By Tim Pallesen
A proposed task force to study the mutual concerns of coastal communities is picking up steam.
Ocean Ridge became the first town to select a representative to the A1A Future Plan task force by naming Commissioner Edward Brookes to
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By Tim O’Meilia
Four southern Palm Beach County coastal towns are part of the 23 percent.
That is, beaches in South Palm Beach, Manalapan and Lantana won’t benefit in the near future from an inlet-to-inlet beach management plan now being assembled
Dr. Jim Weege gives examinations and vaccinations to more than 35 pets during an adoption and low-cost vaccination clinic.
By Tim O’Meilia
For months, Manalapan town commissioners discussed ways to beef up police presence in Ocean Inlet Park and Bird Island to shoo away trespassers and turn down the beach volume.
Adding a marine patrol unit, expanding the beach patrol w
By Tim O’Meilia
Manalapan voters will have a chance to set term limits on its commissioners and allow the mayor’s presence to count toward getting a quorum for meetings when some commissioners are away.
Those two possible changes in the town charter
By Tim O’Meilia
One of the nation’s richest communities — where almost every home has a waterfront view — hides a sclerotic and rotting network of water pipes beneath its finely landscaped lawns.
Ten years after a previous Town Commission rejected t
By Mary Thurwachter
The four remaining members of the Lantana Town Council will go it alone until the March 12 election, opting not to appoint anyone to the Group 2 seat vacated last month by Cindy Austino.
Austino, who is moving to Florida’s Panhand
The Lantana Town Council unanimously voted down a height exception request for a planned Hypoluxo Island home.
Owner Edmund Gonzalez made the request for a house to be built at 907 N. Atlantic Drive so he could extend the chimney 18 inches and a mech
Lori Robbins (left) and Candy Evans harvest vegetables in the Community Garden of the Cason Methodist Church in Delray Beach. Photo provided
By Tim Pallesen
The community garden behind Cason Methodist Church isn’t only feeding the poor. The garden
Some changes are in store for residents of the Carlisle, a six-story senior living community at 450 E. Ocean Ave., in Lantana.
Senior Lifestyle Corp., owner of the luxury retirement community since March 2011, plans to make adjustments to better meet
The oldest original edition of the Delray News in the Delray Beach Historical Society’s archives dates from 1923.
Staff photo
The day the 'News Journal' died | Obituary: Anne 'Nancy' Fontaine Maury Miller
By Mary Thurwachter
It’s hardly breaki
June McSweeney (right) laughs while playing bridge with Elaine Brenner at the Harbour’s Edge retirement community in Delray Beach. Photos by Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
By Libby Volgyes
The pool is glittering in the morning light, and B
The after-school program at St. Paul’s includes tutoring, like Joyce Harvey (above) helping Brian Saint Val with his math, and a daily meal enjoyed by dozens of students, including Rachelle Poliard and Angie Cyril (below). Photos by Jerry Lower/The C
Women participate in a qigong class near Boca Raton’s South Beach Pavilion. The ancient Chinese class is offered by Lisa Perdue and Enrique Diaz. Paula Detwiller/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
At first glance, it looks like humanoid robots have
By Emily J. Minor
DELRAY BEACH — Margaret H. Floyd, who began coming to South Florida in the 1960s and enjoyed coming back year after year to nurture her love for tennis and all her friendships, died Sept. 17. A memorial service was held a few day
Miller
Mary Thurwachter
BOYNTON BEACH — Friends and family of community news journalist Anne “Nancy” Fontaine Maury Miller will remember her during a service at 11 a.m. Oct. 13 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach.
Mrs. Miller, 79, died
Millar
By Tim O’Meilia
Hours after he spoke at a South Palm Beach Town Council meeting on Sept. 19, former Mayor Martin Millar was arrested after reportedly using a flashlight to attack a man in a Palm Beach Gardens club.
After his arrest, Mill
The South Palm Beach Town Council approved a $1.75 million budget during September public hearings that will hold the tax rate at $4.32 for each $1,000 of taxable property value, the same as this year’s rate.
The town will dip into reserves for $117
Shoeman
By Tim O’Meilia
Briny Breezes last month hired its third deputy town clerk in 15 months following the forced resignation of Cindy Corum after nine months on the job.
Town Clerk pro tem Nancy Boczon, also an alderman, promised Corum th
Director Amy London gives instruction to Hannah Joyce, 13,
of Ocean Ridge, at The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan. London is
leading the students in Frank Loesser’s 1961 musical How to
Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Tim Stepien/The Coastal
