If you use the Palmetto Park Bridge regularly, make a note of this. On Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Palm Beach County Bridge Section will be closing the Palmetto Park Road Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway in Boca Raton to vehicle and pedestrian traff
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After 10 years of being Lantana’s version of Punxsutawney Phil, Lantana Lou (Canter) will no longer emerge from the Atlantic Ocean to make his sunny weather prediction on Groundhog Day.
“I was always right in predicting six more weeks of great
By Ron Hayes
After the doctors told him he would die soon, Tim O’Meilia did what tough and true old newsmen often do.
He had a party.
On a Saturday evening in early December, Tim and his wife, Debbie, opened their Palm Beach Garde
Sergio Kato was born in Brazil, and he has held U.S Citizenship since becoming naturalized in 1992. Actor Sergio is a professional Actor and Tv-Host, Martial Artist and a Businessman.
© Copyright 2012 Sergio Kato All Rights Reserved.
The Brazilian a
Carol Wittenberg
By Rich Pollack
Carol Wittenberg loves her 2013 Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid that runs on both gas and electricity.
“It’s environmentally friendly, it’s economical and it’s comfortable and quiet,” she says.
But when Witten
By Tim Pallesen
Delray Beach’s excitement over the Arts Garage got a long-term commitment Dec. 10 when city commissioners approved a contract to sell the 10,000-square-foot facility to the arts group for $2.5 million.
The Creative City Col
By Tim Pallesen
Coastal residents are moving ahead to tighten the design restrictions for new single-family homes in their area.
“The more restrictive you make this, the higher your property values will be,” Mayor Cary Glickstein, a deve
Signs that read ‘PRIVATE NO TRESPASSING’ flank both sides
of the town’s beach walkover at Old Ocean and Beachway Drive.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Town commissioners are poised to make another attempt at striking the right bala
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream commissioners have given preliminary approval to a proposal that would put staggered commission terms on the ballot for the March election.
But the go-ahead comes with a stipulation that the town’s civic association
The aging Audubon Causeway bridge must be replaced or repaired.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Commissioners will have to dig deeper than expected into town reserves to replace or repair the aging Audubon Causeway bridge on Point M
By Mary Thurwachter
Beachgoers expect to find water at Lantana’s beach — for swimming and wading and splashing along the shoreline. Historically, they could also expect to wade through water in the parking lot, too, after a rainfall of any signif
Dredging crews have been gathering sand and rocks from
the Boynton Inlet for months to improve the navigation there.
Some the the materials are being used to create the
Grassy Flats project west of the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course.
Large rocks are
Garrett Dering
No matter how Gulf Stream decides to run its elections, Commissioner Garrett Dering says his days as a town commissioner are numbered.
“I have no intention of running for election this time,” he told commissioners. So, if you
Pipes and heavy equipment needed for the renouishment project
have been staged on the beach in Ocean Ridge waiting for calmer seas.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
A sand dredge moved from the Port of Palm Beach to Ocean Ridge
Kim Bates and Dominee Banks, vet techs at Imperial Point Animal Hospital of Delray, with dogs Ruby and Tikea, talk to Boca Raton resident Sophy Salsburg, with Shelby, on the dog beach at Spanish River Park. Photos by Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
Re
Related: Tailwaggers and owners lap up beach time in Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
Delray Beach dog owners, like any nonresidents, will pay $165 a year to bring their pets to Boca Raton’s new Bark Beach.
But Boca Raton officials wondered if t
Barbara Molina
By Dan Moffett
Five years and countless hours of deliberation in the making, the Briny Breezes’ comprehensive land use plan officially became the blueprint for the community’s future when it won the unanimous approval of the Town
David High is enjoying his life in ‘retirement,’ including an active lifestyle from his home. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Ten years ago, David High and his wife, JoAnne, joined some friends in attending a few meetings of the
South Palm Beach patrol officer Nick Alvaro is retiring
after 30 years of public service.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
South Palm Beach patrol officer Jason LaForte (center)
displays his life-saver medal with (from left)
his mother Rosanna LaForte,
The group that owns the Palm Beach Oceanfront Inn is focusing
on immediate issues, such as restoring the sea walls.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Once a political hot button for the town of South Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Oceanfr
