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Part I: Florida's environmental disaster hits the beaches
By Willie Howard
Environmental groups are ramping up the fight against plastic pollution in the ocean with campaigns featuring images of entangled birds, littered beaches and research showi
Ocean Ridge resident Joelen Merkel hugs Chief Yannuzzi following the Jan. 15 special meeting. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Hear contested telephone recording
By Dan Moffett
The simmering feud over beach security between Ocean Ridge Town Commissioner
Hear a recording of this story
By Ron Hayes
How would you describe a map of Africa to a blind person?
How would you explain a chart of the fluctuating U.S. economy to someone who cannot see that chart?
How would you talk like a pirate?
"I understand it’s already been decided.”
I hear these words far more frequently than any taxpayer or reporter covering town hall should.
Florida law requires elected officials and government employees to operate in a way that is transpa
Bobby Julien, CEO of the Kolter Group, is a driving force behind fundraising efforts
for the Achievement Centers in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
For Bobby Julien, what started out as casual dinner conversation with a
Your editorial and article on waste plastics in the ocean and on the beaches were very interesting and do not reflect well on our stewardship of the beaches and the oceans.
Many people would argue that these materials will last “forever,” howe
The December issue of The Coastal Star told a terrible tale about the acrid racial segregation that ruled in Florida throughout the 1950s. A lot of us are old enough to remember how vicious the hold of bigotry was in those years. We certainly do.
iPic’s present plan for an eight-screen cinema and a 279-space parking garage with 43,000 feet of office and 8,000 feet of retail is too much building, squeezed into too small a space, near the busy intersection of Federal Highway and Atlantic Av
Delray Beach has competition for two of three City Commission seats in the March 10 election. Candidates are able to file until Feb. 10.
Mayor Cary Glickstein will be re-elected to a three-year term without an election unless a challenger fil
By Dan Moffett
Town commissioners gave unanimous final approval to a revised signage law at a Jan. 26 special meeting and — with only Chris O’Hare and Marty O’Boyle, the town’s litigious critics, on hand to offer opinions — immediately faced autho
On Jan. 31, Alfred Benjamin of South Palm Beach became the 109th veteran
to sign the 384th Bomb Group Association’s commemorative wing panel. The panel
eventually will be housed at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
Tim Stepien
Looks like Lantana Mayor David Stewart will have no opposition as he runs for a sixth term March 10.
The town’s qualifying period ends on Feb. 10 and as of press time, no one else had qualified.
“I want to continue doing the good work we’r
By Tim Pallesen
City commissioners want to limit the height of new Atlantic Avenue buildings to three floors in new downtown development rules set for final approval on Feb. 24.
Other new buildings in the central business district would be l
By Dan Moffett
Town Manager Linda Stumpf says construction work to make the Manalapan Town Hall compliant with federal accessibility standards will be completed in time to accommodate voters in the March 10 election.
Stumpf said only a few d
INSET BELOW: Costello
By Jane Smith
The new head of Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency will receive a slightly more than 18 percent salary increase over his previous salary as the agency’s assistant director.
The CRA board approved t
By Tim Pallesen
Construction for Atlantic Crossing starts this month after a lawsuit by neighbors who sought to alter its design was dismissed by a judge on Jan. 20.
“We’re ready to get demolition and construction underway,” said Edwards Compan
By Dan Moffett
Though their town is built-out, South Palm Beach council members say they want more control over important decisions on development projects.
So they’re moving forward with changes that will shift power from the architecture and
The Lantana Library is located in an old bank building.
Sid Patchett has been library director since 1996.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Atop the clutter on Sid Patchett’s desk in the Lantana Public Library rests a keepsa
