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By Jane Smith
The much-anticipated property value analysis of downtown Delray Beach and its beach side will be presented Feb. 28 at the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency meeting.
Munilytics, the Davie company analyzing the records, received
By Jane Smith
The iPic movie theater moved closer to becoming a reality after a Delray Beach review board approved site plans in mid-January. Next stop for the mixed-use project will be the Feb. 22 meeting of the Planning & Zoning Board.
In con
By Jane Smith
Repairing and replacing crumbling seawalls along the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach will cost about $25 million, according to an estimate by the city’s chief financial officer.
“You only have to look at the pictures of
By Ron Hayes
Oh, thank heaven for 7-Eleven.
Had a small group of outraged residents not come together in May 1967 to oppose a convenience store along A1A in Delray Beach’s south end, someone might be dispensing Big Gulps near where Atlantic Dun
By Jane Smith
Parking meter times east of the Intracoastal Waterway have changed again. Delray Beach users will again have to feed the meters only between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week.
The previous hours of 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. lasted only
By Jane Smith
The Arts Garage in Delray Beach must present better financial records before its chief public provider will release any more money, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board voted unanimously in late January.
The CRA had co
By Jane Smith
Construction work has started to replace the temporary traffic signals at two East Atlantic intersections in Delray Beach. It will take at least two months to complete, weather permitting, contractors said.
Florida Department of T
By Jane Smith
The modified site plan for the Atlantic Crossing mixed-use development downtown was turned down in late January by a Delray Beach board.
Senior city planner Scott Pape told the Site Plan Review and Appearance Board that his depa
By Dan Moffett
Lawyers for the town of Gulf Stream are pushing an aggressive trial schedule they hope will resolve by the end of this year all the lawsuits filed by Martin O’Boyle and Chris O’Hare.
That’s saying something, because the two resi
By Dan Moffett
Organizers of a coastal fire district study are reaching out to the county pocket, believing its residents might benefit if a new arrangement for delivering emergency services goes forward.
Consultants are studying whether it is
Four columns in the library’s children’s area
were made to look like trees with faces on them.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Contractors are finishing the new children’s area of the Delray Beach Public Library.
They’ve added 5,000
A private security camera took this image of a newer model, gray BMW convertible in the area
of Ridge Boulevard in Ocean Ridge. The subject exited the vehicle and checked for other unlocked cars
to either burglarize or steal, police say. Anyone who r
By Jane Smith
Two historic homes on Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach are moving closer to becoming restaurants.
For the Magnuson House at 211 E. Ocean Ave., the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board approved a 60-day extension in January for
By Rich Pollack
Plans to have Delray Beach continue to provide fire and rescue services to Highland Beach residents after a current contract expires next year hit a snag Feb. 2 when Delray Beach commissioners rejected a proposed agreement in whi
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners didn’t have to look far to find the successor for retiring Town Attorney Ken Spillias. They realized the right man for the job was already working in Town Hall.
Glen Torcivia, who has served as the t
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners and developer William Swaim have moved a step closer to clashing in court over access to the mangrove lagoon behind Town Hall.
For months, Swaim has been trying to persuade the Town Commission to all
Mayor David Cheifetz receives a round of applause after thanking the Strauss Foundation for the new library space.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
When the cellist Yehuda Hanani fills Manalapan’s J. Turner Moore Memorial Library with the
Lucille Flagello organizes casino trips in South Palm Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Lucille Flagello had no idea about the new home and community that were waiting for her when she moved to South Palm Beach in 2006.
“All I knew I was g
By Dan Moffett
South Palm Beach is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a nostalgic look back at classic American cars.
The town is expecting at least 40 vintage autos from the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s at the Plaza del Mar shopping center in Mana
