By Rich Pollack
Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians along A1A beware: Law enforcement officers from several departments will once again be out in force this month in a concentrated effort to promote the need for bicyclists, motorists and pedestr
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By Tim Pallesen
The furor over Atlantic Crossing now has Delray Beach ready to tighten and improve its downtown development regulations.
“We started on the heels of Atlantic Crossing, and we heard about height and density concerns,” Treasure Co
Delray Beach Historical Society President Leslie Callaway addresses the crowd
during the the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Delray Beach Historical Society charter signing.
INSET BELOW: A portrait of Ethel Sterling Williams.
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By Dan Moffett
After the furor over the Red Cross plan for a Designers’ Show House on Point Manalapan, town commissioners are working to draft a new ordinance that would prohibit large, multiday special events.
“This is the result of the recent
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan commissioners are grumbling about the high cost of litigating grievances with the Police Benevolent Association, and that could mean tougher contract negotiations between the town and union next year.
Since the current
By Mary Thurwachter
Shortly after returning from his Hawaiian vacation, Vice Mayor Lynn Moorhouse went to the beach for brunch at the Dune Deck. The local dentist had no complaints about food, but what he saw in the parking lot had him clenchi
By Dan Moffett
In waging their legal wars against the town of Gulf Stream, residents Chris O’Hare and Martin O’Boyle have used Florida’s public records laws hundreds of times in the last 18 months to challenge how their community is governed.
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach real estate broker James Arena wants to preserve the funky Florida lifestyle where beach access is everything.
In mid-August, he starred in a 3-minute video to make surfers and other beachgoers aw
The new iPic and its related parking may create traffic issues.
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By Betty Wells
The design proposal for a luxury theater, retail and office complex in downtown Delray Beach has rankled neighboring business owners, who say it
By Tim Pallesen
The question whether a nationwide furor over puppy-mill sales requires a Delray Beach law has been delayed.
City commissioners have imposed a six-month moratorium on allowing new puppy stores into Delray so city officials ha
By Jane Smith
Starting Oct. 1, residents in Ocean Ridge and Briny Breezes will pay more for an ambulance ride provided by Boynton Beach Fire Rescue.
For a basic ambulance ride, the transport fee will increase by nearly 75 percent to $610, a
By Jane Smith
The municipal core of Boynton Beach needs a distinct identity with a signature entrance, a Treasure Coast Planning Council consultant told city commissioners.
“Columns like they have in Rollins College,” said Marcela Camblor, an a
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have given unanimous preliminary approval to two measures intended to resolve two of the town’s most contentious and complicated issues.
At the Aug. 11 meeting, the commission approved the first reading
By Dan Moffett
Faced again with dipping into reserves to balance the budget, Ocean Ridge commissioners aren’t buying some things that town officials wanted for the next fiscal year.
Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi isn’t going to get two new patrol
Dr. James DeGerome of Hypoluxo Island
practiced gastroenterology in Boynton Beach for 31 years.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
When he’s not pondering America’s health care challenge, Dr. James DeGerome works to maintain his own good health by jog
Paragon Acquisition Group has presented a plan to build 33 condos in a six-story building
over a parking garage on the site of the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn.
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By Dan Moffett
After a false start last winter, Paragon
By Mary Thurwachter
Developers were able to persuade a majority of Lantana Town Council members that rezoning the Cenacle property to make way for a 319-unit apartment complex was a good idea. On the other hand, a request for four variances to the
Fred and Adrianne Weissman of Evelyn & Arthur
are reopening their Annex in Boynton Beach.
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By Scott Simmons
Walk into Evelyn & Arthur’s Manalapan store and the thing that sticks in your mind is the laughter.
It’s co
By Christine Davis
The Florida Festivals & Events Association has more than 415 members — representing 750 events statewide — and at its 20th anniversary award conference, Delray Beach cleaned up. The Marketing Cooperative received the following
CORRECTION: This story incorrectly describes the hiring of three employees by Briny Breezes. The town received six applications for deputy town clerk, two for bookkeeper and one for meter reader. Town Attorney John Skrandel advised the Town Council
