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By Tim O’Meilia

    The logo on the main page of “The Un-Official Guide to the Town of Gulf Stream” website includes an upside-down town seal. Take that as a hint to the content within. 

    Gulf Stream resident Christopher O’Hare’s site skewers town

By Steve Plunkett

    Ocean Ridge Town Attorney Ken Spillias has extended his resume with a job he’s held before: lawyer for the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency.

    Spillias, who represented the CRA from 2004 to early 2007, was chosen o

By Tim O’Meilia

    South Palm Beach’s nine non-police-union workers will get a 2 percent pay increase and a $1,500 bonus to help them keep pace with their collective bargaining brethren, the Town Council decided by a 4-1 vote Aug. 22.

    The money

“We know we’re going to have sea rise. This is literally a one-way street now. The only thing we’re discussing now is how fast, it’s not whether anymore, and then eventually how much.”                
— Dr. Harold Wanless, chairman of the Department

By Tim Pallesen

    Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says it can save Delray Beach taxpayers $500,000 a year by taking over fire-rescue services for the city. 

    Delray Beach asked for the price quote to see if the county could provide the same servic

    Shoppers in a rush to become Trader Joe’s devotees will be able to buy gourmet delicacies in its new Boca Raton store five months before it opens another in Delray Beach.

    Representatives of the California-based chain — known for a $2.99 bottl

Photography by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Lake Worth residents Anne Heggli (right) and Courtney Ricks take part in a Halloween volleyball game

on the beach Oct. 26 at Anchor Park in Delray Beach. 

Participants portray Native Americans Oct. 19 dur

Graphic by Bonnie Lallky-Seibert/The Coastal Star

SOURCES: Maps: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Category 1 Storm Surge Height Estimates: Florida Division of Emergency Management

GRAPHICS: Bonnie Lallky-Seibert and Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Elevation: How high your house is above sea level, which can vary from low tide to high tide to high autumnal tide.
Limestone: Porous rock that is the foundation of South Florida and allows sea water to penetrate inland.
Managed retreat: When popula

    County Mayor Steven Abrams didn’t wait long to make the quest for his County Commission job a race.

    Andy O’Brien, a Democrat who moved to Delray Beach in July, formally announced Sept. 24 that he would challenge Abrams for the District 4 seat

This home on a bluff in Nantucket, Mass., will most likely fall into the ocean at some point because of accelerating erosion. Photo by Richard Gelpke

Beau Delafield, new chairman of the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach, with Mya Gonzales, 8, and Lovins Charles, 11.

Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

    Gulf Stream’s Beau Delafield, the new chairman of Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boy

Cheran Marek enjoys an avocado sandwich and quiche with her sister Susan Ring as her son Luca sleeps by her side and cousin Emma Ring, 9, checks on Luca at Ciao Sidewalk Cafe in Delray Beach. Luca was 9 days old. ‘He ate here in utero,’ Marek said.

Dozens of concerned neighbors meet Oct. 19 along Marine Way in Delray Beach to see the effects of high tides along the Intracoastal Waterway. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

Patricia “Pat” Brown-Paytee is known for tireless service to the Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast. Brown-Paytee, of West Palm Beach,  has been involved with the agency for 13 years, starting as a grant-funded recruit

Diane Duffy and Scott Agran in the newly opened Lang Realty office

in the Plaza Del Mar shopping center in Manalapan.

Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

INSETS BELOW: Brock Rosayn (left); Phyllis Alexander (right)

By Christine Davis

    Here’s the latest

Mel Cottone was on President John F. Kennedy’s staff

as an advance man who helped plan the president’s appearances.

Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star

Photo was signed by President Kennedy.

Mel Cottone (dark hair, arms crossed) watches the 1960 electi