By Tim O’Meilia
“David’s Rules of Order” — Manalapan Mayor David Cheifetz’s five informal suggestions for civility and decorum during town commission meetings — lasted four months.
Now commissioners and residents have three pages of “public
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By Tim O’Meilia
Manalapan town commissioners upheld Town Manager Linda Stumpf’s recommendation of a 3 percent salary increase for general employees, two part-time weekend police officers to patrol the beach and a six-car police fleet.
By a
By Tim O’Meilia
Ocean Ridge town commissioners will consider giving town employees a 3 percent raise, buying two police cars, a tree-trimming bucket truck and an all-terrain beach vehicle, and replacing the town’s outdated computer system — all i
Congratulations are in order. The Florida Press Association has awarded Coastal Star staffers with eight awards in its 2012 Weekly Newspaper Contest. We consider this quite an honor since we are the only monthly newspaper in the competition.
The h
By Tim O’Meilia
Local officials are hoping to shave months off a two-year environmental impact study that could lead to beach restoration in South Palm Beach, Lantana, Lake Worth and southern Palm Beach.
The $560,000 study is required to ge
This month, we are happy to expand the range of coverage in The Coastal Star with a new feature, Business Spotlight, which highlights the news and announcements of local businesses.
Christine Davis, a veteran real estate and business writer, will anc
South Palm Beach nonunion employees would get a $1,500 bonus and perhaps a cost-of-living increase under a $1.7 million budget proposed by Town Manager Rex Taylor.
In a budget message, Taylor asked council members to consider cost-of-living
Marie Speed takes a moment from an hourlong practice session to pose with her dance coach and partner James Brann.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
Oh, the things a good woman will do for a good cause.
For five years, Marie Speed maint
The new Galaxy Elementary School in Boynton Beach will be the greenest school campus in the state when it opens this month. At its heart is a two-story Wonderment Center, a gathering and learning spot.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Former Ga
By Tim Pallesen and Steve Plunkett
Don’t fret, Delray Beach. You are going to get your very own Trader Joe’s after all.
City officials began to worry after the California-based specialty grocer announced early last month that it will ope
By Jane Smith
Four companies submitted proposals last month in a bid to become the operator of the Lantana airport.
They are: Galaxy Aviation, Pahokee Airport, Saker Aviation and Sheltair Aviation.
The county’s Department of Airports is
Just before the settlement, nearly 20 signs had been painted on the walls and shutters of Martin O’Boyle’s home. Most had been removed by July 30. Jerry Lower/ The Coastal Star
By Tim O’Meilia
Tweedledum and Tweedledee will soon be gone from
Below, inset left: Stephanie Immelman
Below, inset right: Karen Granger
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Note: Each month The Coastal Star features news from the businesses in our community. Business Spotlight is presented as a service to our advertisers and the
Gulf Stream School administrators are asking residents to donate historic photos, old yearbooks, uniforms and other memorabilia of the early decades of the school. Photo provided
By Rich Pollack
If you went to Gulf Stream School and have old unifo
There was plenty of room to run during Colonial Animal Hospital’s open house.
Below, Dr. Rob Martin talks with Vicki Stallings and her 7-month-old dog, Xena.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Clarification
A business spotlight in August about Co
By Tim O’Meilia
If Gulf Stream residents want new street lights and street signs, they’ll pay for them with a 24 percent increase in town property tax that will stretch over the next two years.
That tax hike was also slated to pay for the town
By Steve Plunkett
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will give away land under the Little House Restaurant and the Oscar Magnuson house — the city’s oldest structure — to lure a Delray Beach law firm and jumpstart development downt
The Junior League of Boca Raton recently named its new board of directors for the 2013-24 year.
Its mission: to volunteer, raise money, help develop the potential of women and improve the community
through leadership and action. Photo: (front row)
Academy of the Arts middle-school students took center stage during three free performances
of ‘The Magical Land of Oz.’ Attendees included students from Title I and other area schools,
as well as the community-at-large. ‘We are so grateful for the
Local patrons, Boston natives and members of the Boca Raton Running Club (pictured above)
joined forces to raise money for The One Fund, a nonprofit organization established to aid
the victims and families affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. T
