered by the Palm Beach County Health Department on Sept. 19, bacteria levels w
By Jane Smith
Consideration for the mental health of first responders in the heroin epidemic is being voiced by their chiefs in the South County.
At a U.S. attorney’s town hall meeting called to build awareness of the exponential increase in
Related story: Chiefs express concern for first responders’ mental health
By Jane Smith
The addiction crisis in Delray Beach has affected every city department within the past year. Police and fire-rescue workers have seen the most direct effe
By Mary Thurwachter
Developers for Water Tower Commons received approval from the Lantana Town Council for several changes to the commercial plan for the 72-acre retail and residential project at the old A.G. Holley State Hospital site. But they’l
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council postponed for one month a vote on a request for a change to a shared parking agreement for Love Lantana Point properties at 201-239 E. Ocean Ave.
Tom Prakas, manager for Love Lantana Point since Apri
Members of the Marine Animal Rescue Society wrestle with the body
of a deep-water beaked whale that had beached itself in Gulf Stream.
Michelle Quigley/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
A deep-water beaked whale beached itself in Gulf Stream on S
Maria Abbenante and her son Angelo pause inside Lynora’s Restaurant on Clematis Street
in West Palm Beach. Maria and her husband, Rafaelle, who live in Point Manalapan, came out
of retirement in 2014 to open the eatery with Angelo. Maria shuns canned
By Christine Davis
Astronomer and researcher Ata Sarajedini was named dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University. He will assume his new role in January. Sarajedini is associate dean for natural science and m
Development teams that bid on the Town Square proposal will have to include
the entire Boynton Beach High School in their plans, not just its facade.
File photo
By Jane Smith
Preservationists were relieved to see the historic Boynton Beach High
The Wick Costume Museum in Boca Raton is the largest holder of theatrical wardrobes
in the United States, with nearly 60 original Broadway wardrobes.
Kimberly Wick poses with costumes from the 1956 production of My Fair Lady.
Photos by Tim Stepien/Th
