Ocean Ridge Police Officer Debra Boyle watches Dash, a trained police therapy dog, interact with residents Martha Stanfield and Marion Moon. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
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By Larry Barszewski
Manalapan is down to only two town commissioners — not six — as four have resigned rather than submit to a more detailed disclosure of their personal wealth that the state is requiring of elected municipal leaders starting in 2024
Assistant town manager hired — The Town Commission on Nov. 14 approved a three-year contract for Eric Marmer to be assistant town manager, with the understanding that he would take over for Town Manager Linda Stumpf after her planned retirement in Se
Four candidates qualify for three spots on March ballot
By Larry Barszewski
The Ocean Ridge Town Commission has appointed David Hutchins and Ainar Aijala Jr. to fill two upcoming vacancies on the commission.
Hutchins, a retired airline pilot who curr
By Larry Barszewski
One of two deep injection wells at Ocean Ridge’s largest wastewater package treatment plant has been out of service for more than a year, which officials say could leave three communities uninhabitable were the plant’s second well
Coastal construction rule changes approved — The Town Commission gave final approval Nov. 6 to a pair of ordinances that relax some restrictions the town placed on coastal construction in 2020, eliminating the need for homeowners to get a variance in
By Larry Barszewski
Nine candidates have qualified for Delray Beach’s March 19 municipal elections, with three each running for mayor and two other City Commission openings.
Vice Mayor Ryan Boylston has raised more than $110,000 in his bid to become
By Larry Barszewski
The latest plans for Delray Beach’s Veterans Park tweak past proposals for the site. They would expand the park by absorbing the existing parking lot to its west. New parking would be made possible by sacrificing the park’s shuffl
A construction worker died Nov. 9 when an excavator toppled over onto him at a home demolition in Delray Beach. Photo provided by Delray Beach Fire Rescue
By Larry Barszewski
A construction accident that killed a worker during a home demolition N
Water treatment plant construction negotiations underway — Delray Beach received five proposals for design-build construction work planned for the water treatment plant and it is negotiating contract terms with CDM Smith Constructors Inc., the top-ra
Work to replace a privacy wall came too close to more than a dozen Australian pines and their roots. Photo provided
By Steve Plunkett
People living on State Road A1A will face a higher level of scrutiny in the future if they plan any kind of construc
By Steve Plunkett
After 19 months as a Gulf Stream town commissioner, Thom Smith has called it quits, resigning his position at the end of the board’s Nov. 9 meeting.
“I have been honored and thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to serve the town I fee
By Steve Plunkett
Gulf Stream’s police officers soon will be adding a burst of color to their shoulders.
Police Chief Richard Jones tapped into his inner artist after deciding the current shoulder patch was “very poor, at best” and did nothing to con
Corey Merritt and his son Henry, 6, avoid the incoming tide as it crashes into and erodes the dunes at the north end of Delray Beach. Photos by Tim Stepien and Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Heavy weather just shy of a tropical storm rating brought day
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana voters will have a choice for mayor in the March 19 election.
Challenging incumbent Karen Lythgoe will be George Velazquez, 57, an alternate on the town’s planning and zoning board. Although his legal name is “Jorge,” his
By Mary Thurwachter
For the second consecutive year, the Lantana Town Council gave a generous merit raise — 5% — to Town Manager Brian Raducci and heaped praise on his work.
“We’re one of the luckiest councils in Palm Beach County having him as our
Resistance to setback change — An ordinance to modify the rear setback requirements related to waterfront lots sailed through the Town Council on its first reading in October, but it faced pushback from Hypoluxo Island residents on the second reading
By Steve Plunkett
Final asphalt paving completed? Check.
Drainage ponds at Glades Road interchange done? Check.
Tolls being collected on Interstate 95’s new express lanes? Check.
The clock is winding down on the Florida Department of Transportation’s
Ellen Barnes has been picking up trash from the beach near her home in South Palm Beach for more than 20 years. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Like many of her South Palm Beach neighbors, Ellen Barnes takes frequent walks along the beach. Unlike most,
By Rich Pollack
The battle between Delray Beach and Highland Beach over who owes who money for fire service fees heated up after a preliminary report from state auditors showed the city failed to bill the town $2.2 million, mostly for pension contrib
