By Dan Moffett
Town Manager Rex Taylor likes to begin budget talks by taking a look at what’s happened to property values in South Palm Beach during the last decade.
In 2008, the town’s taxable value was $429.2 million.
Then came the reces
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By Dan Moffett
For about as long as anyone can remember, Delray Beach has budgeted money to groups that do good work in the community — supporting organizations such as the city’s Public Library, Historical Society and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Am
By Steven J. Smith
In southeastern Palm Beach County, the Aug. 26 primary elections will see six candidates compete for two School Board seats — Districts 4 and 7 — that represent a good deal of the county’s midsection.
In addition to the
Retiring Delray Beach Police Chief Anthony Strianese (front)
and Assistant Chief Jeffrey Goldman at their Delray Beach headquarters.
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By Rich Pollack
They came up through the ranks together, one joining the Delray Be
By Ron Hayes
At noon on Aug. 26, 1964 — 50 years ago this month — a small group of men and women gathered at the Chamber of Commerce building to make history — and to make history matter.
With Ethel S. Williams as president and Roy C. Diggan
The Lantana beach parking lot has been raised and new metered kiosks have been installed.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
A drainage and paving improvement project in Lantana for the beach parking lot that began in February is ne
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners wanted to crack down on nuisance rentals of single-family homes last year when they passed an ordinance that set new fees and registration requirements for landlords and tenants.
While the law has helped
By Dan Moffett
With the budgeting in Ocean Ridge comes a debate over semantics.
A sizable new expenditure in the town’s proposed 2014-15 budget is $85,000 to hire another police officer.
Town commissioners are supporting the hiring as a way
A man died after being trapped under a boat that capsized July 27 in a calm ocean off Delray Beach.
City lifeguards and firefighters responded to a distress call from the boat at 3:56 p.m., Delray Beach Fire-Rescue reported.
Lifeguards used
By Jane Smith
Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes residents will not have to worry about fire-rescue response times next summer, thanks to a directive given to Boynton Beach’s city manager at the city’s annual budget workshops, held July 21-22.
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By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes is looking at a budget for the new fiscal year that is largely a mirror image of last year’s numbers.
During July budget workshops, Town Council members gave preliminary approval to keeping the current tax rate of $
By Mary Thurwachter
Forgotten Soldiers Outreach has been forgotten too many times, says Lantana Mayor Dave Stewart, and he is ready to do something about it.
The Hypoluxo Island resident has agreed to have his hair and beard shaved off if th
By Mary Thurwachter
The tax rate in Lantana hasn't changed for six years and there will be no change in the rate next year. At its July 28 meeting, the Town Council again set the rate at $3.24 per $1,000 of taxable property.
The town will h
By Dan Moffett
Unable to find help from larger governments or a financing plan that suits them, Manalapan commissioners have decided to pay for their Audubon Causeway Bridge project the old-fashioned way.
They will raise taxes.
The Town
DELRAY BEACH — It is with a heavy heart that the family of Arthur Algonas of Delray Beach announces his passing on July 20. He fought a courageous fight against melanoma for three years.
Arthur was born July 25, 1941, in Neptune, N.J., and li
By Steven J. Smith
HIGHLAND BEACH — Mary Stockstill Willman, or “the original Banshee Girl” as her family lovingly called her, died peacefully in her sleep on July 6 in her Highland Beach home. Born in Dayton, Ohio, on Nov. 10, 1923, she was marri
John (left) and Luke Therien photographed at Prime Catch.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Scott Simmons
For years, it was the great South County lament.
Why isn’t there a place for fine dining on the water?
All that changed in 2004 with the
By Ron Hayes
In the beginning, there was only “Sigafoo”— an orange and white ambulance with No. 41 on the side, nicknamed after the manufacturer.
At 2:23 p.m. on July 19, 1974, Sigafoo answered its first call, a fire alarm at the Boca Raton Hotel.
ABOVE: (l-r) Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, FAU President John Kelly, National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation Director Frank Wojick, FAU Provost Gary Perry and Professor Jeanette Wyneken, Ph.D., of the the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science’s Depa
Robert Sweetapple surprises Fred Astaire Dance instructor Ashley Jones with a lift
during rehearsal for this year’s Boca Ballroom Battle to benefit the George Snow Scholarship Fund.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
On a warm Wednesday evening in lat
