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The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach will change names and management beginning July 1 following a two-year legal dispute between the owners and Marriott International, which operates the Ritz-Carlton chain.
The 270-room hotel in Manalapan will be re-named Ea
Revelers enjoy their beer during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Delray Beach. The city wants to ban alcohol from next year’s parade. Local businesses want to limit events such as the parade that closes Atlantic Avenue to traffic. Tim Stepien
The annual Walk of Recognition, presented by the Boca Raton Historical Society, added new stars at a ceremony on May 9 under the Mizner statue at Royal Palm Place. The new stars are for Mike Arts and Barbara and Irving Gutin. Arts was presiden
Tentative plans for the condo at 3200 S. Ocean Blvd. would call for 22 units.
Rendering provided
By Rich Pollack
Highland Beach’s first new high-rise condominium in more than a decade is one step closer to being built, thanks to a preliminary thum
Tarps cover benches to keep them dust-free in the new Boca Raton Library.
Jon Castro of B&I Contractors checks the ceiling in the young readers area.
Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Furniture in a reading area is protected by dropcloths.
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Pete Dye walks across a green at Gulf Stream Golf Club, where he is overseeing renovations. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Pike
Pete Dye took one hand off the steering wheel of his golf cart and pointed to a patch of torn-up grou
Vito Damiani, of Mr. Vito Men’s Hair Designers, gives a massage to Boca resident Jerry Martin.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
‘Fonzi’ Palmieri trims Alexandra Pena (left) at Colby’s Barber Shop in Ocean Ridge. Shop owner
Lino Marmorato (cent
By Rich Pollack
Although the signs of Hurricane Sandy are all but gone and overall the beach in Highland Beach is in good shape, town officials still might want to take steps now to offset potential weather damage in the future, a recent study con
Members of the Boca Raton Community High School unit of the Navy Junior ROTC
stand at attention during a Memorial Day Observance at the Boca Raton City Cemetery.
Philip Vale, WWII USCGC, and fellow veterans honor members of the military
who were kil
To everything there is a season.
Tourist season is over, sea turtle season has already started and hurricane season officially begins on June 1. Must be summer.
This time of year our Coastal Star staff takes a bit of a breather and we scale bac
By Rich Pollack
Minutes after being censured for violating bylaws, a member of the Boca Raton Airport Authority abruptly resigned, but not before raising questions about the salaries of airport staff, specifically the airport director.
Dave Fre
Jaana Moisio with (l-r) Caroline, 7, Lauren, 11, and Moisio’s husband, Tom Bennett. The girls have three piggy banks marked ‘save,’ ‘spend’ and ‘share.’ The ‘save’ money goes to the bank to pay for college and the ‘share’ goes to the Children’s Home
Sea Ranch Club’s entrance is dominated by native sabal palms.
Photo provided
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
On May 15, a perfect spring day, about 30 people gathered in the council chambers at Boca Raton City Hall to learn what properties were the r
By Tim Pallesen
The developer of Atlantic Crossing has hired veteran local architect Bob Currie to redesign the controversial project to win City Commission approval.
Commissioners approved 356 rental apartments on the East Atlantic Avenue property af
By Cheryl Blackerby
Officials in Boca Raton and Delray Beach were surprised and elated when they were notified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in early May that they will receive long-awaited restoration money for beaches damaged by Hurricane
By Thomas R. Collins
That Tweedle Dee, that Tweedle Dum, that Ku Klux Klan-esque hood labeled “satire,” and a mule labeled “Mayor” on the side of Martin O’Boyle’s house?
They’re “not just paint.”
They’re constitutionally protected free
After a nationwide search, the Wayside House board of directors has named Boca Raton resident Cathy Cohn as the agency’s new executive director. Cohn comes to Wayside House with nearly 30 years of experience in providing fiscal, strategic and o
By Steve Plunkett
The City Council quickly disposed of $5,600 in questions the county Office of the Inspector General raised in an audit of city expenses.
Council members voted unanimously that buying food for its three-day goal-setting session
By Thom Smith
Boca entertainment has never been like this. Bob James and Fourplay one week, followed by Molly Ringwald, then Larry Carlton, with James returning with David Sanborn on June 20 and Steely Dan at the Mizner Park Amphitheater on Sept
