By Sallie James
The city has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Boca Raton officials improperly created a special zoning classification to allow construction of a synagogue on the barrier island.
The court action is the late
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ABOVE: Glades Road looking northwest at Airport Road.
BELOW: With a proposed elevated ramp to northbound I-95. Renderings provided by FDOT
By Steve Plunkett
Looking to ease traffic on busy Glades Road, state engineers plan to segregate I-95’s on-r
By Rich Pollack
A war of words that started after Delray Beach commissioners rejected a proposed fire-service agreement with Highland Beach appears to be at a ceasefire, with both sides deciding to come to the table to try to hammer out a workable con
By Mary Hladky
A long-awaited report on whether downtown building projects are in compliance with the city’s open-space requirements is now scheduled to be delivered at the April 11 Community Redevelopment Agency meeting.
City Manager Leif Ahne
This year, events will be held at six private homes, the Boca Raton Resort & Club and Mizner Park Amphitheater.
ABOVE: Previous years’ events were held at the Boca Raton Airport. BELOW: As usual, fine wines, including sangria, will be in abundant su
By Steve Plunkett
The intersection of East Palmetto Park Road and Fifth Avenue may get one, two or three changes to improve traffic flow.
Eric Czerniejewski, a project manager for consultant Calvin, Giordano and Associates, suggests restoring a
By Sallie James
Boca Raton is spending about $3.5 million to replace, install and maintain a state-of-the-art public safety radio system.
City Council members in March voted to contract with Motorola Solutions Inc. for the system. Both the city
By Sallie James
When it rains, it pours, which it did late in March inside City Hall when heavy storms blew through southern Palm Beach County and a clogged roof drain caused a huge leak.
During a driving rainstorm on March 24, rainwater pooled on a se
Highland Beach residents will have a chance to register their pets with the town’s Police Department, shred old documents and also enjoy hotdogs and sodas during the town’s Spring Fling Community Event from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 16.
Highla
Dredging operations to renourish the central beach area of Boca Raton were set to begin March 29, the city said.
Contractor Weeks Marine Inc. will dredge approximately 530,000 cubic yards of sand from two borrow areas about 2,500 feet offshore and pla
A marine turtle specialist extracts eggs from the nest in South Beach Park. The eggs were relocated to Red Reef Park so a beach renourishment project would not disturb them. Photos courtesy of city of Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
A leatherback se
By Steven J. Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Walter Janke remembered his wife, Maria, as a kind and thoughtful woman who constantly placed the needs of others above her own.“That’s just the type of person she was,” Mr. Janke said. “She was a caring person. Hel
Thirty-four people join hands in a show of unity against the threat a proposed four-story house at 2500 N. Ocean Blvd. poses to the marine ecosystem and wildlife that depend on beach and dune habitats. Photo provided
Yolanda and Lou Uzel, residents
By Dan Moffett
Faced with a staggering cost increase and continued delays, Gulf Stream commissioners are scrambling to get their much-troubled and long-awaited underground utilities project back on track.
Danny Brannon, Gulf Stream’s engineerin
This is a pivotal time in Delray Beach history, so I want to make a few comments on the Atlantic Crossing project, which the city sent back to the Site Plan Review and Appearance Board on March 1.
I want to thank Commissioners Shelly Petrolia
This legislative session demonstrated a political will to reform the Florida’s Public Records Act. However, that will was misguided in both SB 1220 and HB 1021.
Those bills targeted the attorney’s fees provision of Chapter 119 and attempted to
Two days after the Florida Legislature completed the 2016 session, a Sun Sentinel editorial headlined “Open government under attack,” indirectly referred to a failed bill that attempted to address abuse of the Public Records Act by a cottage indu
By Jane Smith
For nearly a year, city staffers have toiled to create a special-events policy for Delray Beach.
Gathering staff from various departments was a bit like herding cats, Assistant City Manager Francine Ramaglia told city commissioner
Delray Beach voters overwhelmingly approved changing the city charter to give the City Commission authority to appoint an internal auditor. The vote was 9,318 to 3,144.
The vote on a second referendum question, on allowing the City Commission