By Rich Pollack
Advances in technology are helping to breathe new life into plans by local law enforcement agencies to install license-plate recognition cameras along State Road A1A, despite a Florida Department of Transportation ban against placi
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By Dan Moffett
As it waits to take ownership of Old Ocean Boulevard from the state, Briny Breezes is turning to its Planning and Zoning Board to develop new rules for the road.
Town Attorney John Skrandel told council members during their Feb.
Kim Beaumont’s CPA practice is in Boynton Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Most people dread the tax season, but one of Kim Beaumont’s favorite things to do is “a big, juicy, complicated tax return, with all kinds of problems.”
“I’m an ana
By Dan Moffett
After first taking a hard look at the numbers, Manalapan commissioners said they like what they see in a proposed sale of the town’s water utility system to Boynton Beach.
“I think this is an exciting development that has a lot o
Improvements at Woolbright Road and I-95 are about to begin.
By Steve Plunkett
Construction of the new Spanish River Boulevard interchange on Interstate 95 in Boca Raton will hit the two-thirds completion mark sometime this month, while work to
By Jane Smith
The city is moving closer to banning the sale of dogs from puppy mills.
On March 1, Delray Beach commissioners unanimously approved the first step by restricting dog and cat sales to rescue groups only.
City Attorney Noel Pfeff
Ocean Ridge resident Beth Sloat’s
Blue, a 24-inch by 24-inch oil.
By Lucy Lazarony
For the second year in a row, an art exhibit will be on display at Ocean Ridge Town Hall during March.
“It will be in Ocean Ridge for the entire month,” says
By Ann Henson Feltgen
Improving grade crossings and laying new tracks will continue to pose traffic delays and detours this spring, as All Aboard Florida readies train tracks for its Miami-to-Orlando express service, set to begin in mid-2017.
By Cheryl Blackerby
Lantana Beach was the first beach in Palm Beach County to get a “No Swimming Advisory” from the Florida Department of Health shortly after new, more stringent criteria for beach water testing went into effect Jan. 1.
But the
OCEAN RIDGE — Martin L. Gross of New London, N.H., and Ocean Ridge died Jan. 26, in Ushuaia, Argentina, following a stroke suffered en route to Antarctica. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Gross and his wife, Deirdre, became winter residents of Ocean
By Mary Thurwachter
At both its meetings in February, the Lantana Town Council grappled with on-street parking woes on Hypoluxo Island.
The council proposed a solution in January to mandate parking on the odd-numbered side of the street on odd-
By Mary Thurwachter
At the recommendation of Town Attorney R. Max Lohman, the Lantana Town Council voted Feb. 22 to dissolve the Lantana Nature Preserve Commission.
Lohman said the commission (members are appointed by the town) and the Friends
Olive Belcher (with her daughter Brittany) used the Out of the Box
food truck to cater the preview of a listing at Boca Bay Colony.
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By Christine Davis
In January, the Florida-based women’s clothing retailer Boston Proper, a divisio
By Steve Plunkett
The much-anticipated list of vacant, undeveloped properties on Boca Raton’s beachfront is a short one.
“There’s essentially three,” said Briann Harms, assistant executive director of the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park D
By Mary Hladky
Three months after its downtown design consultant gave up the job, Boca Raton has hired a new, interim consultant to help oversee downtown development projects.
Fort Lauderdale-based Calvin Giordano & Associates was brought on bo
By Rich Pollack
The makeup of the Boca Raton Airport Authority will again change following the recent resignation of Deputy City Manager George Brown.
Brown’s resignation comes less than two months after the resignation of Deputy Mayor Robert W
By Sallie James
Two activists have sued Boca Raton in federal court, claiming their rights to equal protection and due process were violated when the city created a zoning classification that paved the way for a controversial synagogue.
The
By Sallie James
A ranking organization for the property/casualty industry has named Boca Raton’s Fire Rescue Department one of the best in the nation, citing its top-notch fire services.
The impressive news could mean a savings of up to 3 perce
Robert Glassberg, a Best Wishes of Boca Raton employee for more than 31 years, assists
Samantha Santoro and her boyfriend, Ryan Leavitt, both 18 and seniors at Boca Raton High School.
Santoro was searching for a graduation present, taking advantage o
Boca Raton property owners, rev your lawn mowers. The allowed length of grass — and other untended vegetation — just got shorter.
The City Council approved an ordinance in February that reduced the permitted maximum height of untended vegetati
