Jon Pearlman (center,front) and other Save Boca supporters bring petitions to Boca Raton City Hall on Sept. 23 to give to the city clerk. The petitions seek a vote on a city charter change regarding the sale or lease of city property. Photo provided
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The summer of ’25 will be remembered as a time when the heat — political heat, that is — reached a boiling point along the coast here.
In Delray Beach, impatient Florida officials demanded the city remove its colorful Pride intersection in downtown’s
Hailey Clark, a marine biology student at Florida Atlantic University and a Coastal Stewards volunteer, releases the group’s last turtle patient into the ocean on July 10. The patient is Sparrow, a green sea turtle. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Mary Hladky
Save Boca’s battle against the city’s plans to redevelop 30 city-owned acres in the downtown campus now has impacted city politics.
Save Boca supporter Meredith Madsen is challenging incumbent Boca Raton City Council member Marc Wigder
Robert Certilman of Highland Beach teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters in August to take children shopping for school supplies and clothing, spending about $12,000. He contacted the local chapter because he wanted to continue a practice he start
By John Pacenti
Animal Farm and 1984 author George Orwell once wrote, “There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.”
When it came to the Delray Beach LGBTQ Pride rainbow intersection, the city showed plenty
Manalapan commissioners moved ahead with a plan to explore building a new Town Hall at the corner of Ocean Boulevard and Ocean Avenue.
At the Sept. 8 commission meeting, they heard from eminent domain attorney Doug MacGibbon, who has been hired to ex
Manalapan commissioners unanimously approved an $18.7 million total budget Sept. 22 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that started Oct. 1.
The budget includes $10.2 million for the general fund, $97,000 to run the library, and $8.3 million for the town’s
Delray Public Beach at Atlantic Avenue has the bluest and clearest water of any beach in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, or North Carolina, according to a recent beach.com analysis of 1,346 beaches.
“Florida’s Atlantic coast, particularly Palm Beac
By Jane Musgrave
Beaches from Linton Boulevard in Delray Beach to just south of the Boynton Inlet in Ocean Ridge will be transformed into construction zones this winter as crews work to replace millions of tons of sand that were washed away in 2022 b
By John Pacenti
Last year, Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney spearheaded a rollback of the city’s tax rate. This year, it rolled right back on residents and businesses.
And, as usual — as if this commission knows no other way — there was plenty of drama
A construction worker walks through routine flooding at 701 S. Ocean Blvd. in Delray Beach. The section of State Road A1A from Linton Boulevard to Casuarina Road is undergoing improvement that will include adding and regrading swales to enhance drain
WHAT: Autumn is the main season for king tides, when higher-than-normal tides cause spot flooding along the coast, from the Intracoastal Waterway, and from other inlets and canals.
WHEN: The Palm Beach County Office of Resilience says king tides are
By John Pacenti
A popular Delray Beach Facebook group has been paused after supporters of Charlie Kirk began targeting longtime members, according to the moderator.
Delray Matters was suspended Sept. 11 for at least 30 days by moderator Ingrid Lee. I
Unofficial election results had Maria Zack winning the Republican primary race to challenge Delray Beach Vice Mayor Rob Long, a Democrat, in the Dec. 9 special election to succeed state Rep. Joe Casello, who died in July.
Also slated to be on the bal
The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Read for the Record initiative, which directs adults and children through a shared reading experience. Mayors from Palm Beach County municipalities helped kick of
Mark David Anderson’s second-degree murder trial, scheduled to start Sept. 22, was postponed on Sept. 9 by Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Cymonie Rowe at the request of Anderson’s defense team.
A new trial date wasn’t set, but the trial is likely to
By Hannah Spence
Last fall, South Palm Beach was set to receive a long-anticipated dune restoration, but the plan was delayed in part because of the difficulty the project had securing a beach access point south of the Lake Worth Beach pier.
The six-
Familiar faces appointed to planning commission — Incumbent Rosemary Mouring, whose term on Lantana’s planning commission expired, was reappointed for another three-year term at the Sept. 8 Town Council meeting. Mouring has served on the commission s
South Palm Beach council members found themselves in an unusual situation this budget year: For the town to go to the state’s “no new taxes” rolled-back rate, they would actually have to raise the town’s property tax rate, not lower it.
They voted to
