Fifth-graders concluded a schoolwide collection drive to support the Alliance for Kids at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. Boxes of bandages were gathered and donated to children in need. In all, 481 box
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First ‘Little Cup’ a pleasant competition
Golfers roll in to The Little Club for the first Little Cup tournament in Gulf Stream.
The tournament trophy remains at The Little Club since no overall winner was awarded.
Photos by Taylor Jones/The Coastal
By Dan Moffett
Preliminary results of a barrier island fire district study suggest that six coastal communities could benefit from joining forces to provide their own services, Gulf Stream Town Manager William Thrasher said.
“There seems to b
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town commissioners say they’re delighted to be negotiating with Publix to bring a supermarket to their Plaza del Mar.
There is just one thing, however. They say they want it to be a Manalapan sort of Publix, and that co
I’m a walker. Most mornings I see some of you as I head to the Ocean Ridge Natural Area or to the beach. Often you wave — which is lovely. Often you slow down or stop at the A1A crosswalks and let me cross. That’s what you are supposed to do, and
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel addresses the media, flanked by HUD’s Gustavo Velasquez and Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Related story: Delray Commission alarmed at drug-related public safety figures
By Jane Smith
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Katelyn Cucinotta joins an Earth Day beach cleanup at Ocean Inlet Park.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Katelyn Cucinotta was walking on the beach after surfing not far from her Briny Breezes home a few years ago when she came acro
By Jane Smith
Heroin overdoses and use of other illegal drugs have prompted Delray Beach fire-rescue and police leaders to ask for more officers and firefighter/paramedics.
The city’s more than 200 rehabilitation facilities account for 6 p
By Jane Smith
All Aboard Florida is continuing to add double tracks and quiet zone devices to South County coastal cities for its Brightline express rail that will link Miami to Orlando along the Florida East Coast tracks.
While the double trac
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners are preparing to take a close look at the town’s storm-water drainage issues, but there are two schools of thought about how extensive that examination should be.
Commissioner James Bonfiglio wants a dee
As an architect and urban planner, I would like to amplify my comments on Mizner 200, published in The Coastal Star last June. This is the proposed replacement for Mizner on the Green in Boca Raton.
To its credit, the developer/owner, ELAD Na
Congratulations to Jane Smith on her comprehensive reporting on the plans for redevelopment of Boynton Beach’s Riverwalk Plaza.
As an original owner for 10 years at Marina Village, I found it wonderful when the new Publix opened at Sunshine Sq
I have been a resident of Palm Beach County since 1973, from West Palm Beach to Boca Raton, and in that time I have seen dozens of smaller newspapers come and go.
I would like to give you a compliment: You and your team are doing a great job
By Jane Smith
Twenty city police officers will soon sport body cameras in a pilot program.
The Delray Beach City Commission approved spending $34,260 for 20 Tasers, 20 body cameras and cloud storage of the cameras’ audio/video.
The Taser
By Dan Moffett
Dozens of residents packed Town Hall for an April 19 workshop on Manalapan’s proposed water utility deal with Boynton Beach, and now town commissioners say they’re working to answer questions and allay concerns raised in the meeting
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream commissioners are scrambling to squeeze costs out of their troubled underground utilities project and accelerate a construction schedule that threatens to drag on for at least another two years.
Mayor Scott Morgan sai
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By Jane Smith
The popular Arts Garage will soon be able to book bands for the summer, after its chief public provider decided to step outside its guidelines and aid the struggling arts venue.
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By Jane Smith
The fate of the stalled Atlantic Crossing project is back in federal court.
In early April, the Delray Beach City Commission rejected the project’s modified site plan that added a driveway and redesigned the valet area into
More than 200 bicyclists are expected in Delray Beach’s Ride of Silence, part of an annual event to honor cyclists killed or injured while riding.
The worldwide event will begin at 6 p.m. May 18. It will be a 10-mile ride starting and ending
By Rich Pollack
A group of dog owners buoyed by a Delray Beach Parks and Recreation Department plan to create a dog beach during a six-month trial suffered a setback when the department’s director reversed course, saying dogs romping through the s
