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
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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
By Dan Moffett
Briny Breezes residents will get a rare chance to go one-on-one with state officials over property insurance issues when state Sen. Maria Sachs holds a workshop in the town’s ocean clubhouse beginning at 1 p.m. on Oct. 7.
Sachs,
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream residents first started talking about moving their utility lines underground back in 2008, and the Town Commission came up with a plan to do it in 2010.
The thinking then was that the $5.4 million project could be com
INSET BELOW: Police Chief Carmen Mattox
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan Police Chief Carmen Mattox will undergo ethnic diversity counseling, and the town has given him a written reprimand in response to an officer’s harassment complaint stemming from a
By Dan Moffett
Minutes before approving a much-anticipated beach ordinance, Ocean Ridge town commissioners inserted a few words into the new law that could complicate its enforcement.
The commission decided to make it a violation for motorists
Dog lovers risk fines by ignoring city ordinances on this August morning.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
INSET BELOW: A digital sign on A1A proclaims ‘zero tolerance’ for offenders.
Mary Kate Leming/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Delray Beach re
By Cheryl Blackerby
King tides, the highest tides of the year, caused alarming and unprecedented coastal flooding from Miami Beach to Palm Beach County last October.
The extreme high tides, also called autumnal tides, will be back this month.
A postcard advertises one of the Boston’s site’s early incarnations as the Hotel Del-Sol.
Photo provided by Delray Beach Historical Society
Boston’s, with the Upper Deck above.
Photo provided
Where else would hockey sticks decorate the dance floor, e
ABOVE: Shelly Himmelrich, with Anita Graham, Sarah Lochner, Stacey Hallberg and Achievement Centers for Children & Families CEO Stephanie Seibel.
Amy Snook, Michele Sasko and Noreen Payne enjoy last year’s
‘Indulgence.’ Photos provided
By Amy Woods
Kirsten Stephenson at the Junior League office.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
For Kirsten Stephenson, being a Junior League member has been about life lessons — learning the needs of her community while at the same time learning about herself and
By Jane Smith
Representatives for a new passenger rail service are courting South County coastal residents to convince them that an express intercity rail link is needed between Miami and Orlando.
All Aboard Florida will operate on the Florida
In honor of the 2014-2015 season, The Coastal Star is randomly highlighting 15 of the charity arena’s top affairs — all benefiting local nonprofits with missions of improving their communities and the lives of people in them. Philanthropy editor Amy
By Mary Thurwachter
MANALAPAN — He had been ill for some time and was bedridden on his 90th birthday, Sept. 18, but Point Manalapan developer and former Manalapan Mayor William Evarts Benjamin II and his wife, Maura, found joy on the occasion.
Mayors from all 38 municipalities in Palm Beach County were invited to learn about current strategies and initiatives to encourage literacy as a priority in their communities. Featured speaker was Dione Christy, president of the Council of Great Publ
By Rich Pollack
Construction of the new Interstate 95 Spanish River Boulevard interchange is making progress, with completion scheduled for spring 2017.
To date, there has been minimal interruption to traffic in the area, with crews work
