Beach and Park lawyer outearns city manager
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District’s longtime attorney has almost tripled his district pay by taking on additional jobs there, earning a cumulative $1.5 million in five ye
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council pushed a citizen initiative on the Wildflower site on to the Nov. 8 ballot despite impassioned pleas from the petition’s organizers to keep the property green space without waiting to hear from the voters.
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the city have hammered out an agreement that will have the district paying 50 percent of all beach renourishment projects and Intracoastal dredging in Boca Raton.
District Cha
Capt. Clay Brand poses in front of a mural at Capt. Clay & Sons Seafood Market in Delray Beach with a lionfish that he speared. He harvests a variety of seafood for his market, including lionfish. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Seafood markets hawk in
By Sallie James
City Council members who have waited years to get a raise finally got the green light on Aug. 30: A charter change establishing the raises squeaked through with 50.4 percent of the vote.
Voters resoundingly approved a second charter ch
By Steve Plunkett
Round 2 in the battle for two seats on the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commission is just beginning.
A Nov. 8 runoff will pit incumbent Dennis Frisch against challenger Craig Ehrnst for Seat 1, and challenger Erin Wr
Residents of The Tradition of the Palm Beaches, the senior residence on MorseLife’s Katz Seniors Campus, participate twice a year in the Homebound Mitzvah Program, as part of their commitment to giving to people less fortunate. From left: Rosalie Sh
ABOVE: A group of home schoolers and their parents weed the Gray Mockingbird Community Garden in Lake Worth. The group grows fruits and vegetables on the plot of land run by Brian Kirsch, the garden founder.
BELOW: Kristen Litteken gives her daughter
Members of the fishing team Nailed It won the 22nd annual Mark Gerretson Memorial Fishing Tournament by catching the heaviest fish of the tournament for the second year in a row — a 43.4-pound wahoo. That’s far smaller than the 71.6-pound wahoo they
By Willie Howard
The Riviera Beach Maritime Academy, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and Palm Beach County sank a mermaid sculpture off Singer Island Aug. 11 to create a new dive destination in honor of a woman who has survived breast cancer three time
Kathy Pelton, Florida director for GREY2K USA, with her pair of lovable greyhound rescues named Jack and Jill.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Arden Moore
The first time I met a greyhound, it was a blur. Chipper, my husky-golden retriever mix, and I
Don Seiler meant for his sculpture to go at the Orange Bowl. No. 14 is a nod to former NFL quarterback Y.A. Tittle, known as the Bald Eagle. Brian Biggane/The Coastal Star
By Brian Biggane
The statue that has been a symbol of the Atlantic High Sc
More than 100 committee members, dignitaries and sponsors joined to celebrate the sold-out success of the 2016 Mayors Ball, which is set for Oct. 8. Proceeds from the ball benefit the Rotary Club of Downtown Boca Raton. ABOVE: (front, l-r) former Boc
The Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce had its annual celebration to welcome new teachers to the city’s schools and hear success stories from principals. Originating in the ’70s, the event is one of the chamber’s most meaningful and rewarding,
More than 100 supporters attended the fifth-annual Uncorked event, which raised $3,000 for the Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization’s resource center. It kicked off this year’s Buddy Walk, which will take place Oct. 16 at John Prince Park in Lake Wo
Boca Raton race car driver Tristan Nunez, shown here with his high-tech race course simulator, visits schools to stress to students the dangers of distracted driving. Photo by Thom Smith
By Thom Smith
When most 20-year-olds are choosing their colle
The Plate: Baked Florida Lump Crab
The Place: Prime Catch, 700 E. Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach; 737-8822 or www.primecatchboynton.com.
The Price: $15.95
The Skinny: The view alone makes Prime Catch a destination.
Fortunately for diners, the restauran
By Steve Plunkett
Candidate Craig Ehrnst has taken a commanding lead in raising cash for his campaign to become a Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioner.
Campaign finance reports filed for the period ending Aug. 26, the last deadline
By Dan Moffett
Neighborly relations between Ocean Ridge and Boynton Beach have frayed in recent months, mostly because of the city’s support for high-density residential projects on Federal Highway.
Now the two municipalities
Houston's in Pompano Beach will no longer provide dockage for dining boaters. Photo provided.
By Steve Plunkett
South Florida boaters have lost a restaurant destination on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Houston’s in Pompano Beach will no longer allow di
