By Dan Moffett
With Ocean Ridge enjoying steadily rising property values and a robust balance sheet, town commissioners think they are well-positioned to spend more on repaving streets, and also spraying against mosquitoes to allay concerns about
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DELRAY BEACH — Bruce Byron Wenzel, 88, passed away at home Aug. 12.
He was born Oct. 26, 1927, in Milwaukee, the younger son of Irma Bierer and Clarence Wenzel. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Wenzel spent 54 years as the proprietor of
By Mary Thurwachter
The Lantana Town Council wasted little time last month in approving an ordinance banning the use of balloons and sky lanterns.
“They litter up the beaches and turtles think they’re jellyfish and eat them,” said Mayor Dave St
By Mary Thurwachter
Tom Deringer — or more specifically his tire and car repair business — wants to adopt Lantana’s public beach. But Deringer is finding that adopting the 745 feet of sandy shoreline isn’t quite as easy as saying “come to papa.”
By Mary Thurwachter
A town-commissioned traffic study to see if a four-way stop sign was warranted at the intersection of South Atlantic Drive and Lands End Road on Lantana’s Hypoluxo Island failed to yield the results many islanders sought.
Th
Michele Wilde is a volunteer for Dress for Success, a group that provides professional clothing and job readiness programs for women re-entering the workforce. Wilde helps women hone their interviewing skills. Lila Photos
Michele Wilde is a consumma
By Jane Smith
The third former Delray Beach city employee prosecuted for his role in using a company that charged the city for goods that were never delivered has pleaded guilty, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Cesar Irizarry, 51,
Villa Oceano Azul fetched a $25.2 million sales price this summer. It was a record price for a house in Manalapan. The ocean-to-lake estate features seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms, four half-baths and a 1,234-square-foot guest house. Photo provided
By Jane Smith
The proposed Atlantic Crossing project sits in two courts.
Edwards Cos. of Ohio is appealing the two monetary claims against Delray Beach that the federal court dismissed in July. The developer also will litigate the remaining cla
By Sallie James
It’s “game on” once more in the on-again, off-again legal wrangling surrounding a proposal to build an Orthodox synagogue and Israel museum east of the Intracoastal Waterway.
Local activists Gerald Gagliardi and Kathleen MacDoug
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will continue to let its annual contribution to the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency grow, but wants to discuss stopping the payments in the future.
Arthur Koski, the distr
By Steve Plunkett
Not even a smartphone app could help the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District and the City Council choose a date for a joint meeting.
“It was certainly worth having as a shot, because it shortened up the amount of time t
By Steve Plunkett
South Florida boaters have lost a restaurant destination on the Intracoastal Waterway.
Houston’s in Pompano Beach no longer allows patrons to tie up their vessels at the restaurant’s 300-foot dock just north of the Atlantic Bo
Boca Raton resident Tim Willis and his two children Maya, 3, and Logan, 1, dig for treasures Aug. 26 at the sixth annual Pirates & Princesses Party at Patch Reef Park. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
A change in health insurance plans may have been the driving force behind Highland Beach civilian employees’ move to form a union, but some say it is the continuing overall chipping away of benefits that has them most concerned abo
By Rich Pollack
HIGHLAND BEACH — Doris Trinley always took a moment to make someone else feel special.
“She had a habit of saying something nice to someone older than she was every single day to make them feel better,” said Beverly Brown, High
By Rich Pollack
For the second time in two years, Highland Beach is looking for a new town manager.
At the Aug. 30 meeting, Town Manager Beverly Brown, who had been under fire for what some commissioners viewed as a lack of timely and accurate comm
A boater makes a hard turn after leaving Boca Raton Inlet to avoid the sand shoal on Aug. 22. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
A recurring sand shoal off Boca Raton Inlet has gotten shallower and more dangerous over the past six
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.
