By Patrick Sherry
Days before Delray Beach’s Fourth of July Celebration, city staff had to scramble to find a way to put on the city’s fireworks show after finding out the barge for launching the display would not be available.
Local leaders blamed i
By Mary Hladky
Penn-Florida Companies is facing new lawsuits filed by both the group of lenders and the construction manager for the Mandarin Oriental condos that are being built in Boca Raton on Federal Highway a few blocks north of Camino Real.
In
Workers lay asphalt in Gulf Stream’s Core area on July 27. The work is part of a two-year capital improvement plan. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
Just as Roadway Construction LLC was about to lay the final asphalt on streets in Gulf
By Rich Pollack
Barring last-minute changes, Highland Beach town leaders will keep their tax rate for the next fiscal year the same as it has been for the past four years.
Town commissioners in July approved a maximum tax rate of $3.58 per $1,000 of
By Patrick Sherry
Residents of Delray Beach could see the city’s tax rate rise for a second straight year — following a dozen years of dropping tax rates that culminated with a “no new taxes” budget in 2024.
Officials attributed the proposed increas
By Larry Barszewski
In a desire to open Boynton Beach’s waterfront along the Intracoastal Waterway to greater public access and to more water-related businesses and activities, the City Commission has approved new zoning rules to encourage such growt
By Mary Hladky
The owners of the Town Center at Boca Raton want to demolish the former Sears store that has been closed since 2018 and redevelop 31.6 acres in the northwest corner of the mall to create a “live, work, play” destination.
Under plans pr
Stuart Kerr of Highland Beach with his wife, June. Together, they created AppealArmor, a free tool that drafts formal appeal letters for people who have been denied health insurance claims. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
An entrepreneur and sales and
By Patrick Sherry
A proposed townhouse-style condominium development on North Federal Highway will return to the Delray Beach City Commission for reconsideration after being denied approval in July.
Commissioners voted 3-1 to allow the applicant to
By Christine Davis
Lang Realty marked National Bring Your Dog to Work Day on June 26 by celebrating dogs owned by Lang agents that ride along to showings, keep their owners company during late-night contracts, and quietly anchor the workday from thei
By Patrick Sherry
The Delray Beach City Commission is hitting the brakes on creating an ordinance with safety rules for e-bikes.
At the commissioners’ meeting on July 14, they agreed to wait until Palm Beach County passes its own ordinance addressin
By Jane Musgrave
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison wasn’t going to plunk down $35 million to add roughly 2 acres to his 16-acre $173 million estate in Manalpan until he was assured town officials would let him have four tunnels under State Road A1A and
City going to rollback? — Boynton Beach property owners will receive preliminary tax bills showing the city plans to keep its tax rate the same — but city commissioners expect the final figure they set in September will reach the lower rollback rate.
By Henry Fitzgerald
Menorah and Christmas tree lighting ceremonies. More community events. A waterfront gazebo at Town Hall. Enhanced beach preservation. Various beautification projects.
At the South Palm Beach Town Council’s visioning workshop held
South Palm Beach officials are discussing changing the Town Council meeting time from 2 p.m. to a later time of day.
The potential move, they said at a July 21 workshop, will help make it easier for people in the town who work to attend the meetings
Grants sought for lift station — The South Palm Beach Town Council passed a resolution on July 14 to allow for a grant application to Resilient Florida for a new wastewater lift station. Town Manager Jamie Titcomb said the grant would provide $2.5 mi
MANALAPAN — Lisa Petersen, who served 18 years as Manalapan’s town clerk, died surrounded by family on July 21 after suffering an injury. She was 70.
Town Manager Eric Marmer said Mrs. Petersen was “a familiar, trusted presence to generations of resi
BRINY BREEZES — Joanne Garrott Long, a bridge player who shared her enthusiasm with friends old and new, died June 29. She was 96.
Born on Aug. 4, 1929, in Peoria, Illinois, to Ashton and Doris Johnson Garrott, she married Donald David Long on July 8
By Mary Thurwachter
A trio of anonymous letters signed by “Concerned Residents of Lantana” have enraged the town’s mayor, council, manager and attorney. The missives, dated June 30 and delivered by snail mail that town officials received in mid-July,
The Coastal Star writers and editors share their favorites of the season
Baseball and summer go hand in hand. Yes, 1989’s Field of Dreams is a baseball classic, but calling it just a sports flick doesn’t do it justice. ’It is also about redemption
