By Tim O’Meilia
The owners of single family homes for rent in Ocean Ridge may soon have to register with Town Hall, perhaps triggering annual fire and housing inspections.
Town commissioners said they want to discourage the use of homes as sho
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Mary Bush addresses the 350 who attended the March 6 memorial service held for her husband and their pastor Ted Bush. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
DELRAY BEACH — First Presbyterian is Delray Beach’s church near the sea.
But
By Cheryl Blackerby
Attendance is up 50 percent at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, which is a good thing, except for a growing parking problem. On busy days, one or two park rangers have to manage parking.
A big part of the problem
LEFT: Jose Arimatcia, an employee of Pugh’s Pools and Spas, installed a pair of tile mosaic sea turtles at the Ocean Ridge Town Hall. The installation is a joint project between the Ocean Ridge Garden Club and Mayor Pugh.
RIGHT: An early sea t
Michael and Robyn Hallasz show off items collected on March 17. The couple vow to continue their mission at Ocean Inlet Park. Photo provided.
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Sea Angels’ trouble with the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department
Ocean Ridge town attorney Kenneth Spillias has departed from his daily genre of resolutions and ordinances to pen a newly published novel, Widow’s Walk, Part I: The Precipice.
The self-published book is set in South Florida and tells the tale of chara
By Cheryl Blackerby
Boca Raton’s July Fourth celebration may determine who knows best how to manage Boca Raton’s parks and beaches: the Boca Raton Beach & Park District or the city of Boca Raton.
The simmering war over management of beache
The Friends of Gumbo Limbo Board of Trustees members, (L-R) Steve Alley, President Michele Kurucz Peel, Susan Walker, ‘Luna’ The Green Sea Turtle, portrayed by Michele’s daughter Delaney, Treasurer Judy Gire and volunteer Elisabeth Hoffman, cheer on
Briny Breezes is officially off the market.
The 43-acre mobile home park’s contract with New York law firm Duane Morris to sell the park expired March 1 and, with it, the park’s obligation to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees tha
By Tim Pallesen
Boca Raton’s centerpiece for downtown redevelopment, as city leaders call it, starts construction this fall.
Archstone won City Council approval March 11 to build 378 apartments in the heart of what city leaders hope will becom
By Rich Pollack
A resident who in February publicly shared neighbors’ concerns about the town manager’s oversight of the library and its director now says he is satisfied that the issues have been resolved.
“We are very pleased to have bee
Christian Riera and Marcela Viglianchino pose with a few of her candelabra.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
A couple that does everything together, stays together. That’s what Christian Riera, 41, and Marcela Viglianchino, 36, think.
Together
Outgoing Highland Beach Commissioner Doris Trinley holds up her old name placard as Mayor Bernard Featherman (left) and Town Attorney Glen Torcivia applaud her during a special commission meeting on March 13.
Commissioner Carl Feldman is sworn in by
A May 1943 photo of the family that harbored Jojo (front, second from right) during WWII,
including girls named Giselle (far left) and Michou (front, holding stuffed bear).
In 2002 the adult Jojo, now going by the name of George Banet, reunited wit
Mug: Jon D. Rashotsky
By Angie Francalancia
A yearlong investigation by Delray Beach police resulted in the arrest of former Mizner Grande Realty agent Jon D. Rashotsky, suspected of misappropriating more than $2.8 million in escrow funds from
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s 18-year-old firetruck has been out of service since the end of October because of needed repairs and should be replaced as soon as possible, town commissioners were told during a workshop meeting last month.
This year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show brought 600 vessels worth more than $1.2 billion. Cheryl Blackerby/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
More than 44,000 boat lovers attended the Palm Beach International Boat Show, one of the top
By Tim O’Meilia
For the first time since the $510 million Ocean Land sale collapsed in 2007, the town of Briny Breezes took a careful first step toward allowing the town to be more than a mobile-home park.
After four public hearings and ques
By Thom Smith
For two days in October 1969, several hundred students camped in the quadrangle west of the Florida Atlantic University administration building during the nationwide moratorium to protest the Vietnam War. No incidents save for raisi
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, built in 1860, is Palm Beach County’s oldest existing structure. Scott Simmons/The Coastal Star
Drive 50 miles north of Hillsboro Inlet and you’ll find the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum.
Which is taller?
Well, that depends
