While reading your editorial sadly remarking on the loss of mature trees in South Florida, I can’t help but think of my little miracle here in Royal Oak Hills in eastern Boca Raton. Although this old neighborhood still has many splendid Florida oaks,
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By John Pacenti
The Manalapan Town Commission gave preliminary approval to an ordinance aimed at cracking down on shark fishing practices.
“We’ve become a safe haven for shark fishing, and we don’t want
Critics complained that the plaque erected in March appears to say that some departing council members had created Memorial Park, rather than its 1947 founders. Photo provided
By Mary Hladky
In its first meetings since the pivotal March 10 election,
Delray Beach fined the popular wellness and community event known as Coco Market $15,000 following a dog attack that left a teenager with severe facial injuries.
This follows the Feb. 20 action by City Manager Terrence Moore suspending the special ev
ABOVE: Many modular home parks, like Ocean Breeze in Jensen Beach, have been replacing ground-level homes (right) with elevated homes (left). BELOW: A Briny Breezes resident sloshes through knee-deep water during king tides, which repeatedly flood r
By John Pacenti
Regulating sea walls can be dicey for municipalities. While they race to fortify against rising tides, such efforts often collide with the checkbooks of private property owners, turning climate resilience into a very expensive home im
Two on council suggest it may be divisive, prefer trained planner
By Mary Hladky
Two weeks after the Boca Raton City Council created a task force to help decide how the 31.7-acre downtown campus should be improved, its existence is in jeopardy becaus
The Ocean Ridge Town Commission had sympathy for Charlie Dahlem but no leeway.
Commissioners at their April 13 meeting rejected a plea to reduce a $76,000 fine for code violations incurred before Dahlem purchased the property at 113 Island Drive. The
By Jane Musgrave
Hired in November to work the same magic in Boynton Beach as he did decades ago to revitalize Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Community Redevelopment Agency Director Chris Brown resigned in April after an investigation found he verb
By Mary Hladky
Past Boca Raton City Council members have said it took them as long as a year to learn the arcana of how a city functions so they could do their jobs effectively.
Save Boca founder Jon Pearlman faced that learning curve during his firs
By Sephora Charles
A recent survey shows most Lantana residents and visitors want little to no changes to the Lantana Beach Park, but that didn’t stop the Town Council from backing an estimated $13 million first phase of a total project that could en
By Patrick Sherry
Big community events in Lantana could face new requirements from the town if they impact public safety or nearby streets.
The Lantana Town Council on April 13 gave an initial OK to a proposed ordinance that would create a new approv
The days are numbered for this massive banyan tree at the Delray Beach municipal golf course, despite the city's desire to save it. The Lake Worth Drainage District Board rejected the city's request and said the city must remove the tree by June 1 be
By Patrick Sherry
Briny Breezes has a new alderman who is continuing his family’s legacy of service to the town.
The Town Council appointed John Taylor to Seat 5, which was previously held by Bill Birch before he was appointed mayor in March. The ma
The new guardhouse, at 248 square feet, is larger than the current one, which was built in 1968. Rendering provided
By John Pacenti
Architects scaled back the once opulent design of a new Point Manalapan guardhouse, presenting an updated, more gover
How much is one life worth?
For Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney, $676,000 in state funding is a bargain for the city’s beach rescue drone initiative. Other coastal municipalities, such as Ocean Ridge, already have one.
The Florida Legislature has yet
This red couch, pictured while on display at the Cornell Art Museum, was once owned by Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen’s drummer. The city tossed the couch when the museum closed for a year. The Coastal Star/2021 file photo
By John Pacenti
It’s a
By John Pacenti
Gregg Brian Weiss — a well-known figure in Delray Beach’s civic, business and nonprofit sectors — is facing felony fraud charges for allegedly bilking a senior of $30,000, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
Weiss, 58
Highland Beach Mayor Natasha Moore, 55, is the youngest member of the Town Commission. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Natasha Moore had been on the Highland Beach Town Commission for just two years when her role switched overnight from
By Brian Biggane
Aiming to make a clear break between itself and the previous administration, South Palm Beach’s new Town Council made “accelerate” the watchword of its April meeting, pushing forward two initiatives that had long been awaiting action
