By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach commis-sioners will ask a judge to undo the city’s $65 million contract with garbage hauler Waste Management, arguing that it violates a city competitive bidding law.
A previous commission approved the no-bid contr
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By Tim Pallesen
The long-awaited Trader Joe’s shopping center goes before city commissioners July 9, but still with concerns that shoppers might not have enough parking.
The city’s Site Plan Review and Appearance Board on June 12 finally recom
One of the six buildings proposed as part of the Atlantic Crossing project. This one is seen looking northeast at the corner of Federal Highway and Atlantic Avenue. Rendering provided
By Tim Pallesen
A new design plan proposed for Atlantic Crossi
Eighth-grader Jack Young gets a hug from his father, Board of Trustees President Gregory Young,
during the 75th graduation ceremony at Gulf Stream School. Others in the photo include (front row)
Paolo Urso, Ryan de Haseth, Quinn Fender, Kaleb Ferna
By Tim O’Meilia
Owners who rent out their single-family homes in Ocean Ridge will now have to register each rental property at Town Hall for $50 annually.
But some residents say the rental registration will do little to discourage short-term re
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge police will be patrolling the narrow streets of Briny Breezes, checking for unlocked doors and writing tickets for illegal parking at the beach for another three years.
The Briny Breezes Town Council unanimously app
Jon Pugh, 15-year-old son of Geoff and Lisa Pugh of Ocean Ridge, shows off the brass bilge pump that he recovered
in the waters off Manalapan, north of the Boynton Inlet. The pump appears to have been part of the wreckage
of a British barkentine, t
Delray Beach Ocean Rescue personnel searched for the 17-year-old who drowned recently at Gulfstream Park. From left: Ocean Rescue Officers Raphael Costa and Kyle Stewart, Superintendent James Scala, Ocean Rescue Officers Justin Walton and Justin Rumb
The Palm Beach County Veterans Committee remembered and honored military personnel
who died in service to the country during the annual Memorial Day Ceremony
attended by local politicians and family members. The service ended
with a flyover by a vin
Linda Gunn and Doug Paton celebrate their marriage with a dance at the Delray Beach Club.
Photo by David Decoteau/Downtown Photo
Bride: Linda Gunn, 45, grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and migrated to Flori
Margaret Blume is awarded a gift during the opening of the Blume Literacy Center on the Brenda and C.P. Medore Campus. Brenda and C.P. Medore are at left. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
As a child growing up in small-town Waxahatch
Silt shoals and sandbars make navigating the Hillsboro Canal dangerous for mariners.
Photo provided by Marina One
By Cheryl Blackerby
Boaters are having a tough time navigating around dangerous silt shoals that have built up in the Hillsboro C
By Tim O’Meilia
Budget managers in eight of nine South County coastal communities can exhale.
Taxable real estate values — the stuff property taxes are made of — continues to creep back toward pre-recession levels.
Taxable property values i
By Rich Pollack
Faced with a disjointed Police Department located in two separated buildings, and the recent discovery of mold in the police chief’s office, Highland Beach commissioners moved a step closer to spending $750,000 on renovations to
Ayşe Papatya Bucak, 41, author of The History of Girls, will see her work published in the 2013 PEN/O’Henry Prize Stories and the 2014 Pushcart Prizes: Best of the Small Presses XXXVIII. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On the wall of
Designed to feel like an old farmhouse, the breezeway of Lantana airport has Old Florida charm.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Former Manalapan Mayor Kelly Gottlieb loves flying out of the Lantana airport.
She points to its Old Flo
With panoramic water views, One Thousand Ocean appeals to affluent buyers.
Photo provided
By Christine Davis
During the past year, there have been eight luxury condo sales for more than $5 million in Boca Raton — and all of them at One Thousand
By Cheryl Blackerby
Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners are working on a $19.5 million budget for capital improvements that will force them to make some tough decisions this summer.
One of the toughest is explaining to Boca Rat
By Steve Plunkett
Did you find a parking space for the city’s Fourth of July celebration at Spanish River Athletic Complex at DeHoernle Park?
If you did, you may be trekking back there in November to watch the lighting of the city’s Christm
Insets: Boca Raton Police Chief Dan Alexander (top) and Capt. Josh Mindick (below)
Boca Raton: Correction
By Steve Plunkett
For their work in ejecting a squatter from a $2.5 million Golden Harbour mansion, Police Chief Dan Alexander and Capt. Jo
