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This sign was placed near the Beachway Drive dune cross-over for a few days.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Tim O’Meilia

    Two signs reading “private beach” have been removed by Ocean Ridge town workers after complaints that they discouraged pe

By Dan Moffett

    Moviegoers will say goodbye to an old friend this month when the Regal Delray Beach 18 Theater goes dark to make way for an LA Fitness center after a long run spanning three decades at the corner of Linton Boulevard and Federal Hig

By Tim Pallesen   

    Remember that fuss about the cabana contract on Delray’s municipal beach? Forget about it.

    City commissioners voted 3-2 on Oct. 15 to keep their current vendor and stop debating about competitive bids to rent chairs and cab

A Coastal Star Special Report:

Rising Water: New signs of rising sea levels cause concern

Adapting to change: First the probable, then the practical when it comes to building | Deeper waters: Fights over sea rise just beginning | Maps: Estimates of l

By Tim O’Meilia

    The youngest person to be named mayor of Briny Breezes since Hugh David 50 years ago was unanimously appointed Oct. 24 by the Town Council. Gerry Devine, 38, a corporate attorney for Cisco Systems with offices in Fort Lauderdale,

    Oceanfront Park has a new name: Boynton Beach Oceanfront Park.

    Boynton Beach City Commissioner David Merker urged changing the park’s name to “Boynton Beach” in August and renewed his call Oct. 15 after the recreation and parks advisory board

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

South Palm Beach Police Chief Roger Crane plans to retire after 28 years on the job.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

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