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‘The accomplishments are not generated by the manager but by the commissioners,᾿
says William Thrasher, Gulf Stream town manager.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream ranks high on a short list of South Florida communities th
By Dan Moffett
A strong economic tailwind is assisting Manalapan commissioners as they begin a series of budget workshops.
Property values in the town continue to climb — up 9.9 percent over last year, nearly 3 percent above the Palm Beach Coun
By Mary Thurwachter
A weeklong effort by police and the Hypoluxo Island Property Owners Association to slow traffic on South Atlantic Drive was successful, Lantana council members learned at a June 13 town meeting.
Lyn Tate, treasurer of HIPOA
As O’Boyle, O’Hare ponder next moves,
mayor says effort exposed records abuse
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream’s RICO suit against residents Martin O’Boyle and Chris O’Hare was laid to rest in a Miami federal appeals court June 21 when a three-judge p
By Jane Smith
The Florida Association of Recovery Residences is struggling to pay for its sober home certification program after it did not receive state money.
Starting July 1, Florida-licensed drug and alcohol treatment centers can no lon
Town attorney Keith W. Davis and Mayor David Cheifetz congratulate
newly appointed commissioner Keith Waters (center).
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan Mayor David Cheifetz says he’s “done a 180” on a proposal to sell the t
By Rich Pollack
Crime in the small coastal communities of south Palm Beach County remained relatively low in 2015, although a rash of car break-ins and auto thefts carrying over from surrounding larger communities may have been responsible for wha
By Mary Thurwachter
As developers prepare to build Water Tower Commons, a 72-acre retail and residential project on the site of the former A.G. Holley tuberculosis hospital east of Interstate 95 on Lantana Road, hundreds of trees need to be moved
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach might be the first city in Florida to have a sidewalk policy.
The program, approved unanimously June 7 by the City Commission, went into effect on June 8. It promotes the health and safety of residents, ensures modes
By Jane Smith
A former Delray Beach city employee has pleaded guilty for his role in using a company that charged the city for goods that were never delivered, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Orlando Serrano, 47, pleaded guilty on
Delray Beach has renewed its parking agreement with the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach for 39 spaces on Gleason Street, near the beach. The parking spaces do not have meters, said John Morgan, environmental services director.
Under
By Jane Smith
The city’s policy of just one big event per month during high season will be retested July 5.
That’s when Garlic Fest founder and organizer Nancy Stewart-Franczak will return to appeal the city’s denial of her holding the 18-y
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach Vice Mayor Al Jacquet will step down from his City Commission seat on Nov. 8.
The resignation is non-revocable. He is one of four candidates who qualified to run for the open state House District 88 seat. Qualifying
By Jane Smith
The stalled Atlantic Crossing project sold in mid-June to partner Edwards Cos., of Ohio, for $38.5 million.
The nearly 9-acre property, which sits at the prominent corner of Federal Highway and Atlantic Avenue in downtown Del
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes Town Council members gave preliminary approval to extending an agreement with the city of Boynton Beach for fire-rescue services at the town meeting on June 23.
The town is in the final year of a fire-rescue contr
A suspicious fire June 28 consumed the pavilion at Atlantic Dunes Park located on A1A near Linton Boulevard.
Two other fires damaged a tiki hut and a gazebo at private homes in Delray Beach and Gulf Stream on the same night.
The cause of the fires wa
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach will host another workshop on its Town Square project, but this time commissioners have agreed to save the historic high school as part of the 16.5-acre development.
The Town Square discussion threatened to overwhelm
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency wants to consolidate plans in its six areas this summer with the goal of giving developers and residents predictability on what can be done at each location.
“We don’t want to mis
The Little House restaurant will reopen as Fork Play with 30 additional seats and an enclosed porch.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
The Little House will become Fork Play when the Boynton Beach eatery opens later this year.
Its owners receiv
