By Tim O’Meilia
The owners of Ocean Ridge’s five-store business district agreed to pay for a planning study that may forestall its demise, but not before clashing with town commissioners.
After requiring an engineering study of the property a
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South Palm Beach Police Chief Roger Crane plans to retire after 28 years on the job.
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By Tim O’Meilia
After nearly two decades as police chief of the so-called condominium canyon of South Palm Beach, Roger Crane will
By Tim O’Meilia
Oceanfront Manalapan residents made crystal clear they want no part of the regional beach management program designed to make approval of new renourishment projects smoother and quicker.
In an email and snail mail survey of th
By Tim O’Meilia
Pressed to reject a traffic-stop policy that has been linked to racial profiling in major cities, Manalapan town commissioners unanimously ratified withdrawal of the program that had been discontinued 21 months ago.
The commis
By Tim O’Meilia
The logo on the main page of “The Un-Official Guide to the Town of Gulf Stream” website includes an upside-down town seal. Take that as a hint to the content within.
Gulf Stream resident Christopher O’Hare’s site skewers town
By Steve Plunkett
Ocean Ridge Town Attorney Ken Spillias has extended his resume with a job he’s held before: lawyer for the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.
Spillias, who represented the CRA from 2004 to early 2007, was chosen o
By Tim O’Meilia
South Palm Beach’s nine non-police-union workers will get a 2 percent pay increase and a $1,500 bonus to help them keep pace with their collective bargaining brethren, the Town Council decided by a 4-1 vote Aug. 22.
The money
“We know we’re going to have sea rise. This is literally a one-way street now. The only thing we’re discussing now is how fast, it’s not whether anymore, and then eventually how much.”
— Dr. Harold Wanless, chairman of the Department
By Tim Pallesen
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says it can save Delray Beach taxpayers $500,000 a year by taking over fire-rescue services for the city.
Delray Beach asked for the price quote to see if the county could provide the same servic
Shoppers in a rush to become Trader Joe’s devotees will be able to buy gourmet delicacies in its new Boca Raton store five months before it opens another in Delray Beach.
Representatives of the California-based chain — known for a $2.99 bottl
Photography by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Lake Worth residents Anne Heggli (right) and Courtney Ricks take part in a Halloween volleyball game
on the beach Oct. 26 at Anchor Park in Delray Beach.
Participants portray Native Americans Oct. 19 dur
Graphic by Bonnie Lallky-Seibert/The Coastal Star
SOURCES: Maps: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Category 1 Storm Surge Height Estimates: Florida Division of Emergency Management
GRAPHICS: Bonnie Lallky-Seibert and Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
A Coastal Star Special Report:
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Elevation: How high your house is above sea level, which can vary from low tide to high tide to high autumnal tide.
Limestone: Porous rock that is the foundation of South Florida and allows sea water to penetrate inland.
Managed retreat: When popula
County Mayor Steven Abrams didn’t wait long to make the quest for his County Commission job a race.
Andy O’Brien, a Democrat who moved to Delray Beach in July, formally announced Sept. 24 that he would challenge Abrams for the District 4 seat
This home on a bluff in Nantucket, Mass., will most likely fall into the ocean at some point because of accelerating erosion. Photo by Richard Gelpke
A Coastal Star Special Report:
Rising Water: New signs of rising sea levels cause concern
Adapting t
Beau Delafield, new chairman of the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach, with Mya Gonzales, 8, and Lovins Charles, 11.
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Gulf Stream’s Beau Delafield, the new chairman of Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boy
Cheran Marek enjoys an avocado sandwich and quiche with her sister Susan Ring as her son Luca sleeps by her side and cousin Emma Ring, 9, checks on Luca at Ciao Sidewalk Cafe in Delray Beach. Luca was 9 days old. ‘He ate here in utero,’ Marek said.
