By Dan Moffett
After months of false starts and frustration, work has begun on the Audubon Causeway bridge project.
Manalapan Mayor Pro Tem Peter Isaac said Drawdy Construction of Lake Worth is on the job, horse apple trees have been transplan
Bob Weisblut, president of the International Ivory Society, stands in front of the case that displays his collection of nearly 200 carved ivory pieces, ranging from Asian antiques to a whimsical carving of an Ivory soap bar.
Photos by Tim Stepien/
By Steve Plunkett
Don’t be surprised to get a ticket if you park at Ocean Strand.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is asking the city to help it keep people off the almost 15-acre parcel that stretches from the Atlantic to the Int
By Jane Smith
Two Boynton Beach residents, recently ousted from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board, spoke against creating a citizen advisory board to the CRA. At the Oct. 20 City Commission meeting, James “Buck” Buchanan and form
By Rich Pollack
There’s good news for electric car owners who like to zip around downtown Boca Raton in a Toyota Prius, Tesla or Nissan Leaf.
The city installed its first public electric car charging station in late September in an effort to p
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton will have a “public outreach” workshop to evaluate and analyze the intersection of Palmetto Park Road and Northeast Fifth Avenue, long a sore spot in discussions on what to do with the city-owned Wildflower site.
Pe
By Jane Smith
The Community Redevelopment Agency in Delray Beach successfully addressed 10 of 19 items found by state auditors in 2013, board members learned in early October.
Five additional items were partially corrected and four remain uncor
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton has a new Web page to guide residents to its host of social media sites.
Chrissy Biagiotti, the city’s new communications and marketing manager, said she created MyBocaLink.com after meeting with the 30 municipal wo
The Rotary Club of Boca Raton revealed its list of 2016 OPAL (Outstanding People And Leaders) honorees during a reception at The Little Chalet on Nov. 3.
Honorees include: Dr. Kathy Schilling for medicine and healthcare leadership; Dr. John Kelly for
Ronnie Heavyside catches a perfect wave while surfing off the coast of Lake Worth
a couple of days after Hurricane Joaquin headed out to sea.
Tom Warnke/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
The Boca Raton Airport Authority is considering asking for proposals from law firms interested in representing the agency, but that step could end up costing the authority more money than it is paying its current firm.
During
By Sallie James
A beachside condominium can prune native sea grape trees that are obstructing ocean views if special measures are taken to protect nesting sea turtles, the city’s Environmental Advisory Board has decided.
The Sea Ranch Club of B
By Sallie James
A plan to develop the south end of Hillsboro El Rio Park — an area once used as a city dump — would cost about $3 million, according to Boca Raton City Manager Leif Ahnell. The north end of the park at 499 SW 18th St. was develo
By Sallie James
Residents who need to renew their annual beach parking permits can now do it by mail or email.
“It seems so archaic to make everyone stand in line at our community centers. How wonderful that we are doing it through the mail and
By Ron Hayes
BOCA RATON — After he retired from his financial consulting firm a couple of years ago, Alan Alford became a city employee once again.
“He went to work as a ranger at Sugar Sands and Patch Reef parks three days a week,” recalled Le
HIGHLAND BEACH — Daniel Featherman, a resident of Highland Beach and formerly of Philadelphia, died Oct. 2 in hospice care at Delray Medical Center. He died from complications resulting from surgery.
Mr. Featherman, 83, was secretary and treasurer
Green sea turtles set an all-time nesting record during the 2015 Florida nesting season, which ended Oct. 31.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission reported about 28,000 green sea turtle nests counted on 26 index beaches statewid
By Steven J. Smith
Candidates planning to run for offices in many of the Palm Beach County municipal elections March 15, will need to file qualifying papers earlier than usual, according to Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher.
“Due to the fede
By Rich Pollack
With the season just around the corner and more people taking to South Florida’s roadways, some law enforcement agencies along Palm Beach County’s coast are gearing up educational and enforcement efforts designed to keep pedestrian
Freida Boyers celebrated her 105th birthday Oct. 27 with a motorcycle ride
through Ocean Ridge. Neighbor Phil Lambrecht took her for a cruise
on his 1997 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
When Freida Boyers
