By Mary Thurwachter
No stranger to “employee of the quarter” awards from the Lantana Police Department, Officer Edward Tavcar made another appearance at the Town Council’s Oct. 24 meeting. This time, he was recognized for his diligence in invest
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In 2014 and early 2015, the town of Gulf Stream found itself under assault from Martin O’Boyle and Christopher O’Hare, two residents who overwhelmed the town with thousands of public records requests and dozens of lawsuits. Town Hall became virtu
An outside seating area and pergola are part of the Plaza del Mar supermarket site plan.
Rendering provided by Cuhaci & Peterson
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan’s Architectural Commission and the landlord for Plaza del Mar have agreed on the final design
By Jane Smith
In what was described as a “transition year” for special events, Delray Beach commissioners approved a small-scale New Year’s Eve gathering hosted by the city.
The New Year’s Eve First Night event won’t be advertised or promoted o
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic luxury movie theater in downtown Delray Beach received a seventh extension of a purchase contract from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.
The agency extended the contract until Jan. 31 to all
Steven Penniman and George Britt work on the town’s underground utilities project at the corner
of Golfview and Polo drives as phase 2 begins.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The threat of Hurricane Matthew bearing down on Gulf Stre
By Jane Smith
After a two-year stint leading Delray Beach, City Manager Don Cooper turned in his resignation, effective Dec. 30.
“It is with regret that I must submit my resignation,” Cooper said in his Oct. 31 memo to the City Commission, m
By Jane Smith
City commissioners chose the Lohman Law Group of Jupiter to act as city attorney in a public process required by the way they solicited bids.
In a presentation Oct. 18 before the selection, R. Max Lohman said he would be the De
Plans for the revitalized shopping center would alter the entrance to the adjacent Tropic Isles neighborhood.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
A city board denied the site plan for Delray Place South in a chaotic late October meeting. Board
By Steve Plunkett
Buffeted by thousands of public records requests and dozens of lawsuits, mostly from two town residents, Gulf Stream now has a full-time staff attorney to handle the workload.
Edward “Trey” Nazzaro, who as a paralegal at To
Delray Beach city commissioners approved spending nearly $5,000 for the city’s share of the annual Boynton Beach-Delray Beach boat parade on Dec. 9.
But they did not want the money coming from the city manager’s discretionary fund. They s
By Steve Plunkett
Former Vice Mayor Robert Ganger wants the town to pay $2,355 he spent fighting a deposition in a Martin O’Boyle lawsuit against Gulf Stream.
The amount requested by Ganger, who is recuperating from a stroke that forced him to
By Jane Smith
The City Commission passed a resolution Nov. 1 supporting federal agencies to put tighter controls on prescription painkillers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking the
By Jane Smith
Six city residents made last-minute pleas to change city commissioners’ minds before the final vote was cast on consolidated plans for the eastern half of Boynton Beach.
The residents said they were disappointed, betrayed and disg
By Stacey Singer
The 13 municipalities still suing to avoid paying fees for Palm Beach County’s Office of Inspector General made their case at the 4th District Court of Appeal on Oct. 4, saying they don’t object to oversight by the independent ins
By Willie Howard
A Boynton Beach man snorkeling on the north side of Boynton Inlet died after he hit the jetty and was swept into the inlet by the tide on Oct. 16.
Paul Swingle, 67, went snorkeling from the beach in Manalapan.
Around 5:20 p
By Steve Plunkett
The kerfuffle over Town Manager Jamie Titcomb’s budget proposal, which prompted Ocean Ridge commissioners to call an unusual 12-day recess of their final public budget hearing, blew over in about 15 minutes when the meeting
By Willie Howard
Sea turtles dug good numbers of nests on south Palm Beach County beaches and set a nesting record in Ocean Ridge during the 2016 season.
But hot, dry weather is being blamed for a relatively low number of hatchlings from nests
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan Vice Mayor Peter Isaac thinks the town should move quickly to try to persuade Hypoluxo water customers to sign a new long-term contract, and his fellow commissioners agree with him.
So the plan is to get Manalapan’s bes
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach officials will consider what they want and what they need in a new Town Hall during planning sessions with architects this month.
The town’s only public building is a hodgepodge of additions and renovations that
