By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton plans to create a special assessment district on the barrier island to guarantee it has money for future beach renourishment.
Municipal Services Director Bob DiChristopher gave preliminary figures at the City Council’s goal
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By Steve Plunkett
City leaders approved 208 more rental apartments for downtown Boca Raton but also questioned how many residential units the area needs.
The 12-story building will have 22 studio apartments, 70 one-bedroom apartments, 16 one-bedroom
The historic Boca Club Bridge on Camino Real should reopen June 20 after temporary steel pilings are installed.
“We’re trying to safe it up,” said Charlie Rich of county engineering services. “We have to put four holes in the middle of the bridge to
Golden Harbor resident John Van Blois (left) shows members of the
Beach & Parks board, Robert Lanford, Earl Starkoff and Dr. Dennis
Frish, a drawing that shows where silting is making boat access into
their neighborhood more difficult. Jerry Lower/
Boca Raton Community High School cleaned up at the Critics’ Awards Program (Cappies for short) at 10th Annual Cappies Awards Gala held May 15 in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
The school won nine awards (more than
By Steve Plunkett
An archaeologist will have to survey Ocean Strand before the ocean-to-Intracoastal parcel can ever be turned into a park.
There are no known archaeological resources on the nearly 15-acre site, “nor was this property ever subjected
Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club resident Edythe Harrison
has had a full life in both the cultural and political realms. She
remains active in retirement, on the local and the national levels. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Edythe Harrison has been
Scott McOwen, the veterinarian at the Sandoway House, talks
to children about Sir Speedy the gopher tortoise, who is a permanent
resident of Sandoway House. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Paula Detwiller
Imagine drawing a blood sample from a maca
More than 170 people packed the Ocean Ridge Town Hall during a four-hour
public hearing where Palm Beach County Sheriff’s officials and Ocean Ridge
Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi outlined their staffing plans for police coverage.
Jerry Lower/The Coas
The $2 million enclosed tanks at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
have opened to the public. Visitors can look down into the tanks,
one of which is planted with mangroves. Below the deck are windows
for peering into the tank. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coa
Publisher Jerry Lower
By Jerry Lower, Publisher
Our coastal community is constantly influenced by the changing seasons.
In autumn we can count on hurricane season giving us a few scares and autumnal tides to swell the Intracoastal Waterway, with s
Boca Raton Fire Department’s Captain Ray Lintner describes a few of the firefighting tools found on a firetruck at Fire Station 3 at 100 S. Ocean Blvd. His tour was part of the department’s city-wide open house May 12. The department has 207 certi
By Tim O’Meilia
A year ago, Manalapan Mayor Basil Diamond claimed South Palm Beach could save a half million dollars a year — give or take $100,000 — by letting Manalapan provide police and dispatch service.
South Palm Beach Mayor Donald Clayman di
By Steve Plunkett
Manalapan police are confident patrolling the Point but feel unequipped to fight crime on the ocean.
The “threat profile” in the ocean zone has changed over the years, Town Manager Linda Stumpf and Police Chief Carmen Mattox told t
By Mary Thurwachter
It’s been a year since Highland Beach Commissioners voted to hire Kathleen Weiser as town manager, which means it’s time for a performance evaluation and discussion of a merit increase. Those topics were on the agenda for the tow
By Tim O’Meilia
Six months after a win-win truce was declared in the struggle over the future of a six-acre Gulf Stream estate and the demolition of its 75-year-old mansion, a “hole in the sky” has re-opened the battle.
Neighbors of the soon-to-be b
By Tim Pallesen
Gulf Stream’s bill for fire protection from Delray Beach will jump 35 percent to $428,198 this year.
“It’s a result of annexation. Delray Beach is providing additional service because our land mass has increased,” Gulf Stream tow
Boynton Beach to hear PBSO proposal at 6:30 p.m. on June 5.
By Angie Francalancia
In the roughly 18 months since the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office pulled its parks deputies and moved its marine patrol headquarters from the Boynton Inlet, police
Greater Federated Women’s Club installation of officers
The Bridge Hotel, Boca Raton
Guests from Ocean Ridge at the event included
Joanne Gimmy, Donna Hutchins and Betsy Polhamus.Photos by Barbara McCormick
Members of the Greater Federated Women’s C
Golfers practice outside the Hamlet Country Club. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Residents at the Hamlet Country Club have voted overwhelmingly to sell their golf course and clubhouse to the owner of the Seagate Hotel and Spa.
Th
