By Mary Hladky
The wait for people yearning to live in downtown Boca Raton is finally coming to an end.
The first downtown apartment complex to be built in nearly a decade, the 261-unit Camden Boca Raton at 131 S. Federal Highway, began ope
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By Cheryl Blackerby
New sand has been pumped on Boca Raton’s south and north beaches, and next year it will be the city’s central beach’s turn to be renourished.
Although the central beach didn’t lose as much sand to Hurricane Sandy as the nort
Boca Raton officials approved a $136 million general fund budget during a final Sept. 18 budget hearing, setting the property tax rate for 2014-15 at $3.71 per $1,000 of taxable property value.
Property values have increased 5.63 percent in Boca R
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Police Foundation is officially a nonprofit organization, recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
“Up until now, donations to the foundation were not tax-exempt,” said Highland Beach Police Chief Craig Ha
By Rich Pollack
The Highland Beach Town Commission last month gave final approval to a $11.35 million general fund budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year — while at the same time holding the line on the town’s operating tax rate at $3.95 per $1,000 of
By Rich Pollack
After six months and more than $900,000 worth of improvements, Highland Beach’s Town Hall renovation project is all but complete. Now commissioners are trying to figure out how to show off the enhancements.
Commissioners, at a workshop
Customers are greeted with the aloha treatment, complete with leis, at the opening of the new Trader Joe’s store at 855 S. Federal Highway at the corner of Southeast Eighth Street in Boca Raton on Sept. 26. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Holy Cross Urgent Care and Imaging Center will open a new office at 1799 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
A grand opening celebration, with tours, giveaways, paraffin dips, prizes and refreshments, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 15. For more informa
Mary Huddleston Waxman, a graduate of Florida International University with a bachelor’s of music in applied voice, provides voice instruction to children participating in the joint effort between Sol Children Theatre of Boca Raton and Karen Slattery
By Tim Pallesen
City Hall has undergone a transformation in the 18 months since Mayor Cary Glickstein and Commissioner Shelly Petrolia were elected.
New top administrators are in place.The addition of Jordana Jarjura to the commission last M
Nearly 250 Gulf Stream School students took part in the ALS challenge in honor of Bill Shannon.
Watch video from the event
INSET BELOW: Anna and Bill Shannon have two children who are students at Gulf Stream School.
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October is here and “season” has begun. So, to arm you with plenty of planning material for the busy months ahead, you will find inside this edition some special features.
• The ArtsPaper is back with your complete guide to the 2014-15 cultura
Gail Marino, who founded the Gold Coast Down Syndrome organization,
which now serves 350 families, with her daugher Kim.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Gail Marino will never forget the day her daughter Kim was born, 39 years ag
Steve Alley stands on the northeast corner of Palmetto Park Road and Northeast Fifth Avenue across from the busy Trattoria Romana restaurant pointing out traffic issues.
Sallie James/The Coastal Star
By Sallie James
Boca Raton will spend $50,000
By Sallie James
If a Florida ballot measure legalizing the use of medical marijuana passes in November, the City of Boca Raton won’t be going up in smoke.
At least not right away.
On Sept. 23, the City Council introduced an ordinance that wo
The Boca Raton Police Department continues its search for a man who attacked a woman with a baseball bat on Sept. 18.
The incident occurred at about 8:50 a.m. in a parking lot in the 900 block of South Ocean Boulevard, just north of East Camino Re
Surveillance cameras are popping up everywhere.
The McCormick Mile Beach Club, known to many as the little pink house on the beach side at the inlet, is looking better than ever today. Freshly painted slate blue with white trim, the clubhouse had
Rendering of potential look provided by Bob Currie
By Tim Pallesen
A “world-class” appearance has been ordered for the city’s municipal beach — possibly with an open vista to the ocean at Atlantic Avenue.
City commissioners on Sept. 16 direct
By Tim Pallesen
The downtown’s third new hotel is described by its developer as a “funky-looking establishment that fits funky Delray.”
Plans to build the 120-room hotel on southbound Federal Highway two blocks south of Atlantic Avenue w
By Tim Pallesen
City commissioners urged more generosity for police officers as they approved a $103 million city budget that will increase taxes for most property owners.
The new tax rate of $7.46 for every $1,000 in taxable value is slig
